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6 strong prayers apostles Peter and Paul

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Prayer to the apostles Peter and Paul on their feast

“O glorification of the apostles Peter and Paul, who betrayed their souls for Christ and fertilized His pasture with your blood! Hear the children of your prayers and sighs, now offered with a broken heart. Behold, we are overshadowed by lawlessness and for the sake of misfortunes, like clouds, we will be overlaid, but we will hardly be able to resist the poor of a good life and we will not be able to resist a predatory wolf, who boldly strive to plunder the heritage of God. Oh strength! Bear our infirmities, do not be separated from us in spirit, so that we will not part in the end from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us, for your prayers, may he destroy the handwriting of our immeasurable sins and may he be blessed with all the saints Kingdom and Marriage of His Lamb, to Him be honor and glory, and thanksgiving and worship, forever and ever. Amen".

Prayer to Peter and Paul for love and protection

“O holy apostles Peter and Paul, do not depart in spirit from us, sinful servants of God (names), may we not be completely separated from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us for your prayers, may the handwriting of the immeasurable our sins, and may he vouchsafe with all the saints the blessed Kingdom and the marriage of His Lamb, to Him be honor and glory, and thanksgiving and worship forever and ever.

Prayer to the apostles Peter and Paul for justice

“Peter, the firm representative of the faith of Christ, and Paul, sweet-talking gusset of the teaching of the Lord! We see you, like a multi-flowing river of the sayings of Christ's words, flowing from the true bowels of God and opening the whole depth of the well of God-revealed truths before us, thirsting for them. We see you, like luminaries, from heaven the currents of warmth of divine love explaining to us: we bless you, who have accepted labors and sweats, in the hedgehog of the teachings of divine seeds: we kiss your feet, flowing around the whole ends of the earth, and in awe of sin we see your heads, humbly bowed to to the most pure feet of the Lord: one by the way of the cross (by hanging) and the other by sword beheading. We tenderly ask you, holy Apostles, create us in a riot of sin bowed before our Teacher Lord, create the pride of our head with the beheading of God-revealed teaching: may the Lord quench our spiritual smoothness with a brush pointed from heaven itself, like Peter: - you, Paul, are God-saturated Christ’s words, rush and raise us up to the third heaven with your unceasing prayers for us to the Lord, and there we will glorify with the faces of angels and apostles the wondrous Father of all in our saints and sent Him into the world to save and instruct to eternal life, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit consubstantial with Him. Amen."

Prayer to the apostles Peter and Paul from corruption

“About the supreme Apostle: Peter, the firm representative of the faith of Christ, and Paul, sweet-talking gusset of the teaching of the Lord! We see you, like a multi-flowing river of the sayings of Christ's words, flowing from the true bowels of God and opening the whole depth of the well of God-revealed truths before us, thirsting for them. We see you, like luminaries, from heaven the currents of warmth of divine love explaining to us: we bless you, who have accepted labors and sweats, in the hedgehog of the teachings of divine seeds: we kiss your feet, flowing around the whole ends of the earth, and in awe of sin we see your heads, humbly bowed to to the most pure feet of the Lord: one by the way of the cross (by hanging) and the other by sword beheading. We tenderly ask you, holy Apostles, create us in a riot of sin bowed before our Teacher Lord, create the pride of our head with the beheading of God-revealed teaching: may the Lord quench our spiritual smoothness with a brush pointed from heaven itself, like Peter: - you, Paul, are God-saturated Christ’s words, rush and raise us up to the third heaven with your unceasing prayers for us to the Lord, and there we will glorify with the faces of angels and apostles the wondrous Father of all in our saints and sent Him into the world to save and instruct to eternal life, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit consubstantial with Him. Amen."

Prayer to the apostles Peter and Paul for work

“O holy apostles Peter and Paul, do not depart in spirit from us, sinful servants of God (names), may we not be completely separated from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us for your prayers, may the handwriting of the immeasurable our sins, and may he vouchsafe with all the saints the blessed Kingdom and the marriage of His Lamb, to Him be honor and glory, and thanksgiving and worship forever and ever.

Prayers to the Supreme Apostle Peter

Prayer one

O Saint Peter, the great apostle, self-seeing and companion of God, by the almighty right hand of your Teacher from the waters of the agitated, accepted and freed from the final drowning! Do not forget us wretched ones (names), mired in sinful mud and overwhelmed by the waves of the worldly sea: give us your strong hand, help us and keep us from drowning in passions, lusts, lies and slander. Do with us mercy, revealed to you from the Lord, but do not bend in doubt and lack of faith. Teach us, our teacher, to shed tears of repentance, and weep bitterly for our deeds in this world. And if your tears, poured out in repentance, are covered by His mercy, the Lord and your Teacher, ask us, with apostolic boldness, forgiveness in hourly sin. Yes, we will live a quiet and silent life in this age until the hour, in which the Lord, our impartial Judge, will call us for centuries. But you, O all-praised apostle, do not reject our cry and groaning to you, but intercede for us before Christ, your Teacher, let us unceasingly glorify His mercy to us, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer two

O holy great apostle Peter! Do not reject me, your servant (name) and my groaning to you. Look at me, who is in sickness and sorrow, ask Christ, your Teacher, (the content of the petition), let us unceasingly glorify His mercy to us, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayers to the Holy Primate Apostles Peter and Paul

Prayer one

About the glorification of the apostles Peter and Paul, who betrayed their souls for Christ and fertilized His pasture with your blood! Hear the children of your prayers and sighs, now offered with a broken heart. Behold, we are overshadowed by lawlessness and for the sake of misfortunes, like clouds, we will be overlaid, but we will hardly be able to resist the poor of a good life and we will not be able to resist a predatory wolf, who boldly strive to plunder the heritage of God. Oh strength! Bear our infirmities, do not be separated from us in spirit, so that we will not part in the end from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us, for your prayers, may he destroy the handwriting of our immeasurable sins and may he be blessed with all the saints Kingdom and Marriage of His Lamb, to Him be honor and glory, and thanksgiving and worship, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer two

O holy apostles Peter and Paul, do not depart in spirit from us, sinful servants of God (names), may we not be completely separated from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us for your prayers, may the handwriting of immeasurable sins be destroyed ours, and may he vouchsafe with all the saints the blessed Kingdom and the marriage of His Lamb, to Him be honor and glory, and thanksgiving and worship forever and ever.

Prayer three

About the supreme Apostle: Peter, the firm representative of the faith of Christ, and Paul, the gossip of the teaching of the Lord! We see you, like a multi-flowing river of the sayings of Christ's words, flowing from the true bowels of God and opening the whole depth of the well of God-revealed truths before us, thirsting for them. We see you, like luminaries, from heaven the currents of warmth of divine love explaining to us: we bless you, who have accepted labors and sweats, in the hedgehog of the teachings of divine seeds: we kiss your feet, flowing around the whole ends of the earth, and in awe of sin we see your heads, humbly bowed to to the most pure feet of the Lord: one by the way of the cross (by hanging) and the other by sword beheading. We tenderly ask you, holy Apostles, create us in a riot of sin bowed before our Teacher Lord, create the pride of our head with the beheading of God-revealed teaching: may the Lord quench our spiritual smoothness with a brush pointed from heaven itself, like Peter: - you, Paul, are God-saturated Christ’s words, rush and raise us up to the third heaven with your unceasing prayers for us to the Lord, and there we will glorify with the faces of angels and apostles the wondrous Father of all in our saints and sent Him into the world to save and instruct to eternal life, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit consubstantial with Him. Amen.

Prayer Four

Holy Supreme Apostle Peter, the stone of faith, on Christ, the cornerstone, in the Church, by confession! Moth, yes, and az, always swayed by smart thoughts and carnal lusts, on the same Christ, the Living Stone, the chosen, the honest, by faith I have always been made with love in the spiritual temple, in the holy priesthood, offer spiritual sacrifices to God Jesus Christ. Holy supreme Apostle Paul, chosen vessel of Christ, full of the grace and glory of God! Pray to the Creator, who has power over the creature, that I, now a ruined vessel, will create for Himself a vessel in honor, consecrated and usable, prepared for every good. Amen.

Troparion to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

Troparion, tone 4

The apostles of the first throne and the teacher of the universe, pray to the Lord of all, grant peace to the universe and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion, tone 2

Solid and divine preachers, the top of Your apostles, O Lord, Thou hast taken in the delight of Thy good ones and peace: Thou hast accepted sickness and death more than any all-fruitfulness, O only knowing heart.

magnificence

We magnify you, Apostles of Christ, who enlightened the whole world with your teachings and brought all the ends to Christ.

Troparion to the Apostle Peter
(worship of the honest chains of the Apostle Peter)

Troparion, tone 4

Do not leave Rome, you came to us with honest chains, even you wore the apostles of the throne. Bowing down to him by faith, we pray: with your prayers to God, grant us great mercy.

Akathist to the Holy Primate Apostles Peter and Paul

Kondak 1

Election of the preacher of the Immaculate Lamb, slain for us, Christ God, glorified the Apostles Peter and Paul! As if by the knowledge of God the ends of the world have been illumined and abundantly given streams of grace to drink, and now look with love on those who diligently honor your memory. Fill us with the spirit of wisdom, confirm our hearts with faith, but we sing to you without ceasing, calling with tenderness: Rejoice, holy apostles Peter and Paul.

Ikos 1

The angels of the evangelist appeared on earth, the apostles to Peter and Paul of blessedness, for from the Samago the Author of our salvation for doing your calling, the breadth of the whole earth was around, by Jews and Greeks Christ crucified, God's Power and God's Wisdom preaching. In the same way, we, with the light of your teachings, illuminate, with our hearts and lips we cry out to you: Rejoice, shining stars, shining from the east and showing all people the way to Christ; Rejoice, affirmation of the Church of Christ and pillars of steadfastness. Rejoice, you who have received the power to bind and solve our sins from Christ; Rejoice, in your holy writings to faith and hope in God, all of us calling. Rejoice, in your life the images of conversion to sinners appeared; Rejoice, having shown us the height of true love in word and deed. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 2

Seeing you, Apostle Peter, on the Sea of Galilee, together with Andrew, your brother, sweeping up nets, the Lord said to you: She is coming after Me, and I will make you a fisherman. And Abieh, left the mrezha, according to Him idost. The same, the beauty of the Church of the Ecumenical, create us as your intercession to be quick to do the commandments of God, but inert to sin, yes, with malice of infancy, we will all reach the measure of the age of a perfect husband, singing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Illuminate the Divine mind, Paul, the chosen vessel of God, when, jealous of the traditions of the fathers, you marched to Damascus to persecute the Church of Christ. Then suddenly the radiance of the Glory of the Lord shrouded you and a voice came from Heaven: Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? But you, if you were darkened with carnal vision, but in spirit you saw the Strength and Glory of Christ crucified, enlightening the darkness and building His Church with love, and for this reason you were captivated by the spirit, carrying repentance and obedience and saying: “Lord, what will I do?”. Therefore, let us receive the lot of the apostleship from the hand of the Lord and the baptism with water and the Spirit from Ananias the most blessed, thou hast appeared beforehand, the chosen vessel of grace and the silent witness of our Savior, from Worthless and we, enlightening, sing to you with a skillful sing: Rejoice, lordship of the Church, from the Inexpressible Light on miraculously kindled paths into the revelation of tongues; Rejoice, miraculously manifesting the signs of the Power of God in your life and blocking those rebellious lips forever. Rejoice, chosen vessel, the least from the apostle and the first from the sinner to himself contritely called; Rejoice, as the Cherubim is a secret seer, even up to the third Heaven by faith and love ascended. Rejoice, like a fiery Seraphim, constantly consumed and melted by zeal for Bose; Rejoice, Paul and Peter, loud trumpet gospels, the foundations of the old world, like Jericho the second crusher. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 3

The power of the Most High, known in weakness, poured out on thee, Paul, the adamant of faith, grace upon grace, thou didst not falsely confess: I can do everything about Jesus strengthening me. And you truly preached the Gospel in the manifestation of the Spirit and power, creating great and indescribable, glorious and terrible, as if ignorant of God I would learn theology, hardened hearts with the oil of mercy, soldered and all the sheep wasted in the fence of the One Shepherd from everywhere flocking, and learning to sing according to him: Alleluia .

Ikos 3

Having a bold love for the Lord, you walked, O Peter, on the waters raised, as if on dry land. But even if by drowning you were frightened and overwhelmed with doubt, you didn’t drown in the abyss, you stretched out your hand and eyes to the Savior, crying out to Him from the depths of your heart: Lord, save me. And in that hour you received a helping hand from Christ, our Redeemer. So we, in this earthly vale, frighten with troubles and drown with waves of passions, looking at your course, instructing us to a quiet haven of good, thankfully sing to this site: Rejoice, precious stone of faith, chosen and approved from the Cornerstone Stone; Rejoice, temple of the Holy Spirit, richly decorated with various gifts from Him. Rejoice, uncomplicated fisherman, filled with the wisdom of God, whom no one can resist from; Rejoice, self-evident of the greatness of God, more than kings and glorious lands from the Lord for all eternity glorified. Rejoice, spiritualized charter, inscribed in fiery writings the word of God, rejoice, with Paul the Apostle shone equally honorable and unstoppable. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 4

A storm of fierce temptations was raised up in ancient times by a murderer, from time immemorial, consume the Church of God and the disciples of the Savior, like wheat, scatter: but the Lord pray for you, Peter, that your faith not be impoverished. And so, from the Savior we enlighten and from Him we strengthen in weakness, truly you crushed the jaws of the enemy and, turning, confirmed your brethren, singing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing, Paul the Wise, about your wondrous election, in a hedgehog to proclaim the name of the Lord Jesus by the people and the king and the son of Israel, and seeing you in word, in life, in love, in soul, in faith, in purity, like light with the tongue for their salvation set, unfaithful faith enlightened, faithful, jubilantly, glorify the Lord. The same and we, having received the commandment to rejoice, bring the voice of joy as follows: Rejoice, faithful servant of Christ, all glorious of the world, like rubbish and dust, imputing and enslaving everyone to Christ for the sake of the Gospel; Rejoice, good warrior of Christ, clothed in all the weapons of God and subduing all tongues in the obedience of Christ. Rejoice, most pleasing sacrifice, sharing with Christ, for the sake of Christ, accustomed to die all the days; Rejoice, sower of many tears, glorious prisoner and confessor, joyfully wearing the wounds of the Lord Jesus Christ on your body. Rejoice, glory and praise to the Church of the Ecumenical, the disgrace of the world's former, smoothness, thirst, nakedness, beating and reproach for Christ many times endured; Rejoice, Paul and Peter, adornment of the apostles, evangelist of the world, affirmation of the Church. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 5

The divine star appeared to you, Paul, when your course is brightly begun from Damascus, even to Rome you stretched out and as before the star from the east, teach the magicians to bow to the Sun of Truth, and you, God-wise, showed the way to Christ to everyone who wants to achieve salvation, crying out with boldness to many: be imitators of me, as I am also to Christ. He also taught us to sing with one mouth: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing on Mount Favorstei the Glory of the Only Begotten from the Father, clothed with Light, like a robe, wanting to put on a robe of reproach for us, he said, Peter, Jesus, seeing the unspeakable Glory of the redeemed by the Blood of the Immaculate Lamb of Christ: Lord, good is for us to be here. For this sake, we, who give birth to distant ones, are deprived of radiant purity, if not worthy of being, both with your angelic voice calling to an incorruptible, pure, unfading heritage, observed in Heaven, as if a communicant who wants to be revealed to Glory, we sing to you: Rejoice, blessed, from the Eternal Truth is worthy of "blessed" betrothed; Rejoice, kind beads, found from the Lord at the lake and illuminated with light from the Light. Rejoice, sent from Samago the Redeemer of the human race to preach the Gospel; Rejoice, truly the fisher of men appearing, for you, as before, by grace draw the souls darkened into the wonderful Light of Christ God. Rejoice, life-giving source, from the Source of eternal life flowing and from the wealth of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, thirsty souls; Rejoice, Peter and Paul, like Seraphim of the six-crowned, soaring at the Throne of the King of Glory and accepting the Mysteries of God into the light. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 6

The preacher is not silent, and after your death, Peter the God-bearing, you appeared, from the sky of the mind, like a mysterious thunder, you remind us of the title of Christians in many ways. But we, leading your love to never fall away and prayer for us unceasingly at the Throne of God to God, we sing with a touched heart: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Thou didst shine, great name Paul, signs and wonders soon, the Holy Spirit in Antioch commanded that the great ministry of the Apostle of Tongues should begin: the same, you reached Cyprus, Elima the sorcerer's vision darkened you and Sergius the proconsul illuminated you with the light of truth. Vouchsafe us, who have partaken of this light, to glorify your marvelous deeds in spiritual songs and singing and sing to you this: Rejoice, in the light of the hearts of the meek and reasonable, even, like a milking, warm and nurse with your God-inspired writings; Rejoice, wand of punishment, crush the vessels of lies and flattery to the end, and lift hearts crushed to the immovable Stone of Faith. Rejoice, incarnating the Gospel of Christ in yourself and for this sake, exalted and glorified beyond the visible; Rejoice, mouth of honey, proclaiming much joy to the apostle and the faithful, as if the Lord had opened the door of salvation to you with all your tongue. Rejoice, zealot for God, new Elijah, do not build on an alien foundation and flow around distant countries with your jealousy; Rejoice, Paul and Peter, who have divided the whole world between you, in a hedgehog to be an apostle of tongues, but to another to preach to the chosen people. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 7

Although you affirm the truth and protect the world of the Church, you came, Paul, the champion of truth, to the holy city, in it at the meeting of the saints the apostle and the faithful testified together with Peter and Barnabas, as if the Holy Spirit breathes, where he wants, bestowing His grace on the unenviously Judaic and the Greeks circumcised and saving all by faith, and not the deadly deeds of the old law. And thus, truly, all the faithful, who have received freedom and peace, are bound by a union of love, gratefully sing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

The new Archangel, the herald of the mystery, from the hidden age, having chosen thee, the Apostle Peter, Lord, always ask Your disciples: who do you say to be Me? But you, from the Heavenly Father, we enlighten, proclaimed the undoubted foundation of our faith, saying to the Savior: you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. For this sake, we, honoring you, as if having openly confessed the Hope of our salvation, cry out to you like this: Rejoice, new Sinai, clearly showing the tablet of salvation to people and proclaiming freedom in Christ; Rejoice, first-placed from the Architecton of Heaven to the stone of faith and confession, on which the Church of Christ is irresistibly founded. Rejoice, first-placed gatekeeper of the entrance of paradise, to whom the Lord first promised to give the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; Rejoice, righteous judge, who judges with the rest the apostles of the ten tribes of Israel. Rejoice, as the eyes and rocks of your blessed Christ our Savior, He is seen by the prophets with fiery desire, in the flesh, being on earth, seeing and hearing; Rejoice, Peter and Paul, who have the most beautiful feet of the Gospel and sanctified hearts; Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 8

A strange miracle and inconveniently understandable appeared to you, Peter, to the wise earthly, as if the Lord is ignorant of the world and humbled by the chosen Lord, and shamed the wise, conquered the kingdoms, brought the hosts of the darkened to the Light of Truth, and until now, like a pillar of fire, illumine all the earthly, indicating the undoubted path to the blessed fatherland. For this sake, marveling at the wealth of grace in you, we sing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

Thou wast everything, Paul, embracing everyone with love, attaining the word of salvation far and near, overcoming everything by faith: in the sky and in Philippeh, preaching peace, and even with beaten clubs you were fierce and thrown into prison in shackles, but you sang there together with By the power of a wondrous song of praise and thanksgiving to God, Izhe and thundered by His great coward servant, as if the foundations of the prison were shaken and the doors were opened. But we, seeing you, wiser, illuminating the darkness of the prison with the light of the knowledge of God and giving freedom in Christ as a prisoner, we sing the same song: Rejoice, prisoner of Christ, turning the dungeon into a temple and resolving the chains of people with your chains of demons; Rejoice, mighty one, bearing the infirmities of the weak, not to yourself, but to please your neighbors. Rejoice, miraculous, boasting with bonds and sorrows, rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep; Rejoice, dead to sin, but ever-living God, for you are Christ's life and gain death. Rejoice, in the image of vigilant work, forget the back, stretch to the front and with all your thoughts to the honor of the high calling; Rejoice, Paul and Peter, even to death you served the Lord as a martyr and sow, like a crown, the feat of your crowned. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 9

Leading all to Christ, you proclaimed, Paul, in Athens to those who think wise to be Wisdom, descending from above, yes, leading vanity, from here they will lead God, invisible to them, and touch Him, in Him we live and move and we are. The same and we, by the grace of the inexpressible mind of the truth, perceiving and with the heart not false, as if the Lord is good, having comprehended, we sing to Him with firm faith, as with a finger from Thomas, tangible: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

You can’t branch out the tongue of a man, when the Lord the Forces has washed his servant with His servant and wiped it with a lazy one. But you, Petre, are conquered by fear, if you proclaimed: do not wash my foot forever, but all of you were converted into obedience, when you heard the word spoken from the Lord: if I do not wash you, do not have part with me. And so with all your heart you cried out: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hand and my head. We, leading you in these, like gold into the fires of temptation, are cleansed and knowing from humility to obedience your ascent, worshiping the sacrament of God's Providence, we sing to you with a humble heart like this: , Judas washed his nose and from him with a kiss of an evil devotee; Rejoice, for ever ignorant of Christ, you are more, the Immaculate Lamb, like a lamb, following, until your slaughter, you kept faithfulness. Rejoice, inextinguishable coal, unceasingly embraced by the fire of Divine love from the altar of Heaven; rejoice, burn and shine with the lamp, illuminate the births of the births with the light of truth. Rejoice, rich bunch of Christ's grapes, returned to the joy of the much-sorrowful world; Rejoice, Peter and Paul, who truly imagined Christ God in yourself. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 10

Salvation in Christ, the unsearchable abyss and repentance, you showed a lot of power in yourself, Peter, when you thrice rejected the Lord according to what was foretold: we do not know this Man! When you swore and swore in the courtyard of the bishop, but Abie, remembering the word of Jesus, you flowed outside, crying bitterly. But we, tenderly looking at this most luminous image of contrition, given to the teaching and denunciation of our hard-hearted hearts, we sing to the Lord, who marvelously exalted thee: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

You were an invincible wall and weapon, Paul, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, as if you crushed their kingdom in Corinth, Ephesus and other cities of the universe, dispersing the darkness of polytheism and affirming the mind of truth. You did not appear falsely if you were a servant of God in patience, in sorrows, troubles, in crowds, in wounds, dungeons, in disorder, labor, vigils, in fasting, as if our mind would be perplexed to utter the wealth of your kindness, day-night feats with many tears . For this sake, seeing the sea of your love, we impudently pray: hear us, poor sinners who speak with the mouth of a sinner: Rejoice, invincible dead sin of the good tidings, as if you defeated the old man in you first, crucified with Christ; Rejoice, multi-fruited teacher and detractor of predatory wolves, as if you showed the image to the faithful, always awake and teaching everything purely: in word and life according to the word. Rejoice, enricher of all, as if, having first become impoverished and worthless, you supported everything; Rejoice, ardent zealot of Christians, betrothed to Christ, as a pure virgin bride. Rejoice, the womb of the much-painful former about your children in the throes of birth, until Christ is imagined in them; Rejoice, Paul and Peter, in the unity of the Soul united in one city, faithfulness to Christ sealed with blood. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 11

Peti and appease your bonds and sufferings, Pavel the long-suffering, it is worthy to eat, as if only in patience, but with joy you were foretold by Agabus the prophet, you accepted the bonds, and you testified to the Church of Caesarea: you are not bound to be ready for the name of the Lord Jesus . To him, and we, marvelous in His saints, sing the song: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

Thou, Peter, was the light of inexpressible joy and divine love, when the Lord, after the resurrection, was the first apostle to appear to you, who grieved. In the same way, appear again, Lord of life, ask you three times: Simone Ionin, do you love Me? But you, with the fire of Divine love, we scorch, you answered warmly: Lord, You know how much I love You. For this reason, we, impoverished in spirit, remembering the abundant currents of tears and your love, for the sake of calling the Lord to the former degree of apostleship, we reverently cry out to you: Rejoice, teacher of repentance, with bitter tears you have acquired the height of humility and risen from the grave to joy unspoken forever attached; Rejoice, depth of wisdom, high humility of wisdom, flame of love, revealing the way of life to all those who are faithful to themselves. Rejoice, friend of the Lord Jesus, zealously bearing the yoke of the gospel, not willing to rule over the heritage of God, but teaching obedience with power; Rejoice, Apostle of Christ, combining the wisdom of the serpent and the purity of the dove in yourself and showing extreme humility of wisdom in the way of your death on the cross. Rejoice, faithful servant of the Lord, multiplying the talent given to you and entering into the joy of the Lord; Rejoice, Peter and Paul, whose hearts are not cramped, who have embraced the whole world with love and enlightened the ends of the universe. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 12

The grace of the Spirit of the Comforter, poured out on the heads of the faithful in the form of tongues of fire, soon poured out of your mouth, Peter, with a fiery verb, in a hedgehog with the power of many Christ crucified, not only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, but also to the pagans of the barren church, may this God also bear fruit imperishable krin of purity and repentance. Ask us, blessed apostle, the mercy of the Lord, who works great and wonderful with you, resurrecting the dead with your hand and inflaming our deadly love by your death on the cross, let us unceasingly sing to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing your most bright memory, Paul, we worthily appease the inexpressible deeds, illnesses and labors, even in vigils, in hunger and thirst, in fasting, in winter and nakedness you suffered. Who will count your wounds, sorrows and troubles in cities, in deserts, in the sea, troubles from a robber, troubles from relatives, troubles from a tongue and false brotherhood? Who is like you? Thou hast labored more than all the apostle. The same we pray: do not disdain us, sinners, praying to you, but as if you were all everything, and now hear with a weak voice the one brought to you: Rejoice, prisoner of Christ, spreading light from prison, laboring much in word and message in bonds, for truly the word of God does not fit; Rejoice, unsearchable abyss of love, according to your brethren, be excommunicated from Christ sincerely lustful. Rejoice, ascetic ascetic, laboring a good feat, completing the course and decorating the Church with your blood; Rejoice, exude a sea of miracles, as if the heads and heads of your ailments will be healed and the demons will drive away. Rejoice, inseparable partaker of the love of God, philosophizing on the mountain, and not earthly, for it will also be resolved from the flesh and wished to be with Christ; Rejoice, Paul and Peter, Christian planters of the faith, piety with water to drink and guides to the haven of eternal faithfulness. Rejoice, holy chief apostles Peter and Paul.

Kondak 13

O all-praise evangelists Peter and Paul! Listen to the sighing of our hearts, praying for us, the prayer of the righteous before God can do much more: take care and now remember us about the heavenly calling and Christians’ end of our life, draw us to the sweetness of the gospel truth, bind us with the bonds of the love of Christ, yes we all, having rejected wickedness and worldly lusts, let us enter into the joy of our Lord, singing to Him from the angels and from the faces of the saints: Alleluia.

(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

On the day of Midnight, the Gospel is read about the preaching of Christ in the middle of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), and not Pentecost. The Feast of Tabernacles is celebrated in autumn, not spring. Why did such a discrepancy arise between history and worship and why the hymns of the holiday are dedicated to living water - the grace of the Holy Spirit, says priest Theodore LUDOGOVSKY

In the verse to John the Forerunner of the service of his Nativity, it is said that he preached "Christ's exhaustion to men", which he himself shared: "He must increase, but I must decrease." Why did God and the great prophet diminish? What is the meaning of this for Christians? Priest Fyodor LUDOGOVSKY answers

In the Greek text of the Gospel, the apostles are called "co-disciples". On July 12, the Church honors the memory of two of them: Peter, the most steadfast of the disciples of Christ, on the cornerstone of his faith, the Savior metaphorically promised to build the Church, and Paul, the former persecutor of Palestinian Christians, who believed in the Son of God and converted the Greek world to Christianity.

“Peter and Paul reduced the hour” - do you know such a saying? About how the people's consciousness perceived the images of the supreme apostles - publicist and historian Andrey ZAYTSEV

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Divine service (All-night service and Liturgy) on July 11-12 glorifies the supreme apostles Peter and Paul. Why exactly them? Peter denied Christ three times, but it was him that Christ called the stone of faith and entrusted the Church; Saul stoned the disciples of Christ, and Christ sends him to preach to the Gentiles. The primary duality is united by one thing: Peter and Paul actually knew what sin is and what repentance is, they knew that the love of Christ conquers. And therefore, in Paroemias at Vespers Ap. Peter has the right to say to us: “Beloved, I ask you to turn away from carnal lusts that war against the soul, spending your good life among the Gentiles, so that for what they revile you for doing evil, seeing your good deeds, glorify God on the day visits."

Caracas is the capital of Venezuela. Bishop JOHN (Berzin) of Caracas governs the most turbulent South American diocese abroad. A significant part of the Latin American parishes that were part of the Church Abroad went into schism on the eve of the signing of the act of canonical communion between ROCOR and the Moscow Patriarchate on May 17, 2007. On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the reunification, we are publishing our interview with Vladyka.

At every all-night service in the third psalm, from which the Six Psalms begins, we hear "Rise, Lord, save me, my God, for you have struck down all those who are at war with me in vain: you have crushed the teeth of sinners." These words baffle me. Why are teeth like this? great importance for the psalmist? Nowhere in the patericons did I read that God punished someone for sins by losing teeth. And what does "destroyed" mean? It is clear that it does not mean a blow to the jaw, as in a fight between people. Maybe one of the holy fathers has an interpretation of this passage? Vladimir

Andrei Desnitsky: "Disputes about the liturgical language are carried on so stubbornly and fervently because we are talking here it is rather about the place of the Church in our society and in this world, about its meaning and purpose here and now, in relation to us personally. The correct answers can be found in the catechisms, but they will be too general and of little help. Maybe partly because the questions themselves aren't usually spoken out loud."

On the feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (December 4), churches begin to sing the Christmas canon at the Vespers. At first everything is clear: "Christ is born - praise!" But the further, the more difficult. The meaning of the hymns is explained by Archpriest Vitaly GOLOVATENKO, rector of the Church of the Nativity Holy Mother of God at the St. Petersburg Conservatory

Liturgical language: "sea of life"
The life of the Mediterranean civilization - Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, etc. - was closely connected with the sea. It was vital to get along with the water element in order to use it for good. But at all times, the deep sea even among experienced sailors caused fear, melting in its depths an unpredictable destructive force. The Apostle Paul, traveling with the preaching of Christianity in the Mediterranean, suffered a shipwreck three times, spending night and day "in the depths of the sea" (see II Cor. 11, 25). How was the image of the sea refracted in the liturgical texts that came to us from Mediterranean Byzantium?

Orthodox piety, which developed under the auspices of the Royal court in the main temple of the Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, surrounded the bringing of gifts to the Throne with a procession that received the name "Great Entrance" by analogy with the royal "entrances". On major holidays, the Emperor himself walked at the head of the procession with a censer in his hands, accompanying the prepared gifts, which are about to become the Body and Blood of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. The meaning of the moment in connection with the hymns accompanying it is revealed by the heading deacon Mikhail ASMUS

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Prayers to the saints

Memory: June 29 / July 12

Before the apostolate he was a fisherman, then, together with his brother, the apostle Andrew, he was the first called by the Lord into the number of disciples. When Jesus was taken into custody by the high priests, he denied the Lord, however, he atoned for his sin with tearful repentance and, having confessed his faith and love for Christ, was worthy to become the foundation of the entire Christian Church. He had various grace gifts - he healed the lame, the paralytic, resurrected the dead, cast out demons in the name of Jesus. He was martyred in Rome. They pray to the Apostle Peter for the well-being of the Church, the multiplication of faith in case of lack of faith, during temptations and persecution, for the admonition and conversion of non-Christians and those of little faith, for the return to the bosom of the Church of people who have fallen into sects, help in learning, healing from various ailments, for example, with a fever ( influenza), on assistance in fishing and fish farming.

Apostle Peter. Icon, XVI century

Troparion to the Apostle Peter (and Paul), tone 4

The Apostles of the Mother See, and the teacher of the universe, pray to the Lord of all, grant peace to the universe, and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion to the Apostle Peter (and Paul), Tone 2:

Firm and divine preachers, the top of Your apostles, O Lord, received Thou in the delight of Your good and rest; For one had sickness and death, Thou didst accept more than any infertility. One true heart.

Prayer to the Apostle Peter

O Saint Peter, the great apostle, self-seeing and companion of God, by the almighty right hand of your Teacher from the waters of the agitated, accepted and freed from the final drowning! Don't forget us poor ones names), in the mire of those who are mired in sin and overwhelmed by the waves of the worldly sea: give us your strong hand, help us and keep us from drowning in passions, lusts, lies and slander. Do with us mercy, revealed to you from the Lord, but do not bend in doubt and lack of faith. Teach us, our teacher, to shed tears of repentance, and weep bitterly for our deeds in this world. And if your tears, poured out in repentance, are covered by His mercy, the Lord and your Teacher, ask us, with apostolic boldness, forgiveness in hourly sin. Yes, we will live a quiet and silent life in this age until the hour, in which the Lord, our impartial Judge, will call us for centuries. But you, O all-praised apostle, do not reject our cry and groaning to you, but intercede for us before Christ, your Teacher, let us unceasingly glorify His mercy to us, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Personal petition to the apostle Peter

O holy great apostle Peter! Do not reject me, your servant (name) and my groaning to you. Look at me, who is in sickness and sorrow, ask Christ, your Teacher, ( content of the petition), let us unceasingly praise His mercy to us, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

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Hagiographic and scientific-historical literature about the Apostle Peter:

Apostle Peter(brief life) - Orthodoxy.Ru
Life, deeds and suffering of the holy glorious and all-praise supreme Apostle Peter- Saint Demetrius of Rostov
Glorious and All-Praised Supreme Apostles Peter and Paul- Blessed Augustine of Hippo
Word on the day of the holy chief apostles Peter and Paul- Archbishop Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky
Chief Apostle Peter– Nikolo-Bogoyavlensky Naval Cathedral

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Apostles Peter and Paul, the supreme leaders (troparion, kontakion, prayers and magnification)

And the apostles of the capital, / and the teachers of the universe, / pray to the Lord of all / grant peace to the universe / and great mercy to our souls.

T steadfast and divinely prophesied preachers, / the top of Thy apostles, Lord, / Thou hast taken in the delight of Thy good ones and peace: / For one, sickness and death have taken Thou more than all fruitfulness, / / One, holy heart.

About the glorification of the apostles Peter and Paul, who gave their souls for Christ and fertilized His pasture with your blood! Hear the children of your prayers and sighs, offered by broken hearts now. Behold, we are darkened without law, and for the sake of troubles, like clouds, we will be overlaid, but we will hardly have a good life impoverished, and we will not be able to resist the ravenous wolf, even plunder the heritage of God boldly rush. Oh strength! Bear our infirmities, do not be separated from us in spirit, so that we will not be separated in the end from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us, prayers for your sake, may the handwriting of immeasurable sins be with our saints and bless us all th The kingdom and the marriage of His Lamb, to Him be honor and glory, and thanksgiving and worship, forever and ever. Amen.

O holy apostles Peter and Paul, do not depart in spirit from us, sinful servants of God (names), may we not be completely separated from the love of God, but protect us with your strong intercession, may the Lord have mercy on all of us in your prayers for your sake, may he destroy the handwriting of our immeasurable sins, and may He be blessed with all the saints of His blessed Kingdom and glory wa, and thanksgiving and worship forever and ever. Amen.

About the supreme apostle: Peter, the firm representative of the faith of Christ, and Paul, the gospel sweetheart of the teaching of the Lord! We see you, like a multi-flowing river of the sayings of Christ's words, flowing from the true bowels of God and opening the whole depth of the well of God-revealed truths before us, thirsting for them. We see you, like luminaries, from heaven the currents of the warmth of divine love explaining to us: we bless you, who have received labors and sweats, in the hedgehog of the teachings of the divine seeds: we kiss your feet, flowing around the whole ends of the earth, and in trembling we bow our heads nya to to the pure feet of the Lord: one by the way of the cross (by hanging) and the other by the beheading of the sword. We tenderly ask you, holy apostles, make us in a sinful bogey bowed before our Teacher the Lord, make the pride of our head the beheading of the divinely revealed teaching: may the Lord satisfy our spiritual smoothness with the brush, pointed out from the sky itself, Peter she saturated Christ’s words, rush to bring us up to the third heaven with your unceasing prayers for us to the Lord, and there we will glorify with the faces of angels and apostles the wondrous in our holy Father of all and sent Him into the world, saving and instructing the Lord, the eternal Christ - and the Holy Spirit consubstantial with Them. Amen.

We honor you, / Christ's apostles Peter and Paul, / enlightening the whole world with your teachings / and bringing all the ends to Christ.

22 November 2017

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Orthodox prayer to the Supreme Apostle Peter

Troparion, tone 4

The Apostles of the Mother See, and the teacher of the universe, pray to the Lord of all, grant peace to the universe, and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion, voice 2

Prayer to the Apostle Peter

Oh, Saint Peter, the great apostle, self-seeing and companion of God, by the almighty right hand of your Teacher from the waters of the agitated, accepted and freed from the final flood! Do not forget us poor ones, mired in the mud of sinfulness and overwhelmed by the waves of the worldly sea: give us your strong hand, help us and keep us from drowning in passions, lusts, lies and slander. Do with us mercy, revealed to you from the Lord, but do not bend in doubt and lack of faith. Teach us, our teacher, to shed tears of repentance, and weep bitterly for our deeds in this world. And if your tears, poured out in repentance, are covered by His mercy, the Lord and your Teacher, ask us, with apostolic boldness, forgiveness in hourly sin, our evil thoughts and deeds denied by Christ. Yes, we will live a quiet and silent life in this age until the hour, in which the Lord, our impartial Judge, will call us for centuries. But you, O all-praised Apostle, do not reject our cry and groaning to you, but intercede for us before Christ your Teacher, let us unceasingly glorify His mercy to us, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

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Prayers, troparion, kontakion and magnification to the Chief Apostles Peter and Paul

Troparion, tone 4

Holy See of the Apostles and teacher of the universe, pray to the Lord of all to grant the world peace and great mercy to our souls.

Teachers, the foremost of the apostles and the Universal Church, pray to the Lord of all the world to grant great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion, voice 2

Solid and divine preachers, the top of your apostles, O Lord, you have received, for the enjoyment of your good ones and peace: you have accepted sickness and death, more than any all-fruitfulness, the only known heart.

Unshakable and God-voiced preachers, the highest of Your Apostles, O Lord, You accepted Your blessings and peace for the enjoyment, for You deigned to accept their suffering and death as a sacrifice, higher than any sacrifice, the One who knows our hearts.

We magnify you, the apostles of Christ Peter and Paul, who enlightened the whole world with your teachings and brought all the ends to Christ.

We glorify you, the apostles of Christ Peter and Paul, the whole world with your teaching enlightening and leading to Christ the peoples of the whole earth.

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The Apostles of the Mother See, / and the universal teacher, / pray to the Lord of all / grant peace to the universe / and great mercy to our souls

Apostle Peter

The Apostle Peter, formerly called Simon, was the son of the fisherman Jonah from Bethsaida of Galilee and the brother of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, who led him to Christ. Saint Peter was married and had a house in Capernaum. Called by Christ the Savior to fish on the Lake of Gennesaret, he always expressed special devotion and determination, for which he was awarded a special approach to the Lord along with the Apostles James and John the Theologian.

Strong and fiery in spirit, he naturally took an influential place in the ranks of Christ's apostles. He was the first to resolutely confess the Lord Jesus Christ as Christ, that is, the Messiah, and for which he was awarded the name Stone (Peter). On this stone of Peter's faith, the Lord promised to build His Church, which the gates of hell will not prevail against.

On the eve of His crucifixion, the apostle Peter washed away his threefold denial of the Lord with bitter tears of repentance, as a result of which, after His resurrection, the Lord again restored him to apostolic dignity, three times, according to the number of denials, entrusting him to feed His lambs and sheep. According to legend, the Apostle Peter every morning, at the sound of a rooster, recalled his cowardly renunciation of Christ and began to weep bitterly.

The Apostle Peter the first contributed to the spread and establishment of the Church of Christ after the descent of the Holy Spirit, delivering a powerful speech to the people on the day of Pentecost and converting 3,000 souls to Christ. Some time later, having healed a lame man from birth, he converted another 5,000 Jews to the faith with a second sermon. The spiritual power emanating from the Apostle Peter was so strong that even his shadow, overshadowing the sick lying on the street, healed them (Acts 5:15). The book of Acts from chapters 1 to 12 tells of his apostolic work.

The grandson of Herod the Great, Herod Agrippa the First, in the year 42 after R. X. raised a persecution against Christians. He killed the Apostle Joakov Zebedee and put the Apostle Peter in prison. Christians, foreseeing the execution of the Apostle Peter, fervently prayed for him. At night, a miracle happened: an angel of God descended to Peter in the dungeon, the shackles fell from Peter, and he freely left the dungeon, unnoticed by anyone. After this miraculous deliverance, the book of Acts mentions him only once more in the story of the Apostolic Council.

Other information about him was preserved only in church traditions. It is known that he preached the Gospel along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, in Antioch (where he ordained the Apostle Evodius). The Apostle Peter preached in Asia Minor to Jews and proselytes (pagans converted to Judaism), then in Egypt, where he ordained Mark as the first bishop of the Church of Alexandria. From here he moved to Greece (Achaia) and preached in Corinth, then he preached in Rome, Spain, Carthage and Britain. According to tradition, the Apostle Mark wrote his gospel for the Roman Christians from the words of the Apostle Peter. Among the New Testament sacred books there are two Conciliar (district) Epistles of the Apostle Peter. The First Epistle of the Apostle Peter is addressed to "newcomers scattered in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bethany" - the provinces of Asia Minor. The reason for writing was the desire of the Apostle Peter to confirm his brothers in the event of discord in these communities and persecution that befell them from the enemies of the Cross of Christ. Appeared among Christians and internal enemies in the face of false teachers. Taking advantage of the absence of the Apostle Paul, they began to distort his teaching on Christian freedom and patronize all moral licentiousness.

The Second Epistle was written to the same Asia Minor Christians. In this second epistle, the apostle Peter warns believers with particular force against perverse false teachers. These false teachings are similar to those denounced by the Apostle Paul in the epistles to Timothy and Titus, and also by the Apostle Jude in his Catholic Epistle. The false teachings of heretics threatened the faith and morality of Christians. At that time, Gnostic heresies began to spread rapidly, absorbing elements of Judaism, Christianity and various pagan teachings. This epistle was written shortly before the martyrdom of the Apostle Peter: “I know that soon I must leave my temple (body), just as our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to me.”

Towards the end of his life, the Apostle Peter again arrived in Rome, where he accepted a martyr's death in the year 67 through a crucifixion upside down. This event is artistically described by Heinrich Sienkiewicz in the book “Come, Lord.”

Apostle Paul

Saint Paul, who originally bore the Hebrew name Saul, belonged to the tribe of Benjamin and was born in the Cilician city of Tarsus (in Asia Minor), which was then famous for its Greek academy and the education of its inhabitants. As a native of this city, descended from the Jews, out of slavery to Roman citizens, Paul had the rights of a Roman citizen. It was in Tarsus that Paul received his first upbringing and, probably, there he became acquainted with pagan culture, for traces of acquaintance with pagan writers are clearly visible in his speeches and epistles.

He received his subsequent education in Jerusalem, at the then famous Rabbinical Academy under the famous teacher Gamaliel, who was considered an expert on the Law and, despite belonging to the party of the Pharisees, was a free-thinking person and a lover of Greek wisdom. Here, according to Jewish custom, the young Saul learned the art of making tents, which later helped him to earn money for food by his own labor.

Young Saul, apparently, was preparing for the position of a rabbi (religious mentor), and therefore, immediately after the end of his upbringing and education, he showed himself to be a strong zealot for the Pharisees' traditions and persecutors of the faith of Christ. Perhaps, by appointment of the Sanhedrin, he witnessed the death of the First Martyr Stephen, and then received the authority to officially persecute Christians even outside of Palestine in Damascus.

The Lord, seeing in him "a vessel chosen by Himself", miraculously called him to the apostolic service on the way to Damascus. During the journey, Saul was illuminated by the brightest light, from which he fell blind to the ground. From the light came a voice: "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" To Saul's question: "Who are you?" - The Lord answered: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting." The Lord told Saul to go to Damascus, where he would be instructed what to do next. Saul's companions heard the voice of Christ, but did not see the light. Brought under the arms to Damascus, the blinded Saul was taught the faith and on the third day was baptized by Ananias. At the moment of immersion in the water, Saul received his sight. From that time on, he became a zealous preacher of a previously persecuted doctrine. He went to Arabia for a while, and then returned to Damascus again to preach about Christ.

The fury of the Jews, outraged by his conversion to Christ, forced him to flee to Jerusalem, where he joined the community of believers and became acquainted with the apostles. Because of the Hellenistic attempt to kill him, he went to his native city of Tarsus. From here, about the year 43, he was called by Barnabas to Antioch to preach, and then traveled with him to Jerusalem, where he brought help to those in need.

Shortly after returning from Jerusalem - at the command of the Holy Spirit - Saul, together with Barnabas, set off on his first apostolic journey, which lasted from 45 to 51 years. The apostles traveled the entire island of Cyprus, and from that time Saul, who converted the proconsul Sergius Paul to the faith, is already called Paul. During this time of the missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas, Christian communities were founded in Asia Minor cities: Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe. In the year 51, Saint Paul took part in the Apostolic Council in Jerusalem, where he passionately rebelled against the need for pagans who became Christians to observe the rites of the Mosaic law.

Returning to Antioch, the apostle Paul, accompanied by Silas, undertook a second apostolic journey. First, he visited the churches he had previously founded in Asia Minor, and then moved to Macedonia, where he founded communities in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea. In Lystra, Saint Paul acquired his beloved disciple Timothy, and from Troas he continued his journey with the Evangelist Luke, who joined them. From Macedonia, Saint Paul moved to Greece, where he preached in Athens and Corinth, staying in the latter for a year and a half. From there he sent two letters to Thessalonica. The second journey lasted from 51 to 54 years. Then Saint Paul went to Jerusalem, visiting Ephesus and Caesarea along the way, and from Jerusalem he arrived in Antioch.

After a short stay in Antioch, the apostle Paul undertook his third apostolic journey (56-58), visiting first, according to his custom, the previously founded churches of Asia Minor, and then stopped in Ephesus, where for two years he was daily engaged in preaching at the school of Tyrannus. From here he wrote his epistle to the Galatians (in regard to the strengthening of the Jewish party there) and the first letter to the Corinthians (in connection with the riots that had arisen there and in response to a letter from the Corinthians to him). A popular uprising, raised by the silversmith Demetrius against Paul, forced the apostle to leave Ephesus, and he went to Macedonia, and then to Jerusalem.

In Jerusalem, because of a popular uprising against him, the Apostle Paul was taken into custody by the Roman authorities and ended up in prison, first under the proconsul Felix, and then under the proconsul Festus who replaced him. This happened in the year 59, and two years later, the Apostle Paul, as a Roman citizen, was sent to Rome to be judged by Caesar at his request. Shipwrecked at Fr. Malta, the apostle reached Rome only in the summer of 62, where he enjoyed the great indulgence of the Roman authorities and preached freely. From Rome, the apostle Paul wrote his epistles to the Philippians (with gratitude for the monetary allowance sent to him with Epaphroditus), to the Colossians, to the Ephesians, and to Philemon, a resident of Colossae (in regard to the slave Onesimus who fled from him). All three of these letters were written in 63 and sent with Tychicus. A letter to the Palestinian Jews was soon written from Rome.

The further fate of the Apostle Paul is not exactly known. Some believe that he remained in Rome and, at the behest of Nero, was martyred in 64. But there is reason to believe that after a two-year imprisonment and defense of his case before the senate and the emperor, the apostle Paul was released and again traveled to the East. Indications of this can be found in his "pastoral epistles" - to Timothy and Titus. After spending a long time on the island of Crete, he left his disciple Titus there for the ordination of presbyters in all cities, which testifies to his ordination of Titus to the bishops of the Cretan church. Later, in his letter to Titus, the apostle Paul instructs him on how to carry out the duties of a bishop. From the same message it is clear that he intended to spend that winter in Nicopolis, near his native Tarsus.

In the spring of 65, he visited the rest of the Asia Minor churches and left the sick Trofim in Miletus, because of which there was an indignation against the apostle in Jerusalem, which entailed his first imprisonment. Whether the apostle Paul passed through Ephesus is not known, since he said that the presbyters of Ephesus would no longer see his face, but he apparently ordained Timothy as a bishop for Ephesus at this time. Then the apostle passed through Troas and reached Macedonia. There he heard about the rise of false teachings in Ephesus and wrote his first letter to Timothy. After spending some time in Corinth and meeting with the Apostle Peter on the way, Paul continued his journey with him through Dalmatia and Italy, reached Rome, where he left the Apostle Peter, and already in 66 he went further west, probably reaching Spain.

After returning to Rome, he was again imprisoned, in which he remained until his death. There is a legend that after returning to Rome, he even preached at the court of Emperor Nero and converted his beloved concubine to faith in Christ. For this he was put on trial, and although by the grace of God he was delivered, in his own words, from the jaws of a lion, that is, from being eaten by animals in the circus, he was nevertheless imprisoned.

After a nine-month imprisonment, he was beheaded by the sword, as a Roman citizen, not far from Rome in the year 67 after AD, in the 12th year of the reign of Nero.

A general look at the life of the Apostle Paul shows that it is sharply divided into two halves. Before his conversion to Christ, Saint Paul, then Saul, was a strict Pharisee, a executor of the law of Moses and patristic traditions, who thought to be justified by the deeds of the law and zeal for the faith of the fathers, reaching fanaticism. After his conversion, he became an apostle of Christ, wholly devoted to the cause of the gospel, happy in his calling, but conscious of his own impotence in the performance of this lofty service and attributing all his deeds and merits to the grace of God. The whole life of the apostle before his conversion, according to his deep conviction, was a delusion, a sin and led him to condemnation. Only the grace of God pulled him out of this destructive delusion. From that time on, the apostle Paul only tries to be worthy of this grace of God and not to deviate from his calling. He realizes that there is not and cannot be any question of merit before God: everything is the work of His mercy.

The Apostle Paul wrote 14 epistles, which are a systematization of Christian teaching. These messages, thanks to his wide education and insight, are distinguished by great originality.

The Apostle Paul, like the Apostle Peter, labored hard in spreading the faith of Christ and are justly revered together with him as a “pillar” of the Church of Christ and the chief apostle. They both died as martyrs in Rome under the emperor Nero, and their memory is celebrated on the same day.