Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost by St Severus of Antioch Source: www.stgeorgeministry.com/st-severus-and-pentecost/ Hymn 108 Christ, even God, by suffering a voluntary passion On our behalf in the fleshAnd rising in glory from among the deadQuickened and raised us also with HimWho were lost and dead in sin. And He brought to nought and dissolvedThe…
“The Comforter”“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth” John16:13 On this Seventh Sunday of the Holy Fifty Days (Pashons 27), the Church reads from the Gospel according to St. John (John 15:26–16:15), in which our Lord Jesus Christ tells His disciples that He must depart, for through His departure the Comforter—the…
“I Have Overcome the World”“In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 On the 6th Sunday of the Pentecostal 50 days, the church reads from the Gospel of John 16:23-33. In this passage, Jesus shares two main messages with His disciples. First, He tells His disciples…
The Way, The Truth, and The Life “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 4: 6) On this Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Pentecost (Pashons 22), the Church reads an account from the Gospel of John, in which Christ describes Himself as the “the way,…
The Light of the World “The light is among you for a little while longer, …… While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” (John 12:35-36) On the 4th Sunday of the Holy Fifty Days, the Church reads John 12:35-50. In this passage, Jesus was speaking to a crowd…
The Living Water “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.” (John 4:13-14) As it was mentioned last week, in rejoicing the Resurrection during the Pentecostal 50 Days, the Church arranged to present one of the “I am” statements each…
2nd Pentecostal SundayThe Bread of Life “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst…… should have eternal life” (John 6:35, 6:40) The Holy Fifty Days is a radiant season of joy in the Resurrection of our Lord and in our own resurrection with Him.…
Thomas Sunday“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29). On this Sunday, referred to as Thomas Sunday and it is the first Sunday of the Pentecostal 50 days, the Church reads (John 20:19-31), recounting the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ to His disciples after the Resurrection.The first time that Jesus…