[000:00:00;00] you dear brothers and sisters, today the orthodox church remembers the holy glorious and all important transcendent apostles peter and paul this day, although it does not belong to the 12 most important holidays of the church, nevertheless it is a great spiritual celebration in the russian orthodox church. the veneration of the apostles peter and paul began immediately after the baptism of russia and the church chronicle. he tells us that the holy equal-to-the-apostles prince vladimir brought the icon of the holy apostles peter and paul, and the first monastery in honor of

of the holy apostles was erected in novgorod in 1185. and today very common names received during holy baptism are the names of the apostles peter and paul . the tradition of commemorating the holy apostles on one day has a very deep meaning from the apostles themselves. we learn from the pages of the new testament books. there we see that the holy pen and paul are completely different from each other. people. evangelical. thesus tells us that the apostle peter was a professional fisherman , a simple man who day by day cast fishing nets. through this, this uncomplicated, but rather hard work was nourished, and

the simple straightforward and resolute apostle more than once stood out among other disciples of christ in his readiness to follow his teacher with the decisiveness of his actions. naturally , in his daily labors, the apostle peter could not receive deep knowledge of book education. that is why his sermons were easily understood by the common people and did not differ in the ornateness of the word. but under the outward simplicity of st. peter, she revealed herself sincere love for god and in his speeches with all the absence of high literary turns. we see a deep knowledge of the holy scriptures and biblical prophecies such firmness of faith and determination of the preaching of st. peter made people listen to the words of the gospel, the gospel the apostle peter was one of the first

to see the savior in jesus of nazareth and left everything they followed the apostle was completely different from the apostle peter and the way of life and by character and son education , the scripture tells us that st. paul received a very good brilliant you can say education for its time. he excelled in the knowledge of the biblical books of the jewish traditions tried to follow. of this tradition of the young cherished epistles of the apostle paul, we see a high and sometimes difficult to understand steele or narrative, and even in our time often interpret his creations with humility, admits that we cannot comprehend the depths of the thought of the holy apostle paul the saint often refers to the old testament

books of the bible, which he knew the power of his deep education, but not only deep knowledge of the holy scriptures made paul the apostle of his appeal to christ, he, as himself, speaks of himself, succeeded in judaism of the pain of many of his peers, being a zealot of fatherly traditions, while adding immoderately excessive, as before turning to christ, his name was paul, he severely persecuted all opponents of jewish traditions, he persecuted the disciples of christ. the miraculous appearance of the lord jesus christ himself , salu radically changed his life and made him one of the most zealous preachers of the gospel. what unites

the holy apostles peter and paul people, just completely different, but you can say absolutely opposite. they are united by the grace of god's gospel of christ holy church love for god this is the deepest thought of today's holiday. christ came into this world to suffer, be crucified and resurrect, and then open the gates of the kingdom of heaven for every person who wants to enter there. that is why the doors of the church are open to everyone and in elon, completely different people gather. in this sense , the notion that any christian must conform to some rigid standards, lifestyle communication behavior and appearance.

we are all very different, we have different upbringings of different lives, but the experience that has been formed in our unique environment, but each of us is called to life according to the gospel, which the savior has given us to observe christ's commandments, a mandatory and quite feasible cause of each member of the church. my yoke is good and my burden is easy to eat, he says, christ and all the wealth of church tradition is aimed at helping a person to perceive the basics of spiritual life, the essence of depth. here. why many aspects of the spiritual practice of each individual person, such as his prayer , the measure of fasting, participation in the sacraments, are purely individual in nature, while the church and its experience offers general

examples so that a person can quickly find his measure of saints. we can choose various examples suitable for us. if we realize that completely different people are gathered in the church, then this encourages us to be more compassionate, patient, indulgent and merciful towards others. after all, we are all brothers and sisters in christ and so that enter heaven into the kingdom. we must learn to wear infirmities to each other to see our neighbor as the image and likeness of god , despite the fact that this neighbor may be completely different from us and even in many ways we cannot understand. in this bearing of the infirmities of our brothers and sisters in christ, our children manifest their love for them, and at the same time love for god, it is important

to remember that the holy apostles and peter and paul were united in another very important virtue for a christian, the determination to be with god this determination had the apostle paul even when there was no christian only because of his ignorance, and the savior, she was directed in a different direction. the lord himself saw this determination in revelation to one christian. she did not tell paul that he is my chosen vessel to proclaim my name before nations and kings. and by the sons of israel, the determination of the apostle peter overcame his fall and renunciation of christ before being crucified by the savior. peter denied his teacher three times for love of god prompted him

. repentance and humility to overcome the abyss of sin and again become one of the most diligent apostles. and for each of us, the determination to be with god to fulfill his commandments with the deeds of our daily lives. this is the most important engine of spiritual life, without which it is impossible to be cleansed from the sins of non-achievement of virtues. dear brothers and sisters, glorifying the holy apostles peter and paul today, let us imitate their sincere love for god, their ardor in the faith, and also strengthen ourselves in love for our neighbor. after all, the example of the saints shows us that by the power of god any human division can be overcome

and transformed into a true spiritual unity with