Homily for the Solemn Mass of Pentecost at St Mary's Cathedral Sydney 19 May 2024

Around 1600 Doménikos Theotok/ópoulos-known as El Greco-painted his Pentecost, now in the Prado in Madrid. Born in Crete, where he studied Byzantine iconography, he honed his skills at the feet of the master Titian, while imitating the likes of Michelangelo, Raphael and Tintoretto.