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TL;DR
- The Serbian Orthodox Church marks the Holy Chains, commemorating Saint Apostle Peter's imprisonment by King Herod.
- Herod imprisoned Peter after executing James, John's brother.
- An angel appeared to Peter in prison, waking him and instructing him to escape.
- Peter's chains fell off as he rose, and an angel led him out of prison through a self-opening gate.
- The chains were kept by Christians for remembrance and due to their healing powers.
- Patriarch Juvenal of Jerusalem gifted the chains to Empress Eudoxia, who divided them.
- One half was sent to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, and the other to Empress Eudoxia in Rome.
- Empress Eudoxia placed the chains in the Church of Saint Peter, along with those from Emperor Nero's imprisonment.