Bulgaria's Orthodox Church Marks Sts Peter and Paul Day

Society | June 29, 2007, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Orthodox Church Marks Sts Peter and Paul Day Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim held an official mass in the St Alexander Cathedral in Sofia to mark the holiday. Photo by Nadya Kotseva (Sofia Photo Agency)

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church piously remembered on Friday the sufferings of the Holy Glorious and All-Praised Apostles Peter and Paul.

In Bulgaria the day is known as Peters' Day and all named Peter, Petya and Kamen celebrate.

Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim, who seemed well recovered from a previous illness, held an official mass in the St Alexander Cathedral in Sofia to mark the holiday.

This feast day commemorates the martyrdom of the two great Apostles, assigned by tradition to the same day of June in the year 67. They had been imprisoned in the famous Mamertine Prison of Rome and both had foreseen their approaching death. Saint Peter was crucified; Saint Paul, a Roman citizen, was slain by the sword. Tomorrow the Church commemorates the Apostle of the Gentiles; today is dedicated primarily to Saint Peter.

For the Eastern Orthodox Christians this feast also marks the end of the Apostles' Fast. It is considered a day of recommended attendance, whereon one should attend the All-Night Vigil (or at least Vespers) on the eve, and the Divine Liturgy on the morning of the feast.

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