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Our father among the saints '''Peter the Wonderworker, [[Bishop]] of Argos''', is commemorated by the Church on [[May 3]].
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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Peter the Wonderworker of Argos''' took upon himself a spiritual struggle of silence before finally accepting the entreaties of the people of Argos to become their [[bishop]] in the late ninth and early tenth century. He is commemorated by the Church on [[May 3]].
 
==Life==
 
==Life==
 
St Peter was born in Constantinople in 855.  St Peter died at the age of 70 and was buried in Argos.  
 
St Peter was born in Constantinople in 855.  St Peter died at the age of 70 and was buried in Argos.  
 
Five hundred years later the Venetians and the Franks raided Argos and Greece and took away the saint's relics.  
 
Five hundred years later the Venetians and the Franks raided Argos and Greece and took away the saint's relics.  
  
Argos churchmen, who began searching for the relics of St Peter in the early 1990s, traced them to a monastery chapel near Rome. On 19 January 2008 the relics were ceremoniously returned by Vatican clerics to the Cathedral of Argos.
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Since the early 1990s Argos churchmen have been trying to locate the [[relics]]. They were eventually found in a [[monastery]] [[chapel]] near Rome. On [[January 19]], 2008 the relics were ceremoniously returned by Vatican [[Clergy|clerics]] to the [[Cathedral]] of Argos.
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==See also==
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*[[Metropolis of Argolida]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.atlgoc.org/stpetear.htm Saint Peter of Argos]- Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation website
 
*[http://www.atlgoc.org/stpetear.htm Saint Peter of Argos]- Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation website
 
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=101281 St Peter the Wonderworker and Bishop of Argos] - [[OCA]] website
 
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=101281 St Peter the Wonderworker and Bishop of Argos] - [[OCA]] website
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[[Category:Saints]]
 
[[Category:Saints]]
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[[Category:Byzantine Saints]]
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[[Category:Greek Saints]]
 
[[Category:Bishops]]
 
[[Category:Bishops]]
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[[Category:9th-10th-century bishops]]
 
[[Category:Wonderworkers]]
 
[[Category:Wonderworkers]]
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[[Category:10th-century saints]]
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[[el:Επίσκοπος Άργους Πέτρος]]

Latest revision as of 19:59, October 22, 2012

Our father among the saints Peter the Wonderworker of Argos took upon himself a spiritual struggle of silence before finally accepting the entreaties of the people of Argos to become their bishop in the late ninth and early tenth century. He is commemorated by the Church on May 3.

Life

St Peter was born in Constantinople in 855. St Peter died at the age of 70 and was buried in Argos. Five hundred years later the Venetians and the Franks raided Argos and Greece and took away the saint's relics.

Since the early 1990s Argos churchmen have been trying to locate the relics. They were eventually found in a monastery chapel near Rome. On January 19, 2008 the relics were ceremoniously returned by Vatican clerics to the Cathedral of Argos.

See also

External links