Pentecost is the celebration of the birthday of the Catholic Church. In the Eastern Catholic Church, this is the sign of new life; when the Holy Spirit came to the Virgin Mary and the Apostles. For this reason in the Eastern Catholic Church of the Italo-Greeks we use and bless green lemon leaves to express […]

In form and content, the PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY is probably the most ancient of all the Eastern Liturgies in use today…