Pentecost Size:24” x 30” Caryll Houselander

Caryll Houselander

the tiny village had become too large for Du Sable’s wandering frontier blood and with his family

does not have an exterior light source but shows one that is illuminated from within

and she married a brilliant young doctor named Felix Leseur

After theological studies at Chicago Theological Union and a time teaching at St

Pentecost Size:24” x 30” Caryll HouselanderFifty days after Easter The great feast of Pentecost, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, is considered by the Church Fathers to be both the birth of the Church and the culmination of the revelation of the Holy Spirit. The icon shows the Twelve (now joined by St. Paul to replace Judas) in the upper room as the Holy Spirit descends on them from a sacred sphere above. Below them in a dark alcove is a King traditionally ascribed the name of Kosmos.