Tomorrow, June 30, many Christians celebrate the feast of the first martyrs of the Church of Rome. To help our readers prepare for the celebration, we have posted Mike Aquilina's article The Martyr's Cup (March 2006) to the Touchstone archive. Please read it for more insight on the relationship between martydom and eucharist.
June 29, 2006
Roman Martyrs
Really? For us Eastern Christians, Catholic and Orthodox alike, it's 29 June.
Posted by: Stuart Koehl | June 29, 2006 at 07:13 PM
Stuart: For Latin rite Catholics, today is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. I thought it was the same for eastern Catholics as well.
Posted by: David Mills | June 29, 2006 at 08:33 PM
SS. Peter & Paul is everywhere, East and West alike, June 29; the feast of the "Protomartyrs of the Holy Roman Church," encompassing a much larger number of (mostly unknown -- save to God -- individuals) is on June 30.
Posted by: William Tighe | June 30, 2006 at 05:02 PM
>>>Stuart: For Latin rite Catholics, today is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. I thought it was the same for eastern Catholics as well.<<<
No, it's definitely the 29th for both.
Posted by: Stuart Koehl | June 30, 2006 at 10:09 PM