The feast of Mid-Pentecost falls halfway between Pascha and Pentecost.  It is a service of anticipation.  The hymns of the service focus much less on Pascha and the Resurrection as they do on the coming of the Holy Spirit.  Although Pascha is the Feast of Feasts, Pentecost is the celebration of our full participation in the Mystery of the resurrected Life.  The main metaphor used throughout the feast of Mid-Pentecost is water.…