Pentecost - Wikipedia
WEBJesus Day, Shavuot, Rosalia, Green Week, Pinkster, Whit Monday, Whit Tuesday, Whit Friday, Trinity Sunday. Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Sunday. [1]
BBC - Religions - Christianity: Pentecost
WEB23 Jun 2009 · Pentecost is the festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter (the name comes from the Greek pentekoste, "fiftieth"). It is...
What Is Pentecost and Where Did It Come From? - Christianity
WEB2 Apr 2024 · Pentecost is a Jewish feast that has been celebrated since the Old Testament, being called the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks in Jewish tradition. It is mentioned in five places in the first five books — in Exodus 23, Exodus 24, Leviticus 16, Numbers 28, and Deuteronomy 16.
What is Pentecost? 9 key things to know about Pentecost - Christian Today
WEB24 May 2015 · 1. Pentecost means '50'. Pentecost is from the Greek word 'Pentekostos', which means 'fifty'. It's the 50th day after the Sabbath of Passover week and in Judaism is called the Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:16). 2. It's traditionally celebrated as Whitsun. A representation of Pentecost by Soichi Watanabe.
Pentecost | The Church of England
WEBThe Day of Pentecost marks fifty days since Easter Day and brings the Easter season to an end. It is a major feast of the Church’s year when Christians recall how God’s Holy Spirit was given to the disciples after Jesus’ ascension, empowering them to begin the work of making disciples of all nations.
Pentecost | Description, Observances, & History | Britannica
WEB14 Mar 2024 · Pentecost, festival in the Christian church marking the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples and the beginning of the church’s global mission. It is celebrated on the Sunday that falls on the 50th day of Easter. Learn more about the significance and history of Pentecost.
What Is Pentecost? And Why Is It Important? - BibleProject
WEBby Ben Tertin & BibleProject Team – May 1, 2023. Pentecost is a long-standing Jewish harvest party, a Christian celebration as old as Jesus’ Church, and a Greek word that means “fiftieth.”. And the Pentecost moment described in the New Testament is a 1st-century event in Jerusalem where people’s heads caught fire (sort of).
What Is the Day of Pentecost? Bible Story Study Guide - Learn …
WEB6 Nov 2019 · Jack Zavada. Updated on November 06, 2019. According to Christian tradition, the Day of Pentecost commemorates the day when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples in Jerusalem after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Many Christians mark this date as the beginning of the Christian Church as we know it.
Factsheet: Pentecost - Religion Media Centre
WEB29 May 2020 · Pentecost is a Christian festival that celebrates the giving of God’s Holy Spirit to Jesus’s disciples shortly after his resurrection and ascension back to heaven. It is sometimes known as the ‘birthday of the church’. When is Pentecost? Pentecost takes place on the seventh Sunday (or 50th day) after Easter Sunday, and so occurs on in …
Pentecost - Vatican News
WEB19 May 2020 · Pentecost. Liturgical Feasts 19 May. The Solemnity of Pentecost is celebrated fifty days after Easter. It is the feast on which we remember the gift of the Holy Spirit that overturns the confusion of Babel (see Gn. 11:9). In Jesus, who died, rose and ascended into Heaven, the peoples once again understand each other through one sole …
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