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  2. Jun 25, 2019 · Pentecost Sunday, which celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit, is a moveable feast. Find the date of Pentecost in this and other years.

  3. May 13, 2024 · When Is Pentecost Sunday in 2024? This year, Pentecost will be on Sunday, May 19th, 2024, observed on the seventh Sunday after Easter (March 31st). Pentecost in the Bible. The Coming of the Holy Spirit

    • What Is Pentecost?
    • The Coming of The Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday
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    Pentecost, meaning "fiftieth" is observed only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Exodus 23:16 as "the feast of harvest," and again in Exodus 34:22 as "the day of the firstfruits" (Numbers 28:26). The purpose of this feast was to commemorate the completion of the grain harves...

    When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in ot...

    Celebrations of Pentecost are held seven weeks following Easter and fifty days after Passover. This befalls on a distinct date for most Eastern and Western churches, as many Eastern churches, including the Orthodox Christian Church, observe according to the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. Western churches observe Pentecost with ...

  4. Jul 24, 2024 · Pentecost Sunday in 2025. This year, Pentecost will be on Sunday, June 8th, 2024 occurring seven weeks after Easter Sunday (April 20th, 2025). Why do Christians celebrate Pentecost?

  5. May 28, 2023 · Pentecost always occurs 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus and 10 days after his ascension into heaven. Because Easter is a moveable feast without a fixed date, and Pentecost depends on the...

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  6. Pentecost—originally a Jewish festival—is celebrated in the Christian Church as the occasion when God sent his Holy Spirit to both transform and empower the followers of Jesus for the mission that he had given them. In Great Britain it is also known as Whitsun, from an Old English word meaning ‘White Sunday’—the day on which converts ...

  7. For many liturgical and other church traditions, Pentecost Sunday happens 50 days after Easter, and it celebrates the beginning of the Church.

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