Jan 16, 2010

Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains

January 16: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains

Herod Agrippa, the grandson of Herod the Great and king of the Jews, grew wroth against the Church of Christ, and slew James, the brother of John the Evangelist.

Seeing that this pleased the Jews, he took Peter also into custody and locked him up in prison. But the Apostle was saved when he was miraculously set free by an Angel (Acts 12:1-19). The chains wherewith the Apostle was bound received from his most sacred body the grace of sanctification and healing.

That such sacred treasures work wonders and many healings is witnessed by the divine Scripture, where it speaks concerning Paul, saying that the Christians in Ephesus had such reverence for him, that his handkerchiefs and aprons, taken up with much reverence, healed the sick of their maladies.

But not only the Apostles' clothing but even their shadow alone performed healings. People put their sick on stretchers and beds and brought them out into the streets that, when Peter passed by, his shadow "might overshadow some of them"(Acts 5:15).

References:
Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains — Greek Orthodox Church.

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