Saints Peter and Paul
Feast · apostle
- 29 June (Roman Catholic Church)
- 29 June (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Epip 5 (Coptic Orthodox Church)
The two who founded the Roman church, kept on one day East and West alike — one of only six commemorations of an apostle where the two calendars agree. In Rome it is a solemnity and a holy day of obligation; in Byzantium a Great Feast closing the Apostles' Fast.
After The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 29 June, «Ст҃ы́хъ сла́вныхъ и҆ всехва́льныхъ и҆ первоверхо́вныхъ а҆пⷭ҇лѡвъ петра̀ и҆ па́ѵла», p. 674.
Commemorating
- Saint Peter commemorates
- Paul the Apostle commemorates
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) patronal
Where this is recorded
- Roman Catholic Church — the day, after Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar
- Eastern Orthodox Church — the day, after The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 29 June, «Ст҃ы́хъ сла́вныхъ и҆ всехва́льныхъ и҆ первоверхо́вныхъ а҆пⷭ҇лѡвъ петра̀ и҆ па́ѵла», p. 674
- Coptic Orthodox Church — the day, after Le Synaxaire arabe jacobite (rédaction copte), PO XVII.3, p. 622 — 5 Abib (29 juin)
Glosses
- The fast that can disappear The Apostles' Fast begins movably, on the Monday after All Saints Sunday, and ends fixed on the eve of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June. Nothing holds the two ends together, so its length swings with the date of Pascha …