Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

This Sunday, we are blessed to celebrate Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit comes to rest upon the Disciples, and on the entire Church. The Book of Acts tells us that it was about nine in the morning during the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, which falls 50 days after the Passover, and so the pilgrims were going to the Temple to pray, and to make offerings. There is a special similarity between the celebration of Shavuot and our Pentecost, because many Jewish sources also observe the festival as the commemoration of when God gave the law to Moses on Mount Sinai. Therefore, on both feast days, the inspiration of God comes to rest upon mankind.

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