Jesus Christ Teaching in the Temple
Mid-Pentecost

Troparion (Tone 8)
In the midst of this Feast, O Savior, give thou my thirsty soul to drink of the waters of true worship; for thou didst call out to all, saying, Whosoever is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Wherefore, O Christ our God, Fountain of life, glory to thee.

This icon portrays Christ as a youth teaching the elders in the Temple, but it is used to commemorate his teaching in the Temple in the middle of the Feast of Tabernacles in John 7, which happens in the Autumn of the year. But it was a time for blessing the waters as a foreshadowing of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. At the end of this feast, Jesus gave the promise of the Holy Spirit:
"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)" -John 7:37-39
That is why this feast is midway between Pascha and Pentecost, connecting the two.

This Icon print is from St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. We laminate and mount it.

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