
The feast of St. Peter and St. Paul on the 29th of June (some Orthodoxes celebrate July 12th) represents the commemoration of the lives and martyrdom of two of the foundational saints in Christianity.
Orthodox know that this feast is preceded by the Apostle fast. It does seem to be a lot of fasting in Orthodoxy but as my grandmother would say “fasting is good for you!” ( she didn’t fast). We fast as a church and we feast afterwards!
The feast represents the values of repentance, perseverance, faith and the unity of the church.
