Mid Pentecost

Mid Pentecost

On the fourth day of the fourth week after Easter: We celebrate the Feast of Mid Pentecost.Commemorated annually on the 25th day after Easter.Cathedral Homily XLVI of St. Severus the Great of Antioch deals with the feast of Mid-Pentecost. "In the midst of the church will I praise thee" (Psalms 22:22)When the festival was at its midst, the mediator of God and men - Jesus who is God- when standing at that time in the midst of the Jews, showed plainly that He is God of God by nature, even after He had emptied himself and by dispensation become truly man; and as a partner and sharer of the essence of His invisible Father, He says, "I know Him, because I am from Him", and He immediately added further as a mere man and said, "for He also sent me". Therefore let us praise Him who through the mediation of His mercifulness has joined us to his Godhead, according to the riches of His great mercy. - Hymns of St. Severus of Antioch on Mid-PentecostSt. Severus the Great of Antioch Cathedral Homily # 46 RSoH