Saturday 21 February 2009 Synaxarion For The Sunday Of Pentecost

By Nikephoros Kallistos XanthopoulosSUNDAY of PentecostOn this day, the eighth Sunday of Pascha, we be pleased about Consecrated Pentecost.VersesIn a robust wind doth Christ supply the Lovely NatureIn the form of fiery tongues unto the Apostles.In one hone day, the Nature was poured forth upon the Fishermen.SynaxarionWe be pleased about this Public holiday of Consecrated Pentecost today in commemoration of the coming of the All-Holy Nature stylish the world, which took place fifty days as the Resurgence of our Noble Jesus Christ from the dead.We sway usual this Public holiday from the Hebrew Bible; for, just as the Hebrews be pleased about their own Pentecost, worship the specify seven, and since they usual the Law fifty days as the Passover, so along with do we, celebrating fifty days as Pascha, win, somewhat of the Law, the All-Holy Nature, Who gives us laws, guides us stylish all truth, and decrees what is pleasing to God.It essential be sure that sandwiched between the Hebrews contemporary were three hone Feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. They observed Passover in commemoration of their liberty from Egypt and their gorge on both sides of the Red Sea; for "Pascha," in the Hebrew speech-making, convenient "gorge." This Public holiday signifies our own gorge and return from the gloom of sin to Paradise.They distinguished Pentecost in commemoration of the hardships they endured in the chuck, where they usual the Law, and of the way in which they were brought through bountiful afflictions stylish the Promised Citizens, for later it was that they enjoyed fruit, wheat, and wine. It along with signifies the hardship that we catch from unbelief and our way in stylish the Church; for later it is that we partake of the Fabricate and Blood of the Master.The third Public holiday is that of Tabernacles, distinguished as the harvesting of fruits, that is, five months as the Public holiday of Passover. This Public holiday was distinguished in call to mind of the day on which Moses major pitched the Tabernacle that he saw on Climb Sinai in the haze and which was constructed by the player Beseleel. Fashioning tabernacles themselves, the Hebrews would be pleased about the same Feast: living in the fields and benevolent recognition to God, they would pick the fruits of their labors. This Public holiday is a type of our reappearance from the dead, when, as our real tabernacles sway been dissolved and reconstituted, we life-force benefit the fruits of our labors, maintenance extravaganza in the eternal tabernacles.It essential be sure that on this same day of Pentecost that we are celebrating, the Consecrated Nature descended upon the Disciples. As of the Consecrated Fathers stern to split up the Public holiday on assertion of the majesty of the All-Holy and Life-Creating Nature, since He is One of the Consecrated and Life-Originating Trinity, we life-force speak tomorrow about the Origin of the Consecrated Nature.By the intercessions of Thy Consecrated Apostles, O Christ our God, sway clemency on us. Amen.APOLYTIKION IN THE PLAGAL OF THE FOURTH MeansConsecrated are You, O Christ our God, who completed fishermen all-wise, transport upon them the Consecrated Nature and, through them, mesh the world. O Ardent One, character to You.KONTAKION IN THE PLAGAL OF THE FOURTH MeansWhen the Peak Telephone call came down and hazy the tongues, He not speaking the nations; but when He circulated the tongues of fire He called all to unity. Therefore, with one reveal, we worship the All-Holy Spirit!Register