The fast of the Apostles, or the fast of the Apostle Peter as it is sometimes called, is not only for preparing us for the feast celebrated on July 12, but also, in the wisdom of the Church, an opportunity to take advantage of the Christian virtues of prayer and fasting, after the long Paschal period.  The Church, aware of our human weaknesses, realizes that we need a time of fasting to help us live a life of repentance and prayer.

This year, the feast of the chief apostles was celebrated with the participation of the boys of the Summer Youth Program. 

His Grace, Bishop Luke, presided at the Divine Liturgy together with the monastery clergy and seminary teachers and workers of clerical rank. 

Vladyka congratulated all the many people who celebrated their names’ days on this feast, both among the monastics, the clergy and the neighbors.