4 June 2023 (MIA)

Macedonian Orthodox Church Calendar

Pentecost

It’s called Pentecost and not just because it is celebrated fifty days after Easter but also because the event occurred exactly on the Jewish feast of Pentecost when Jews honored the memory of the day when the Lord gave Moses the 10 commandments at Mount Sinai. This holiday is usually associated with the souls of the dead, and customs that are performed on this day are connected with those beliefs. Pentecost is a Christian holiday dedicated to the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the establishment of the Church. On this day Christ fulfilled the promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth, the Comforter, the power from above, the promise of the Father) which Christ gave them by ordering the apostles not to far away from Jerusalem when it happens. On this day Christ’s apostles were clothed with the power of the Holy Spirit and fully qualified to be the body of Christ on earth. On this day apostles having received the Holy Spirit, from civic association were transformed into Christ Church.

Catholic Calendar

St. Quirinus

Bishop of Sisak, Croatia. During the persecution of Galerius, he was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods; he declined. Severely beaten and martyred. He drowned in the River Raab with a millstone around his neck c.308. He was canonised Pre-Congregation.