My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior,
CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE.
ON MONDAY AFTER HOLY PENTECOST: THE FEAST OF
OUR GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
It is the Tradition of the Orthodox Church , on the day after every Great Feast, to honor those through whom it came to pass–Our Lady on the day after the Lord’s Nativity, Joachim and Anna after our Lady’s Nativity, the Holy Baptism the day after Theophany, and so forth–on this Holy Day WE HONOR OUR GOD THE ALL-HOLY SPIRIT, THE COMFORTER promised by Our Savior to His Holy Disciples and Apostles [John 14:16], Who DESCENDED UPON THEM AT HOLY PENTECOST AND GUIDED THEM "INTO ALL TRUTH" [John 16:13], and through them, us.
Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Plagal of Fourth Tone
BLESSED art Thou, O Christ our God, Who has shown fort the
fisherman as supremely wise by sending down upon them the
Holy Spirit, and through them didst draw the world into Thy net,
O Befriender of man, glory to Thee.
Kontakion Hymn. Plagal of Fourth Tone
ONCE, when He descended and confounded the tongues, the Most
High divided the nations and when He divided the tongues of fire,
He called all men into unity; and with one accord we glorify the All-
Holy Spirit.
Post-Feast of Pentecost
The Eastern Orthodox Christian Ethos 