Pentecost Resource Page

On this day, the eighth Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate Holy Pentecost.

Verses

In a mighty wind doth Christ distribute the Divine Spirit,

In the form of fiery tongues unto the Apostles.

In one great day, the Spirit was poured forth upon the Fishermen.

 

Synaxarion for the Sunday of Pentecost 

 

Holy Pentecost: Epistle and Gospel Reading 

 

On the Feast of Holy Pentecost (Sergei V. Bulgakov) 

  

Ascension and Pentecost in Fourth Century Jerusalem According to Nun Egeria 

 

Oration on Holy Pentecost (St. Gregory the Theologian) 

 

Discourse on Pentecost (St. Gregory of Nyssa) 

 

Homily on Pentecost (St. John Chrysostom) 

 

Why Didn't the Holy Spirit Come Right After the Ascension? (St. John Chrysostom) 

 

Oration on Holy Pentecost (St. Proclus of Constantinople)

First Homily on Pentecost (St. Leo the Great) 

 

Third Homily on Pentecost (St. Leo the Great) 

 

Kontakion on Pentecost (St. Romanos the Melodist) 

 

Homily on Pentecost (St. Gregory the Dialogist)

 

Canon 2 of Holy Pentecost (St. John of Damascus) 

 

Homily on Holy Pentecost (St. Theodore the Studite) 

 

Homily on Pentecost (St. Gregory Palamas) 

 

Meditation On Pentecost by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite (1 of 3) 

 

Meditation On Pentecost by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite (2 of 3) 

 

Meditation On Pentecost by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite (3 of 3)

 

Homily One on the Day of Pentecost (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

Homily Two on the Day of Pentecost (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

The Economy of our Salvation is Accomplished! (St. Theophan the Recluse) 

 

Homily One for the Feast of Pentecost (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily Two for the Feast of Pentecost (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily Three for the Feast of Pentecost (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily Four for the Feast of Pentecost (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Five for the Feast of Pentecost (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily on the Day of Pentecost (Righteous Alexei Mechev)

 

Homily One for the Feast of Pentecost (St. Luke of Simferopol) 

 

Homily Two for the Feast of Pentecost (St. Luke of Simferopol)

Homily Three for the Feast of Pentecost (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily on Pentecost (St. John Maximovitch)

Pentecost: The Gospel of the Descent of the Holy Spirit (St. Nikolai Velimirovich) 

 

Every Mystery and Every Virtue Is A Small Pentecost (St. Justin Popovich) 

 

The Attributes of the Church (St. Justin Popovich) 

 

From Time to Eternity, the Internal Mission of Our Church (St. Justin Popovich) 

 

"The Holy Spirit Desires to Enter our Souls" (St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyva)

 

Divine Grace Drove the Apostles Crazy, in a Good Way, and Excited Them (St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyva)

 

The Visitation of the Holy Spirit Through Elder Porphyrios and the Gift to Sense Holy Pentecost

Homily on the Feast of Pentecost (Metr. Augoustinos Kantiotes)

 

The Mystery of Pentecost According to Fr. John Romanides  

 

The Origin and Revelation of the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily for Pentecost Sunday: Christ and the Holy Spirit (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Encyclical for Pentecost and the Arrival of the Relic of Saint Polycarp in Nafpaktos

 

"The Heavens Above Have Opened" (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria) 

 

"The Earth Has Become Heaven Today" (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria) 

 

The Exodus of the Jews and the Pentecostarion of the Church

 

Is Pentecost the Birthday of the Church? 

 

From the Sacred Ascension To Holy Pentecost  

 

The Confusion of Babel and the Unity of Pentecost 

 

How the Brazen Sea in the Temple of Solomon Symbolizes the Ministry of the Twelve Apostles 

 

The Renewal of the Universe  

 

The Church as the Body of Christ (St. John Maximovitch)

 

The Unity of the Church and the Satanic Trap of Schisms and Heresies 

 

Prophetic Themes in the Orthodox Ecclesiology of Fr John Romanides 

 

When Abba Pachomios Received the Gift of Tongues 

 

Saint Andrew the Fool and the Gift of Tongues 

 

The Gift of Tongues is Repeated in the Lives of the Saints Till This Day (Metr. Athanasios of Limassol)

 

The Depiction of the "Kosmos" in the Pentecost Icon

 

Kneeling In Church On Sundays 

 

Walnut Leaves at Pentecost and the Souls of the Dead 

 

Why Orthodox Churches Are Decorated With Trees, Grass and Flowers on Pentecost 

 

Babylon and the Trees of Pentecost 

 

Russian Patriarch Celebrates Pentecost At Holy Trinity - St. Sergius Lavra 

 

Celebrating Pentecost Between Heaven and Earth In Serbia  

 

Pentecost Vespers At the Holy Sepulchre (video) 

 

Pentecost Celebrated on Holy Zion in Jerusalem 

 

The Church of Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki

 

Monday of the Holy Spirit Resource Page 

 

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