And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, ...

There are some holidays that are celebrated on the same day by the Jewish and the Christian faiths. The term “holiday” originally referred to “holy days.” Last week was Pentecost in the Christian ...

“We’ve got spirit, yes we do” – “We’ve got spirit” – “How about you?” It’s a Friday night at a football game or basketball game. During a break in the action, the cheerleaders come out and lead the ...

The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. The Feast is always ...

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This Sunday begins the season of Pentecost. In Acts 2 we read of the disciples gathered in Jerusalem, whereupon "tongues of fire which spread out and touched each person" caused them to speak many ...

We all heard it when we were kids, that dire warning: “Don’t play with fire!” “Stay away from the stove, it’s hot!” This Sunday, though, that goes out the window. The apostles start to play with fire ...

In his first speech as pope on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff on May 8, Leo XIV addressed his greeting to “all people, wherever they are, all of the people, ...

The week ahead brings one of the great holy days kept by many Christian communities, Pentecost Sunday, which this year falls on June 8. It is on this date that many congregations recall the sending of ...

We all heard it when we were kids, that dire warning: “Don’t play with fire!” “Stay away from the stove, it’s hot!” This Sunday, though, that goes out the window. The apostles start to play with fire ...