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Pentecost (Whitsunday)
A feast of the universal Church which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ, on the ancient Jewish festival called the "feast of weeks" or Pentecost (Exodus 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:10). Whitsunday is so called from the white garments which were worn by those who were baptised during the vigil; Pentecost ("Pfingsten" in German), is the Greek for "the fiftieth" (day after Easter).
Whitsunday,
as a Christian feast, dates back to the first century, although there
is no evidence that it was observed, as there is in the case of Easter;
the passage in 1 Corinthians 16:8 probably refers to the Jewish feast.
This is not surprising, for the feast, originally of only one day's
duration, fell on a Sunday; besides it was so closely bound up with
Easter that it appears to be not much more than the termination of
Paschal tide.
That Whitsunday belongs to the Apostolic times is
stated in the seventh of the (interpolated) fragments attributed to St.
Irenĉus. In Tertullian (On Baptism
19) the festival appears as already well established. The Gallic
pilgrim gives a detailed account of the solemn manner in which it was
observed at Jerusalem ("Peregrin. Silviĉ", ed. Geyer, iv). The
Apostolic Constitutions (Book V, Part 20) say that Pentecost lasts one
week, but in the West it was not kept with an octave until at quite a
late date. It appears from Berno of Reichenau (d. 1048) that it was a
debatable point in his time whether Whitsunday ought to have an octave.
At present it is of equal rank with Easter Sunday. During the vigil
formerly the catechumens who remained from Easter were baptized,
consequently the ceremonies on Saturday are similar to those on Holy
Saturday.
In Italy it was customary to scatter rose leaves from
the ceiling of the churches to recall the miracle of the fiery tongues;
hence in Sicily and elsewhere in Italy Whitsunday is called Pascha rosatum. The Italian name Pascha rossa
comes from the red colours of the vestments used on Whitsunday. In
France it was customary to blow trumpets during Divine service, to
recall the sound of the mighty wind which accompanied the Descent of
the Holy Ghost. In England the gentry amused themselves with horse
races. The Whitsun Ales or merrymakings are almost wholly obsolete in
England. At these ales the Whitsun plays were performed. At Vespers of
Pentecost in the Oriental Churches the extraordinary service of
genuflexion, accompanied by long poetical prayers and psalms, takes
place. (Cf. Maltzew, "Fasten-und Blumen Triodion", p. 898 where the
entire Greco-Russian service is given; cf. also Baumstark, "Jacobit.
Fest brevier", p. 255.) On Pentecost the Russians carry flowers and
green branches in their hands.
EPIPHANY – BOULDER CONGREGATION
Will be worshipping
Sunday, August 1 at 10:30am in Willow Farm Park in Longmont. This service will be a special baptism
service!
Bishop
+Sandy
will be visiting the Boulder Epiphany congregation on Sunday, August 15 for a confirmation
service.
OUTREACH AT
EPIPANY
RWANDAN COFFEE. Alex Martella of the Boulder
congregation is EAF's coffee coordinator for Land of 1000 Hills Coffee
from Rwanda. Women who were widowed in the genocide are growing coffee on small
patches of land on the hillsides of Rwanda and selling it through churches, to
earn a living for themselves and their children. About $3.00 of each bag goes to a fund that
makes micro-loans to Rwandan widows so they can finance their own
cottage businesses. All orders may be
made to Alex (martella_a@yahoo.com).
Most coffees are $11/bag.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. Yes it is
still summer but … Now would be
a GREAT time to stock up items for your Operation Christmas Child box! School supplies are at their lowest prices of
the year! So on your next trip to Target
or WalMart, pick up markers, pencils, paper, etc. and tuck it away til we send
our boxes in November!
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