Midfeast of Pentecost icon (1) Size:11 Χ 17

Midfeast of Pentecost icon (1) Size:11 Χ 17Orthodox icon of the Midfeast of Pentecost, . Copy from a contemporary icon. We celebrate it 24 days after Pascha. The Midfeast of Pentecost is the midpoint of the fifty days between the Feasts of Pascha and Pentecost. St John tells us (John 7: 14) that in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the Temple, and taught. The Feast in question is the Feast of Tabernacles (celebrated in September), not Pentecost. The Church has appointed John 7: 14 30

pious residents of Epidaurus

He identified Himself with the bread and wine: "Take

This purity invites and hosts the two theological virtues of humility and love

Many copies now have considerable artistic and religious significance of their own

why weepiest thou

After Liturgy the Voice was heard again in the temple: Seek the Man of God in the house of Euphemianus

"We all with unveiled face

and travellers on the ship were miraculously saved during a storm by their prayers to St Therapon

On one of the feastdays at the Temple in Jerusalem the elderly Joachim brought his sacrifice to offer to God

another morsel is on the table before Christ

Placidas suddenly saw a radiant Cross between its antlers

Even as a young man he had a remarkable depth of theological understanding