ቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት ስርሖም ብጾም ዚጀመርሉ እዋን ስልዚኮነ ንሕናውን ንምእዋት መንፈሳዊ ይኹን ሥጋዊ ስራሕና እግዚኣብሔር ሓይሊ ምእንቲ ኺሕበና እንጾሞ ጾም ኢዩ።
ካብ ዕለት 6 ሰነ-4 ሐምለ ግዕዝ ወይውን 13 June-11 July GC.
መፍጸምታ ናይዚ ጾም 5 ሐምለ ኮይኑ ኣብዚ ዕለት እዚ በዓለ ስማዕትነት ጴጥሮስን ጳውሎስን ድማ ንዝኽር።
እግዚኣብሔር ጸግኡ የብዘሓልና።
On this account, the apostles left Israel and accomplished that which had been commanded them by the Savior: "Make disciples of all the nations."
ORIGEN C. 245, E
Reading RECOMMENDATION
In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen.
ካብ ዕለት 6 ሰነ-4 ሐምለ ግዕዝ ወይውን 13 June-11 July GC.
መፍጸምታ ናይዚ ጾም 5 ሐምለ ኮይኑ ኣብዚ ዕለት እዚ በዓለ ስማዕትነት ጴጥሮስን ጳውሎስን ድማ ንዝኽር።
እግዚኣብሔር ጸግኡ የብዘሓልና።
On this account, the apostles left Israel and accomplished that which had been commanded them by the Savior: "Make disciples of all the nations."
ORIGEN C. 245, E
Reading RECOMMENDATION
Reading Recommended by His Grace
The Holy Pentecost Feast - the Fast of the Apostles
June 12 - July 11, 2011 / Paone 5 - Epep 4, 1727
In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen.We understand from Biblical scholars the Holy Gospel of St. John is the gospel identified with Christ’s Divinity. We also acknowledge chapters 14, 15, 16 of the Gospel of St. John are specifically dedicated to the descent of the Holy Spirit after the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In addition to reading and meditating on these three chapters, the reading recommended for the Glorious Pentecost Feast and the Fast of the Apostles is "The Holy Spirit and His Work in Us" by His Holiness Pope Shenouda.
The descending of the Holy Spirit was the beginning of the work of the Christian Church. The Lord Jesus Christ started forming the Church when He chose the twelve apostles and sent them out (Matthew 10:1-16). He also appointed seventy others whom He also sent out (Luke 10:1-20), with separate groups of His beloved ones and disciples. Even though He appointed the apostles, He allowed them to start preaching only after the descending of the Holy Spirit upon them. This great occurrence was the point of great conversion in the beginning of preaching on the largest scale.
May you have a Glorious Pentecost Feast and may the blessings and prayers of the Apostles be with us all.
Bishop Youssef
Bishop, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
Bishop, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
