COVID-19 CATECHESIS
THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
An Ongoing ALMSGIVING   Opportunity
to help those impacted by Covid-19 in Serbia and the USA

Reflections and Daily Inspiration
If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously. In the same way, through the Apostles ordaining their successors, and these successors ordaining others, and so on, the grace of the Holy Spirit is handed down through all generations and enlightens all who obey their shepherds and teachers.

- St. Gregory Palamas
TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION
Mission for Christ
Be the Bee #73

Parishes across the country will host their annual festivals and offer great food, music, and dancing to their neighbors. We also have something even more amazing to offer: Christ and the Good News of salvation.

Since Pentecost, the Church has been on a mission joyful preaching the Gospel. This missionary work isn't only for far away places, it belongs in our neighborhoods and parishes. And our parish festivals are a great place to start.
FROM THE NEWS
PENTECOST 2020 - THE FORTRESS OF FEAR AND THE ABODE OF LOVE

Humans struggle to shape their lives by building their own fortresses to feel secure, so as not to experience pain and despair. This is equally true for both those that believe and for those that do not believe in God. Believing does not bring an end to the chaos of human experience. In fact, believing –cultivating your faith – brings to surface one’s inner turmoil; the question of how and in what one believes. It does not make human life easier or offer guarantees that there will not be pain, suffering or poverty. Neither is it a guarantee in understanding the mysteries of life, a sure path to full knowledge of things.  
SAINT OF THE DAY

 JUNE 8 / MAY 26
The Holy Apostle Carpus

Carpus was one of the Seventy Apostles. He was a follower and com-panion of the Apostle Paul, by whom he was appointed Bishop of Varna in Thrace. He also preached the Gospel on Crete, where he received St. Dionysius the Areopagite in his home. St. Dionysius testifies that Carpus was a man with an exceptionally pure mind, meekness and innocence; that the Lord Jesus, with His angels, appeared to him in a vision; and that he never began the Divine Liturgy without first receiving a heavenly vision. Enduring many assaults for the name of Christ, he finally suffered at the hands of the unbelieving Jews and was slain. His soul took up habitation in the Kingdom of God, there to delight eternally, gazing upon the Lord in glory.