Signs of the day of Peter and Paul, the traditions and sayings

Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the old days had a lot of people's names: Peter and Paul Green mowing, Peter Paul, Red Summer, Petroc, Petro-anglers Worldly candle, St. Peter's Day, strumming sun, fisherman, Petrovka and many more .

Folk traditions of the day Peter and Paul

In Russia the day July 12 was considered a holiday of fishermen, because Peter was fishing to vocations to the apostolate. It was on St. Peter's Day ended with the spring fishing season and a new year.

In some areas, 12 July collected money for a large wax candle - "Peter, the fisherman on worldly candle." This put a candle in the church in front of the holy apostle.

Before the feast of all the village boys and girls went to the field to meet the dawn, walking there all night and waiting for the sunrise.

What do you think of the people for a long time, the sun on the day of Peter and Paul was special: the game of different colors while shimmered like a rainbow. Faced with the sun, youth braided wreaths on the branches of trees, mostly on birches.

Signs and sayings of the day Peter and Paul

Female summer to Peter, to St. Peter's Day - the busy time!

On St. Peter's Day red summer green meadow.

St. Peter's Day - the beginning of mowing grass. Prepare sickles and scythes.

On St. Peter's Day Zarnitsa bread Zorita.

Koli rain on St. Peter's Day, the hay is wet.

How come Petro, and it will be warm.

The farmers rejoiced: on St. Peter's Day - ear on Ilyin - Kolob.

Starts to get dark early - Peter and Paul Day slackened.

Nightingale sings to St. Peter's Day.

Come Petroc - picks a leaf.

On St. Peter's Day cuckoo cuckoo stops.

If the cuckoo cuckoo stops a week before St. Peter's Day, then the winter will begin in a week or two before Christmas Shrovetide.

If the cuckoo cuckoo week or two after St. Peter's Day, then the winter will start in the same amount of time after St. Peter's Day, after Shrovetide Phillip post.

Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in 2014

Church feast day of Saints Peter and Paul is celebrated every year in July. The holiday is named in honor of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul preached Christianity worldwide. Both saints in the old days were martyred for their faith.

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in 2014 data, the number of

Holiday set in memory of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, which do not go with a permanent fixation of the date. Celebrating his 12th of July to the new style.

Holiday History

For the first time this holiday in honor of Saints Peter and Paul, celebrated on June 29, old style, in Rome made the transfer of the Apostles. Over time, this day began to celebrate June 29 as the day of Peter and Paul in the new style July 12:

"One day commemorates the suffering of these two apostles, though they suffered on separate days, but in spirit and in the vicinity of their suffering they constitute one."

In 324, under the Emperor Constantine, in the two capitals of the Roman Empire, Rome and Constantinople, they built the first temple in honor of the saints Peter and Paul. Since then, the holiday has become even more revered and festive liturgy became more solemn.

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Russia

Slavs began to read the day of the Holy Apostles, after the baptism of Rus. According to church tradition, the first icon of Peter and Paul on Russian soil brought from Korsun Saint Prince Vladimir.

Then the icon presented the Novgorod Sophia Cathedral, where, and to our times preserved frescoes of XI century with the image of the Apostle Peter.

The first monastery in honor of the Holy Apostles was built in Novgorod in 1185. The names of Peter and Paul were many saints of ancient Russia, and the image of the Apostles always be seen in the iconostasis of the Orthodox churches. Already on the first icon of St. Peter and Paul often depicted together.

Meaning, the essence of the day Peter and Paul

Archpriest Igor Fomin, rector of the church of Alexander Nevsky at MGIMO.

If we look at the four multi-day fasting in the year, we will see that each post is designed to ensure that we are prepared for the celebration of the transition. Transition from the life time or eternal life, or vice versa - the descent of eternal life on earth.

For example, Advent leads us to the day of the Nativity - the day when God came into the world helpless baby, to save us.

At the end of the fasting Petrova - July 12, the day of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul - we will remember their deaths, their passage to eternal life.

They went to the Lord with a difference of only one year. These people - two great svyatilnika our faith through them mainly Christianity spread around the world.

Prayer Peter and Paul, the icon of the Apostles

Orthodox prayer, troparion the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Kontakion Tone 2, Tone 4, translation. Icon of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.

Prayer Holy Apostles Peter

About St. Peter, the great apostle, and samovidche sotainniche God vsemoschnoyu the right hand of the Master your acceptance of water waves and sinking kraynyago svobozhdshiysya! Do not forget us, the poor, bogged down in the mire of sin and waves zhiteyskago sea flooded, podazhd us your mighty hand, Pomozov us and keep us from drowning in strasteh, pohoteh, lzhah and slander.

Created and you are with us mercy from your Lord manifested, but not in doubt and lack of faith bending. Teach us, our teacher, proliyati tears of repentance, weeping bitterly let our actions in this and Weeze. If ye and your tears, poured out in repentance, mercy, His Lord and Master a covering yours, and to ask us with apostolic boldness, forgiveness in our buesti ezhechasnago Christ renunciation.

Hail to this, to the holy feet of your defeated, save and from the wiles of the crafty enemy priluchayuschihsya our salvation fencing; stir up your Reverend rutse to the Lord for our people, but a quiet and peaceable life in Weeze seed to an hour, let us also hath prizvati our Sovereign Lord, our judge neumytny. You're about vsehvalny apostle, not cast our cry and lament to you about our intercession before Christ, so pull out the praise of His mercy to us with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Icon of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

Prayer of St. Paul

Oh Holy Supreme Apostle Paul, the chosen vessel of Christ, the heavenly mysteries tellers, every language teacher, church pipes, preslovuschy ment, a lot of trouble for the name of Christ undergoing, the sea and the land obshedy izmerivy us by flattery obrativy idol!

I pray thee, and I cry to you: You shall not abhor mene skvernago (name), vozstavi padshago sinful laziness, As in Listreh hramago from their mother's womb Thou vozstavil; and yakozhe dead Eutychus former hast revived, resurrected and Me from dead works; yakozhe prayer and thy rocked the foundations of the prison once, and Thou art the prisoners were allowed, to thee I will take away the will of God on me tvoriti.

All bo can dannoyu minute power from Christ God Emuzhe due all glory, honor and worship, without beginning with His Father, and from the holy and good and life-giving of His Spirit, now and ever and ever and ever. Amen.

Troparion Apostles Peter and Paul

Tone 4

Pervoprestolnitsy apostles and teachers of the universe, the Lord of all the world pray darovati the universe and our souls great mercy.

Translation: Primate of the apostles and teachers of the universe, pray to the Lord of all that he has given the world the universe and our souls great mercy.

Kontakion Apostles Peter and Paul

Tone 2

Tverdyya and bogoveschannyya propovedateli, the top of the Apostles, O Lord, Thou hast taken in thy good pleasure and rest: Bo oneh illness and death Thou hast taken more than the vsyakago vseplodiya, single, summarized heart.

Translation: Steadfast and bogoglasnyh preachers, the higher of the disciples, O Lord, thou has taken pleasure in thy blessings and peace; for their labors and death you found any higher victim One who knows what is in their hearts.