* Shavuot ( Pentecost ) – Fiftieth day counted from Passover, normally 6 Sivan

* Shavuot (" Pentecost " or " Feast of Weeks ") celebrates the revelation of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

Together with Shavuot (" Pentecost ") and Sukkot (" Tabernacles "), Passover is one of the three pilgrimage festivals ( Shalosh Regalim ) during which the entire Jewish populace historically made a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.

Thus, he thought the root of the word was " wit " ( formerly spelt " wyt " or " wytte ") and Pentecost was so-called to signify the outpouring of the wisdom of the Holy Ghost on Christ's disciples.

The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as demons or deities, in Christianity specifically the Holy Spirit ( though with a capital " S ") experienced by the disciples at Pentecost.

He was born at Torrehermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, on 24 May 1540, on the Feast of Pentecost, called in Spain " the Pasch ( or " Passover ") of the Holy Ghost ", hence the name Paschal.

As well, the " Book of Ruth " functions liturgically, as it is read during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (" Weeks "), or Pentecost.

Revelation describes what is happening throughout the Christian era, from Pentecost to the second coming.

Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday.

The liturgical season from Pascha to the Sunday of All Saints ( the Sunday after Pentecost ) is known as the Pentecostarion ( the " fifty days ").

Pentecost Sunday is the fiftieth day from Pascha ( counted inclusively ).

This statement, in turn, is clearly reminiscent of Paul's Second Missionary Journey, when Paul travelled from Corinth to Ephesus, before going to Jerusalem for Pentecost ( cf.

In the Eastern Catholic Church, green is the color of Pentecost.

* Second Sunday after Pentecost :, as one of the saints commemorated on the Synaxis of the Saints of North America — this is a moveable feast of the ecclesiastical year, and the date of its observance will change from year to year.

* Earliest day on which Feast of the Sacred Heart can fall, while July 2 is the latest ; celebrated 19 days after Pentecost.

* Earliest date on which Whit Monday can fall, while June 14 is the latest ; celebrated on the day after Pentecost.

* Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest ; celebrated seven weeks after Easter Day.

* Earliest date on which Trinity Sunday can fall, while June 20 is the latest ; celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost.

** Earliest day on which Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary can fall, while July 3 is the latest ; celebrated 20 days after Pentecost.

Whereas most American Methodist worship is modeled after the Anglican Communion's Book of Common Prayer, a unique feature was the once practiced observance of the season of Kingdomtide, which encompasses the last thirteen weeks before Advent, thus dividing the long season after Pentecost into two discrete segments.

The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek name for the Jewish Feast of Weeks.

However Karl Barth considered that category of parousia includes Resurrection Sunday and the Acts 2 Pentecost as well, and therefore that the New Testament parousia is not limited to his final return.

After Jesus ascends (), on the feast of Pentecost or Shavuot ( the 50th day from Firstfruits and thus usually calculated as the first day of the week ), the Spirit of God is given to the disciples, who baptize 3, 000 people into the apostolic fellowship.

The Triodion is used until the lights are extinguished before midnight at the Paschal Vigil, at which time it is replaced by the Pentecostarion, which begins by replacing the normal services entirely ( during Bright Week ) and gradually diminishes until the normal services resume following the Afterfeast of Pentecost.

In the Eastern churches, Pentecost can also refer to the fifty days between Easter and Pentecost, hence the book containing the liturgical texts for Paschaltide is called the Pentecostarion.

Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks ( 50 days ) after Easter Sunday, hence its name.

For this reason, Pentecost is sometimes described as the " Birthday of the Church.

After Jesus ’ Ascension and the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, John, together with Peter, took a prominent part in the founding and guidance of the church.

He also proclaimed the eternality of the Holy Spirit, saying that the Holy Spirit's actions were somewhat hidden in the Old Testament but much clearer since the ascension of Jesus into Heaven and the descent of the Holy Spirit at the feast of Pentecost.

On the next day, the feast of Pentecost, the same scene was repeated very early in the morning.

Christians of these traditions may be surprised to learn of the significance assigned to the holiday by others, and in fact in many evangelical churches in the United States, secular Mother's Day is more celebrated than the ancient and biblical feast of Pentecost.

According to legend, King Arthur always gathered all his knights at the round table for a feast and a quest on Pentecost:

So ever the king had a custom that at the feast of Pentecost in especial, afore other feasts in the year, he would not go that day to meat until he had heard or seen of a great marvel.

The feast is one of the ecumenical feasts ( i. e., universally celebrated ), ranking with the feasts of the Passion, of Easter, and Pentecost.

* Birch is also associated with the feast of Pentecost in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia, where its branches are used as decoration for churches and homes on this day.

Matilda was crowned queen on May 11, 1068 in Westminster during the feast of Pentecost, in a ceremony presided over by the archbishop of York.

* The Sunday of the feast of Whitsun or Pentecost in the Christian liturgical year, observed 7 weeks after Easter

Eanflæd was baptised, Bede says, on the feast of Pentecost ( 8 June 626 ) with eleven others of the royal household.

The feast had an octave until 1955, when Pope Pius XII suppressed all octaves, even in local calendars, except those of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost ( see General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII ).

* Pentecost – the feast of 50 days after Passover ; the church celebrates this day " in much the same manner in which the early church observed it in Acts 2 ..." This is also the time of their General Assembly, in which members from their churches travel to Cleveland, Tennessee for a week-long gathering and special service schedule.

Doctrines of this church include the unity of one God ( Unitarianism ); the inspired infallible original texts of God's Word as the final authority of faith and practice ; receiving the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues ; the pre-millennial return of Christ ; observance of weekly seventh-day Sabbath, new moon Sabbaths, and feast days ( Pentecost, Unleavened Bread, First fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles ).

Exceptions were made for the dying, and local interdicts were almost entirely suspended on five feasts of the year: Christmas Day, Easter Sunday, Pentecost, Corpus Christi and the feast of the Assumption of Mary.

Before 1960, it was said on all Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost which do not fall within Octaves or on which a feast of Double rank or higher was celebrated or commemorated, as well as on Trinity Sunday.

John XXII ( 1316 – 1334 ) ordered the feast for the entire Church on the first Sunday after Pentecost.

Since it was after the first great Pentecost that the doctrine of the Trinity was proclaimed to the world, the feast becomingly follows that of Pentecost.

Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday ( also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit ) is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar.

Following Sauniere's renovations and redecoratations, the church was re-dedicated on the feast of Pentecost 1897 by his bishop, Monsignor Billard.