Pentecost 2023
On this Fiftieth Day after Pascha we beg for the gifts of the Holy Spirit just as Jesus Christ “filled the Fishermen with Wisdom by sending down the Holy Spirit”…
Green for Pentecost
The tradition of wearing green on the Solemn feast of Pentecost —the coming of the Holy Spirit— is seen as a Slavic tradition, but wearing green is one to adopt…
The Holy Prophet Joel
We celebrate the memory / of Your prophet Joel, O Lord; / through him we entreat You, / save our souls. (troparion) Today, the Byzantine Church commemorates the holy prophet…
Pentecost green
Reminder – Pentecost is this Sunday (new calendar): Byzantines, remember to wear the green. The tradition of wearing green on Pentecost is mostly a Slavic tradition, but it is one…
5th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Ignatius of Antioch taught, "It is better for a man to be silent and be a Christian than to talk and not be one.… Men believe with the heart…
Third Sunday after Pentecost
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life.” Only after Jesus has shown the hurt to be unspeakable, then and not before does he make the instruction stricter.…
Pentecost 2021
Pentecost is the fiftieth day, “the last and greatest day of the feast.” In the New Testament, this story is told only in the Acts of the Holy Apostles (Acts…