Apostle Festival: NDR transfers Peter and Paul Live from St. Benno!

Apostle Festival: NDR transfers Peter and Paul Live from St. Benno!

Goslar, Deutschland - At the apostle festival "Peter and Paul", which is celebrated on June 29, ndr info an exciting live transmission from the St. Benno branch church in Goslar. This succeeds at 10:00 a.m., with the focus on the two outstanding personalities of early Christianity, Simon Petrus and Paulus.

Simon Peter, a simple fisherman, becomes known later than the rock of the church, while Paul, an educated scholar who initially pursues the followers of Jesus, changes his attitude and actively spreads faith. This also the central themes of the holiday. The branch church of St. Benno, consecrated to Nuntius Corrado Bafile 60 years ago, is a towerless nave building that impresses with its red bricks and strong blue tones of the concrete struts.

a place with history

The church offers space for 270 people and is flooded with large window areas and closed wall surfaces. Until 2009 she was known as the Catholic garrison church of the Bundeswehr and has been part of the parish of Sankt Jakobus the older in Goslar for almost 20 years. The former monastery church of St. Georg in Grauhof is also part of the community.

The musical accompaniment during the service takes place by singing from the Catholic singing book "Gotteslob". Songs such as 456, 172, 630, 4, 174, 7 and many others are sung. The NDR Info-Team and WDR 5 are excited to not only in Goslar, but also to ensure that it reaches a broad audience.

a variety of churches

A look beyond the borders of Hamburg shows the wide range of churches in Europe, such as the numerous places of worship in Riga, Latvia. According to wikipedia there are around 40 churches and Bethäuser in this city. Including the impressive old St. Gertruden Church, which has existed since 1211, as well as the Petrikirche, which is considered the largest wooden church in Latvia.

The history of Catholicism in Riga goes back to the 12th century when Catholic teaching was introduced. But it was a hard way because after the Reformation Catholic believers were persecuted and their churches were expropriated. It was only with the reign of Katharina II of Russia significantly improved the situation for the Catholics. This shows how complex and moving the church history in this region is.

The live broadcast from Goslar and the variety of churches in Riga are reminiscent of how important faith and community are for people, no matter where they are.