June 29, 2016. + Orthodox Calendar

Orthodox Calendar 2016

Old Style

June 29

Tuesday

New Style

July 12

4th Week after Pentecost. Tone 2.

Fast-free period.

The Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul (67).

St. Paisios the Athonite (1994). Uncovering of the relics of St. Nicander, hermit, of Pskov (1686).

Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov (1853-1855).

St. Mary of Jerusalem, mother of Apostle Mark (1st c.).

Repose of Archbishop Andrew (Rymarenko) of Rockland (New Diveyevo) (1978) and Elder Paisius the New, of Mt. Athos (1994).

Articles

The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul

Sermon of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo

The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Peter

St Peter, the brother of St Andrew, was a fisherman on the sea of Galilee. He was married, and Christ healed his mother-in-law of a fever. He, with James and John, witnessed the most important miracles of the Savior’s earthly life.

The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Paul

St Paul was of the tribe of Benjamin, and lived in Tarsus in Cilicia. He once described himself as a Hebrew, an Israelite of the seed of Abraham. He was also a Pharisee and a tent-maker (Acts 18:3) who had studied the Law with Gamaliel at Jerusalem.

St. Paisios the Athonite: The Comforter of Souls

Archimandrite Gregorios of Gregoriou

When I asked him about a difficult problem I’d encountered in confession, as a spiritual father, he told me: "Listen, father, when you become a spiritual father, you have to be prepared to go down into hell for those you confess. Otherwise, don’t bother. But what I have to say is that, if you go to hell, you’ll make it paradise, because you’ll have love." Amazing advice, that only a God-bearing person would be able to give.

Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov

Tradition says that this holy icon had been brought to Cherson from Transylvania by a Serb at the end of the sixteenth century.

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