Annual liturgical feast on the June 29
The
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
or
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
is a
liturgical feast
in honor of the
martyrdom
in
Rome
of the
apostles
Saint Peter
and
Saint Paul
, which is observed on 29 June. The celebration is of
ancient Christian
origin, the date selected being the anniversary of either their death or the
translation
of their relics.
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Eastern Christianity
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For
Eastern Orthodox
and some
Eastern Catholic
Christians this feast also marks the end of the
Apostles' Fast
(which began on the Monday following
All Saints' Sunday
, i.e., the second Monday after
Pentecost
).
[3]
While not considered among the
twelve great feasts
, it is one of five additional feasts ranked as a great feast in the Eastern Orthodox tradition and is often celebrated with an
all-night vigil
starting the evening before.
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In the
Julian calendar
,
29 June
falls on the
Gregorian calendar
date of 12 July from 1900 to 2099, inclusive.
In the Russian Orthodox tradition,
Macarius of Unzha
's
Miracle of the Moose
is said to have occurred during the Apostles' Fast and the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul that followed it.
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Oriental Orthodox tradition
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In the
Coptic Orthodox Church
and the
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
, the feast of saints Peter and Paul is also celebrated on the day 5
Epip
which is also the end of the fast of the apostles in these traditions.
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Spiritual Christian tradition
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Although the Canadian
Doukhobors
, a
Spiritual Christian
denomination, do not
venerate saints
, the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul has traditionally been a day of celebration for them. Since 1895, it has acquired a new significance as a commemoration of the "Burning of the Arms", the Doukhobors' destruction of their weapons, as a symbol of their refusal to participate in government-sponsored killing.
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It is celebrated now by their descendants as simply "Peter's Day" (Russian:
Petro den
.), sometimes referred to as the "Doukhobor Peace Day".
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Western Christian tradition
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In the
General Roman Calendar
, the celebration is a
solemnity
. In earlier editions, it was
ranked
as a Double (
Tridentine calendar
), Double of the First Class (e.g.,
General Roman Calendar of 1954
), or First-Class Feast (
General Roman Calendar of 1960
). Prior to the
liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII
, this feast was followed by a common
octave
. On this feast, newly created
metropolitan archbishops
receive from the
pope
the primary symbol of their office, the
pallium
.
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It is a
holy day of obligation
in the
Latin Church
, although individual conferences of bishops can suppress the obligation.
[11]
The
Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
of 2004 grants the partial
indulgence
for the faithful who has devoutly recited the prayer in honor of the apostles .
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In England, Scotland and Wales the feast is observed as a holy day of obligation while in the United States and Canada, it is not. The feast ceased being a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States in 1840.
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The
Church of England
celebrates 29 June as a
festival
.
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The
Lutheran churches
celebrate it in the rank of a
lesser festival
.
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Because of the importance of Sts Peter and Paul to the Catholic Church, many Catholic-majority countries observe their feast day as a public holiday. The feast is observed in Rome because St. Paul and St. Peter are
patron saints
of the Eternal City.
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In the
Apulia
region of southeastern Italy, the feast was associated with the
Tarantella
dance since the Middle Ages.
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In
Malta
the solemnity is a public holiday and in
Maltese
is known as
L-Imnarja
. It is celebrated with festivals the preceding weekend in
Nadur
Gozo and as well as
Buskett Gardens
in
Rabat
.
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It is also a public holiday of the
Canton of Ticino
, Switzerland, as well as parts of the Swiss cantons of
Lucerne
and
Graubunden
.
[19]
It is a public holiday in Peru
[20]
and in various municipalities of the Philippines.
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citation needed
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In
Ormoc
, festivals, bazaars, parades, and pageants are held annually on the feast day, as Peter and Paul are the city's patron saints.
[21]
In 1577
Jan Rubens
named his son
Peter Paul
, because he was born during the office of vespers of this day.
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See also
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References
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"Festa di San Pietro e Paolo a Roma"
.
www.regioni-italiane.com
.
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Prat, Ferdinand (1911). "
St. Paul
". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
Catholic Encyclopedia
. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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Kfouf, Ayman.
"The Fast of the Holy Apostles"
. Archived from
the original
on 30 June 2012
. Retrieved
25 June
2012
.
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Mother Mary;
Ware, Kallistos
, "The Festal Menaion", p. 41. St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, 1998.
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Count M.V. Tolstoy,
Stories from the History of Russian Church
(РАССКАЗЫ ИЗ ИСТОРИИ РУССКОЙ ЦЕРКВИ), vol.3
(in Russian)
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"5 ???? ? ????? ?????? ?? ??? ???? ? ????????"
.
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Tarasoff, Koozma J.
"Historic 1895 Burning of Guns: descriptions, selections and translations"
.
Spirit-Wrestlers.com
. Retrieved
23 June
2016
.
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Tarasoff, Koozma J.
The Doukhobor Peace Day
Archived
30 October 2018 at the
Wayback Machine
, May 4, 2002
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Tarasoff, Koozma J., with Andrei Conovaloff.
"Historic 1895 Burning of Guns descriptions, selections and translations"
.
Spirit Wrestlers
. Spirit Wrestlers Publishing
. Retrieved
20 May
2018
.
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"Pope modifies and enriches Pallium Investiture Ceremony"
.
Vatican Radio
. 29 January 2015
. Retrieved
29 January
2015
.
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Codex Iuris Canonici
(1983), canon 1246.
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Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
,
Concessiones
, n°. 20, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 4th edition, 2004, p. 67.
ISBN
88-209-2785-3
.
Latin
quote: "Partialis indulgentia conceditur christifideli qui orationem Sancti Apostoli Petre et Paule devote recitaverit. 'Sancti Apostoli Petre et Paule, intercedite pro nobis. Protege, Domine, populum tuum; et Apostolorum tuorum Petri et Pauli patrocinio confidentem, perpetua defensione conserva. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.'"
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Corcoran, James Andrew; Ryan, Patrick John; Prendergast, Edmond Francis (1886).
"American Catholic Quarterly Review, Volume 11"
. Retrieved
13 June
2020
.
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"The Church's Year"
.
The Church of England
. Retrieved
12 May
2021
.
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"Feasts and Festivals"
.
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
. Retrieved
29 June
2019
.
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Scaramuzzino, Maria (29 June 2020).
"Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome, the Eternal City"
.
italiani.it
. Retrieved
11 May
2021
.
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Anon (1968).
Tarantism: St. Paul and the Spider
, in
Essays and Reviews form the Times Literary Supplement
. London: Oxford University Press, pp. 172?183. Originally published in the
Times Literary Supplement
, 27 April 1967. pp. 173?174
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"Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | religious festival"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
11 May
2021
.
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"Liste der Feiertage in der Schweiz"
(PDF)
.
Datumsrechner
(in German)
. Retrieved
12 May
2021
.
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"Holidays 2023 in Peru: List of public and long holidays in Peru"
.
Noticias Financieras
. 22 June 2023.
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Reyes, Ronald.
"Philippine city holds on to faith despite disasters ? UCA News"
.
ucanews.com
. Retrieved
12 May
2021
.
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Historische levensbeschryving van P.P. Rubens Door Jean Francois Marie Michel p.14
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