Sts. Peter (826) and Paul (9th c.), bishops of Nicaea
Commemorated September 10
Saints Peter and Paul were bishops at Nicea. Saint Peter defended the Orthodox faith against the iconoclasts during the reign of Leo the Isaurian (813-820) and endured suffering for this. He died no earlier than the year 823: four Letters of Saint Theodore the Studite to Saint Peter are known of, written in the years 816-823. No account about the life of holy Bishop Paul of Nicea has been preserved. The first that his name is met with is in the so-called "Petrine" Greek Prologue of the XI Century.
Troparion
O God of our fathers, that ever dealest by us according to Thy kindness, do not withdraw from us Thy mercy, but at their intercessions direct our lives in peace.
Kontakion
As the teachers of virtues and ornaments of hierarchs doth the church glorify you, thus melodizing: Through your intercessions grant as invincible ones unto those who lovingly honour you, improvement in virtues and deliverance from temptations.
Source: Crkveni Kalendar
