In the 9th episode of the “Orthodox Icons Explained” series, Fr. John explains the icon of Pentecost. The feast of Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection of Christ.
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Fr. Ioan Bizau is a senior lecturer of Iconography and Christian Art at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Location: Diocesan Museum of the Orthodox Metropolis of Cluj (Muzeul Mitropoliei Clujului)
Camera: Darius Echim
Table of contents:
00:00 ♫ Troparion of Pentecost, Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece ♫
00:10 Intro
00:57 Pentecost is the feast of the founding of the [Christian] Church
02:35 The images of Pentecost
05:40 ♫ Troparion of Pentecost, Convent of Sameba-Jikheti, Georgia ♫
06:16 The semicircular throne
07:05 The reverse perspective
09:24 ♫ Troparion of Pentecost, Fr. Apostolos Hill, USA ♫
10:07 The Apostles look in different directions
13:09 ♫ Troparion of Pentecost, Dr. Kristina Parezanović and Dr. Srđan Teparić, Serbia ♫
14:03 An empty place
17:16 The old king
20:00 ♫ Exapostilarion of Pentecost, Matins, Beirut Archdiocese Choir, Lebanon ♫
20:43 16 ethnic groups
21:25 The Cathedral of St. Mark the Evangelist in Venice
23:47 Conclusion
24:54 ♫ Troparion of Pentecost, Orthodox Cathedral of Cluj, Romania, 2020 ♫