On the Light of the Holy Spirit
Saint Symeon the New Theologian Discourse XXXIII. On the Light of the Holy Spirit In the third ode of the canon at Mattins on the Monday of the Holy Spirit, the hymn has Christ saying ‘I shall send you the Spirit of me and of the Father’. We recognize...
The Most Holy Spirit
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia ‘And He said this about the Spirit’ On the last day of the Feast of the Tabernacles, Christ revealed that He Himself is the source of life. Because people were about to leave to go back home, Christ’s words were ‘provisions’...
Sunday of Pentecost
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes After fifty days from our Lord’s glorious Resurrection our Holy Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost. This feast day is very important for all mankind and Christians, because it is the birthday of our Church. It is the day on which the Church, the Body of Christ,...
Discourse on the Holy Spirit, that is, on Pentecost
Saint Gregory of Nyssa David always gives the most joyful meaning to feasts, tuning his dulcet harp to the requirements of the festival. So let this same prophet delight us on the great feast of Pentecost, too, picking out the melody of wisdom on the strings, through the power of...
‘Your good Spirit’, tone 1
A choir of chanters under the direction of the Archon Protopsaltis of the Great Church of Christ, Panayiotis Neohoritis, interprets the Communion Hymn for Pentecost ‘Your good Spirit’ in tone 1. The concert took place within the context of an event entitled ‘Petros the Byzantine, Protopsaltis of the Great Church...
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
Watch Now as Dr. Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald speaks of the descent of Holy Spirit at the Feast of Pentecost, following the Feast of Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What does this event mean for Christians growing in communion with God? Dr. Kyriaki is the Co-founder of St....
Daily Devotion, January 19: To Stand, or Sit, or Kneel, That is the Question
And a leper came to Jesus beseeching Him, and kneeling said to Him, “If You will, You can make me clean.” Mark 1:40 Good morning Prayer Team! Continuing our series on prayer, how to pray and why it is important to pray, today’s topic addresses the posture of prayer. ...
Daily Devotion: Peace From Above
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17 Good morning, Prayer Team! For the peace from Above and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. The first petition of the Divine Liturgy...
Precious in the Sight of the Lord
My eight-year-old son and his best friend debated whether God chooses “us” or we choose Him. My son was adamant with a simple yet meaningful point: God wouldn’t just kick us down, he continued to say to his friend, drawing me in with, Right, Mom? I left the dishes in...
Fragmentation, Unity, and the Holy Spirit
This is a revised version of a talk given at a clergy retreat sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver (February 11, 2015). I am thankful to His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah and to his clergy for their support and hospitality. We live in a culture of organized distractions. We...
