Pentecost 2025

Sanctification of humankind was the purpose of Pentecost, Patriarch Daniel explains

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel explained that the Sunday of All Saints follows immediately after Pentecost because “the purpose of the coming of the Holy Spirit into the world is the sanctification of humankind.” The Patriarch emphasized that this feast primarily reveals the ultimate goal for which Christ founded the Church. “The Church of Christ was…

Jun 16, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat urges faithful to receive the comfort of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost

“May the Holy Spirit comfort your hearts,” Metropolitan Ioan of Banat told the faithful on Sunday during the Feast of Pentecost. “Beloved mothers, who always have tears in your eyes, may God comfort the sorrowful—and all of you, allow yourselves to be comforted by the Spirit of God… Let the Holy Spirit comfort you all.”…

Jun 11, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

The Holy Spirit, the most precious gift of Christ for us: Pentecost Encyclical by Romanian bishops in Western & Southern Europe

“The Holy Spirit is the most precious Gift that Christ the Lord offers us—after His Resurrection and Ascension into heaven—and the source of all gifts,” declare the members of the Metropolitan Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe in their Pentecost Pastoral Letter. The Romanian hierarchs affirm that the presence of…

Jun 6, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu