St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church Podcast - Sermon
May 24, 2026 · 14 min · 7 segments
Fr. Andrew Iskander - Homily for the 6th Sunday of Pentecost. Though Christ ascended to heaven, He promised to remain with us—and true joy comes not from perfect circumstances, but from trusting God…
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Today is the, is the last Sunday of the holy 50 days before we celebrate the Feast of the Pentecost, uh, next week.
Um, you, you may have noticed that there was maybe some confusion with the procession because there are some rites that, that may say that the procession for today should be just in the sanctuary, because symbolic that Christ ascended.
But, um, but the rite that we, the rites that we practice in the diocese is that we, we do a procession around the whole church because to emphasize that although Christ ascends to heaven, but he, he doesn't just leave us.
So therefore, uh, the procession, even on the Feast of the Ascension and on the Sunday following the Feast of the Ascension, we still do the same full procession that we have n- been doing for the full, um, 50 days.
Um, in Matins of Pentecost, then we will do the procession, uh, inside in Matins, but that's different because that is, that is to sort of inaugurate the change of the, of the rites for Matins, that during the annual season until Nativity, the reading for Matins on Sundays is related to the Resurrection.
That's why on Sundays after Pentecost, we still say, "For you have risen and saved us," not, "For you have come and saved us." We will still say, "For you have risen and saved us" on Sundays.
So in a way, we still continue to celebrate the Resurrection all the way through the end of the, the Coptic calendar, the Coptic calendar.
And so the reading is, for Matins is still Resurrection, okay? That's why the, the procession next week will be different.
Today is the, is the last Sunday of the holy 50 days before we celebrate the Feast of the Pentecost, uh, next week.
Um, you, you may have noticed that there was maybe some confusion with the procession because there are some rites that, that may say that the procession for today should be just in the sanctuary, because symbolic that Christ ascended.
But, um, but the rite that we, the rites that we practice in the diocese is that we, we do a procession around the whole church because to emphasize that although Christ ascends to heaven, but he, he doesn't just leave us.
So therefore, uh, the procession, even on the Feast of the Ascension and on the Sunday following the Feast of the Ascension, we still do the same full procession that we have n- been doing for the full, um, 50 days.
Um, in Matins of Pentecost, then we will do the procession, uh, inside in Matins, but that's different because that is, that is to sort of inaugurate the change of the, of the rites for Matins, that during the annual season until Nativity, the reading for Matins on Sundays is related to the Resurrection.
That's why on Sundays after Pentecost, we still say, "For you have risen and saved us," not, "For you have come and saved us." We will still say, "For you have risen and saved us" on Sundays.
So in a way, we still continue to celebrate the Resurrection all the way through the end of the, the Coptic calendar, the Coptic calendar.
And so the reading is, for Matins is still Resurrection, okay? That's why the, the procession next week will be different.
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