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Orthodox saints and name days on June 29

The Orthodox Church commemorates 2 saints and feasts on June 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep this day on July 12 of the civil calendar.

Name days on June 29

Petros, Peter, Pietro, Pete, Pyotr, Pavlos, Paul, Pablo, Pavel, Panos, Petroula, Petra, Pavlina, Paula, Paulina

Saints and feasts of June 29

  • Icon of Peter and Paul the Apostles

    Peter and Paul the Apostles

    Great Feast, Πέτρος και Παύλος

    The feast of Sts. Peter and Paul honors together the two chief Apostles. St. Peter, the fisherman of Galilee who confessed Christ as the Son of the living God, was foremost among the Twelve and, after his denial and restoration, strengthened the brethren and preached to the end. St. Paul, once a persecutor of the Church, was converted by the risen Christ on the road to Damascus and became the Apostle to the Nations.

    Name days: Petros, Peter, Pietro, Pete, Pyotr, Pavlos, Paul, Pablo, Pavel, Panos, Petroula, Petra, Pavlina, Paula, Paulina

  • Cyril the Martyr

    Martyr, Κύριλλος ο Μάρτυς

    Saint Cyril is commemorated in the Greek synaxaria on this day as a martyr who gave his life for Christ. The details of his contest have not been preserved.

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