Melkite TypikonMonday, June 29, 2026
Feasts
- fixed Class 2 Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul
Details
- Easter
- 2026-04-05 (offset +85)
- Reading Period
- Pent 5
- Liturgical Year
- 2025
- Pent Week
- 5
- Nativity
- 179 days / 25 Sundays
Fasting days in 2026
196 of 365 days call for fasting or abstinence (54%); 169 are fast-free.
- Total Fast
- 1 day
- Strict Fast
- 77 days
- Wine & Oil
- 79 days
- Fish, Wine & Oil
- 39 days
Hymns
Troparion of Peter and Paul (Tone 4)
O Princes of the Apostles and Teachers of the world, intercede with the Master of All that He may give peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.
أَيها المتقدمانِ الكراسي على الرسل، ومعلِما المسكونة، اشفعا إِلى سيدِ الكلِ ان يمنحَ المسكونةَ السلام، ونفوسَنا عظيمَ الرحمة.
Kontakion of Apostles (Tone 2)
O Lord, You have taken up to their eternal rest and to the enjoyment of Your good things the two infallible preachers of divine truths and leaders of the Apostles, for You have accepted their struggles and their deaths as being better than any holocaust, O You who alone know the secrets of hearts! IKOs O Savior, grant eloquence to my tongue and open my mouth: fill it with Your Spirit and grant my heart compunction that I may be the first to follow the things that I say and do the things that 1 teach; for You have said that whoever does that which he teaches is truly great among men. For if I do not do what 1 say, then I am only sounding brass. Therefore, teach me what to speak and grant that I may do what is right, O You who alone know the secrets of hearts.
أَيها المتقدمانِ الكراسي على الرسل، ومعلِما المسكونة، اشفعا إِلى سيدِ الكلِ ان يمنحَ المسكونةَ السلام، ونفوسَنا عظيمَ الرحمة.
Synaxarion of Peter and Paul
On June 29, we commemorate the holy, glorious and illustrious leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul. Preaching Christ, Peter was sent to the cross; and Paul, the headsman of error, felt the edge of the sword on his neck. On the twenty-ninth, at Rome, their blood bathed the earth. By their holy prayers, O our God, take pity on us and save us. Amen. *(Tone 4)*
About the Saints
apostle Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul († 67)
Chief Apostles
Peter and Paul are the two pillars of the Church. Peter, the chief of the apostles, was crucified upside down in Rome. Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, was beheaded in Rome. Both died under Emperor Nero.
- Peter was crucified upside down in Rome
- Paul was beheaded in Rome
- Both died under Emperor Nero
- Peter was the first among the Twelve; Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles
Readings
Epistle 2 Corinthians 11:21-33; 12:1-9 (Fixed Feast: Ss. Peter and Paul)
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Gospel Matthew 16:13-19 (Fixed Feast: Ss. Peter and Paul)
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Rubrics
✦ = differs from the ordinary day| Occurrence | June 29 — Apostles Peter and Paul (3rd class), ordinary occurrence |
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Source: couturier-newton-vol4-typicon p.195 (Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29) + Ch.I Third-Class-Feasts (general order)
| Kyrie ekekraxa | 8 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul · Glory: Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul · Now: Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul ✦ |
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| Old Testament Readings (paroemiae) | 3 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
| Aposticha | 3 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul · Glory: Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul · Now: Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
| Apolytikia | 1 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
Source: couturier-newton-vol4-typicon p.195 (Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29) + Ch.I Third-Class-Feasts (general order)
| Troparia at 'The Lord is God' (or Alleluia+Triadika in Lent) | 1 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
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| Canon / Triodia (odes 1–9 + katavasia) | 2 from Octoechos (tone 4), 1 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
| Exapostilarion / Photagogikon | 1 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
| Praises / Lauds stichera (Let everything that has breath) | 4 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul · Glory: Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul · Now: Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
Source: couturier-newton-vol4-typicon p.195 (Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29) + Ch.I Third-Class-Feasts (general order)
| Apolytikia & Kontakia | 1 from Holy and Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul |
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| Koinonikon (Communion hymn) | 1 from Octoechos (tone 4) |
Source: couturier-newton-vol4-typicon p.195 (Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29) + Ch.I Third-Class-Feasts (general order)