belarus! dear brothers and sisters, today the orthodox church remembers the holy, glorious , all-praised supreme apostles, peter and paul. this day, although it does not relate to...

commemorating the apostles peter and paul on the same day is a very ancient tradition, which was very widespread already in the first centuries of christianity, celebrating on this day the memory of the holy supreme apostles, the church glorifies the spiritual strength of st. peter and reason saint paul, also in the person of these apostles it is revealed to us how... lord, but he repented and was forgiven by the savior. the apostle paul is the image of someone who resisted the preaching of the lord, but then believed and became a zealous christian. their holy fathers.

baptisms are the names of the apostles peter and paul. the tradition of commemorating the holy apostles on one day has a very deep meaning. we learn about the apostles themselves from the pages of the new testament books, as well as from church tradition. in the books we see that saints peter and paul are completely different people from each other. the gospel text tells us: about that the apostle peter was a professional fisherman, a simple, unbookish man, who cast fishing nets day after day. this simple, but rather hard work influenced the character of peter, simple, straightforward, and the apostle decisively more than once stood out among the other disciples of christ by his willingness to follow his teacher. naturally, in his daily work, the apostle peter could not

receive a book education and deep knowledge. that is why his sermons were easily understandable for the common people and did not differ branchiness of the syllable. but underneath the outer simplicity of saint peter she revealed herself with sincere love for god. and in his speeches, despite the absence of high literary expressions, we see a deep knowledge of the holy scriptures and biblical ones. prophecies. the holy spirit revealed it to him. such firmness of faith and determination in the preaching of st. peter forced people to listen attentively to the words of the gospel gospel. the apostle peter was one of the first to see the savior jesus of nazareth and, leaving everything, followed him. the apostle paul was completely different from the apostle peter, way of life, character, education.

holy scripture tells us that saint paul received a very good education for that time, advanced in knowledge of biblical books, jewish tradition, but...

one of the most zealous preachers of the gospel, which unites the holy apostles peter and paul, people not only completely different, but one might say, absolutely opposite, they will be united by the grace of god, the gospel of christ, the holy church. this is the deepest thought of today's holiday. christ came into this world to suffer, be crucified. and be resurrected, and then open the gates of the kingdom of heaven for every person. that is why the doors of the church are open to everyone; completely different people gather in its bosom. keeping christ's commandments is an obligatory and completely necessary task

for every member of the church. all the rich abundance of church traditions certainly has its importance, but is aimed at helping people.

from christ before the crucifixion of the savior. peter denied his teacher three times, but love for god prompted him to overcome in repentance the abyss of sin to once again become one of the most zealous and zealous apostles. and for

each of us, the determination to be with god and to fulfill the commandments of the gospel in the affairs of our daily lives is the most important driver of spiritual life. shows us that by the power of god any human division can be overcome and transformed into truly spiritual unity, with a holiday, with a saint.

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