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.

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.

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.

Pentecost (, Pentēkostē, " the Fiftieth ") is a prominent feast in the calendar of ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the twelve Apostles of Christ.

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.

* Holy Spirit came at Pentecost ( 2 ), see also Paraclete

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.

The Pope also removed from the Vigil of Pentecost the series of six Old Testament readings, with their accompanying Tracts and Collects, but these continued to be printed.

Some modern Church uses also preserve the idea of an eight-day period, starting and finishing on the same day of the week, and retain the name " octave " for them ; for example, many churches observe an annual " Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity " on 18 – 25 January or in the week that begins with Pentecost Sunday.

Red flowers at the altar / preaching area, and red flowering plants such as geraniums around the church are also typical decorations for Pentecost masses / services.

In the German speaking lands, in Central Europe, and wherever the people of these nations have wandered, green branches are also traditionally used to decorate churches for Pentecost.

The singing of Pentecost hymns is also central to the celebration in the Western tradition.

Pentecost Monday is a public holiday in many European countries including Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania ( since 2008 ), ( most parts of ) Switzerland, Ukraine and also in the African nations Senegal, Benin and Togo.

In Sweden it was also a public holiday, but Pentecost Monday ( Annandag Pingst ) was replaced by Swedish National Day on June 6, by a government decision on December 15, 2004.

In the pre-1970 form of the rite, this season includes also the Octave of Pentecost, so Eastertide lasts until None of the following Saturday.

* The period of the Pentecostarion ( Sunday of Pascha through the Sunday After Pentecost which is also called the Sunday of all saints )

* 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.

See also Acts 2: 10 where Jews from Cyrene heard the disciples speaking in their own language in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost ; 6: 9 where some Cyrenian Jews disputed with a disciple named Stephen ; 11: 20 tells of Jewish Christians originally from Cyrene who ( along with believers from Cyprus ) first preached the Gospel to non-Jews ; 13: 1 names Lucius of Cyrene as one of several to whom the Holy Spirit spoke, instructing them to appoint Barnabas and Saul ( later Paul ) for missionary service.

Whitsun ( also Whitsunday, Whit Sunday or Whit ) is the name used in the UK for the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples ( Acts of the Apostles chapter 2 ).

Meidenmarkt is the most renowned yearly festivity that is celebrated once a year on the second day ( Monday ) of pentecost ( see also this list of dates to see when Pentecost begins ).

It is also said that after Pentecost, his mission was in a place called Mauretania in Africa.

Thus, for example, these older sects prohibited the burning of any lights and the leaving of one's dwelling on the Sabbath ; they also enjoined the actual observation of the new moon for the appointment of festivals, and the holding of the Pentecost festival always on a Sunday.

* 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.

His homilies are also a cycle based on the ecclesiastical calendar from Palm Sunday to the Sunday before Pentecost.

He also observes in “ For the Sixth Day ( Friday ) in the Third Week of Lent ” and in “ For the First Sunday After Pentecost ”: " And we ought to worship with true humility if we want our heavenly God to hear us because God is the one who lives in a high place and yet has regard for the deep down humble, and God is always near to those who sincerely call to him in their trouble.

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.