New Testament Word & Image: 1 Peter 1:17-21 & Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.



Stained glass window of Jesus Christ, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.

1 Peter 1:17-21

 

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;



Angel weather-vane on the spire of the Peter and Paul Cathedral

knowing that you were not redemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.



Tombs inside the cathedral of St. Peter and paul, St. Petersburg, Russia

He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God,



Peter and Paul Cathedral during the White Nights

who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.



Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul in the middle of the Peter and Paul Fortress