Saint Peter, Prince of the Horde, was the nephew of Bergai Khan of the Golden Horde.
The Synaxis of the Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles of Christ appears to be an ancient Feast.
Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov
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Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov speaks about the purpose, meaning and essence of the Apostles’ Fast; about how we can relate the apostolic ministry in our life—the apostolic gift of word—to our abilities; and about the need to humble ourselves verbally and to spiritualize all of our pronunciations.
Tradition says that this holy icon had been brought to Cherson from Transylvania by a Serb at the end of the sixteenth century.
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.