The temple of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is located in the Banja Luka settlement of Petričevac and belongs to the Diocese of Banja Luka.
The temple of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is located in the Banja Luka settlement of Petričevac and belongs to the Diocese of Banja Luka. It was built in 2009 in a parish that from the Second World War, when an old temple was demolished, had an Orthodox place of worship. Recently, there has been an administrative reorganization of the Banja Luka parishes, the location of the old church of Petricievac belongs to Paprikovtsi. Although relatively new, the Temple of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul has grown into a true and recognizable spiritual center of Banyaluke.
The parish of Petříčevac in the past has occupied a very large territory since then. Its center of worship was the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George, consecrated in 1938, and destroyed three years later (1941). Since 2002, the parish has been separated as the Seventh Parish of Banjalučka, and in 2004 the construction of a temple began. In the same year, the foundations were finished and consecrated, and in 2005 masonry was taught. On 23 October 2005, His Holiness Bishop of Banja Luki, Mr. Jefrem, served the first Holy Episcopal Liturgy in a vaulted and daily-roofed temple, the bathtub consecrated and raised three bells. The completion of the roofing, the construction of the facade, the maintenance, the joint and the installation of the arrangement lasted until 2009, when on the day of Saints Peter and Paul the great renovation of the temple was carried out by Bishop Ephraim in the service of the Bishop of Sremska Mrs. Váš Silia and Bishop Luciana of Osieckopolsk and Baranya, are experts in the number of priests and icons. Between 2012 and 2019, the construction and arrangement of the parish house began, which in turn provided housing for priests and training administrative departments, as well as a spacious dining room - a place of parish gatherings.
The temple of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is built in the Byzantine style, and as a single nave building consists of a central dome and two bells, with a total area of 25×14 meters. It is covered with copper sheet, and the facade is made by stucco method, which guarantees the intended quality and durability. The entrance gate is decorated with a mosaic depicting holy apostles, which is a temple and sacred. The interior of the temple is paved with granite, and the walls are icons of great size. Iconostasis, royal throne, stasidium, pedestal and other inventory made of quality wood, are beautiful ornaments and ornaments.
In the temple, a holy relic is kept and brought to the believing people to worship. Among them are a number of pieces of relics, including saints: the great disciple George, the Apostle Andrew the First-born, the great disciple Panteleimon, Ignatia the Bogonosca, John the Merciful, Seraphim of Sarov, the great disciple Marine, Mary Magdaline, Sergiya Radoneshkog, Nikolaya Mirlikiyskog, Matrone Moskovske, Despot Stefana, Jelena Srpske, Jovana Damaskina, Jovana Zlatoustog, Jovana Krstitelja, Filaret Moskovsky and Tikhona Moskovsky. On the occasion of the renovation of the temple, a particle of the relics of the Holy Apostle Philemon was laid in the altar dial.
The religious people of this parish are dedicated to the Most Holy Bishops of the Mother of God, whose icon the Milky Way is placed on the sacred throne in front of the iconostasis, on the right side. The icon is a copy of the icon of the same name from the Church of the Holy Apostle of St. Sava on Sveti Gori, which was brought to the Petříčeva temple in 2010 with the blessing of the local monk Nikodima and the bishop of Banja Luka, Mr. Jefrema. The Most Holy Mother of God is part of it, and in front of the miraculous butler, an akathist reads on a regular evening of worship every Thursday.
The Akathist later in the evening also read a part of St. Gabriel of Georgia, the great shrine of our days, whose worship and worship between the Venernitsa Petričevca and Banyaluke are very much developed. Embracing his prayerful intercession, many of the unwilling found deliverance from the adversity that had befallen them.
At the center of the spiritual development of the believing people, the clergy of the Temple of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul organizes various activities, special lectures, pilgrimage trips, spiritual talks, etc., in order to strengthen the faith in the Church. The Lord and the pastors laid down the doctrine of Christ.
The Apostle Peter, son of Jonin and brother of St. Andrew, was a fisherman from Bethsaida. The Lord Jesus Christ called it Cyphom (Petrom) - “stone.” He was the first to publicly confess his faith in Christ as the Son of God. Even though we were in the midst of suffering three times he denied the Lord, he sincerely repented. The Holy Spirit of the Apostle became a fearless preacher. In Jerusalem, one man turned a blind eye to three thousand people. It has spoken through Palestine, Asia Minor, Illyricum and Italy and has done many miracles. He suffered in Rome for the boiling king Nero, after his own iron plan turned upside down, he considered himself unworthy to die as the Lord Christ. The Holy Apostle Paul, born as Saul of Tarsus from the tribe of Benjamin, was a Pharisee and at first a zealous persecutor of Christians. He spoke wonderfully when the Lord appeared to him at the putu for Damascus. He received baptisms from the apostle Ananias by Paul and by a most learned apostle. With great zeal he preached from Arabia to Spain, among Jews and Gentiles, for which he was called the Apostle of the Gentiles.
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