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Fast and Feast of the Apostles

First verse of the hymn Ontoc

Ontoc `alhqwc gar `kcalqin paci> thn ghn ke `vqonikon ton Qeon ton `apoctolon.

For truly your names are glorified on earth, O all you Apostles, the chosen ones of God.

لأنه حقاً هكذا يتمجد إسمكم على الأرض، ياجميع مختاري الإله، أبائنا الرسل.

Aspasmos Adam

Xere peniwt Petroc> nem penca' Pauloc> pini]; `n`ctuloc> ettajro `nnipictoc.

Hail to our father Peter, and our teacher Paul, the great pillars, for the confirmation of the believers.

السلام لأبينا بطرس، ومعلمنا بولس، العمودين العظيمين، مثبتى المؤمنين
Icon of St. Peter and St. Paul

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