Elijah (oratorio) Elijah (oratorio) Elijah (), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio written by Felix Mendelssohn. It premiered in 1846 at the Birmingham Festival. It depicts events in the life of the Biblical prophet Elijah, taken from the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings of the Old Testament. This piece was composed in the spirit of Mendelssohn's Baroque predecessors Bach and Handel, whose music he loved. In 1829 Mendelssohn had organized the first performance of Bach's "St Matthew Passion" since the composer's death and was instrumental in bringing this and other Bach works to widespread popularity. By contrast, Handel's oratorios
St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, Abeokuta St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, Abeokuta The St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and serves as the cathedral of Abeokuta, a city in the west African country of Nigeria, Ogun State capital, located on the river of the same name. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Abeokuta ("Dioecesis Abeokutanus") which was created in 1997 by the bull "Cum ad aeternam" of the Pope John Paul II. The first Mass was celebrated on June 29, 1880, by the Fathers of the