Pentecost

June 8, 2025

Pentecost

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.” (John 20:21-23)

The icon is of Pentecost - Descent of the Holy Spirit.

Syria's Christians in peril, Patriarch Gregorios warns Pontiff

CWN - Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregory II Laham of Antioch has written to Pope Francis, warning him that Christians in the Middle East, and especially in Syria, face immediate dangers.

"Interfaith dialogue and coexistence between Islam and Christianity are also in jeopardy," the Melkite prelate warned in his letter to the new Pope.

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