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Pentecost

Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday that takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, Mary, and other followers of Christ, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as…

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2025 date
June 8 (Western) · June 8 (Eastern)
2026 date
May 24 (Western) · May 31 (Eastern)
2027 date
May 16 (Western) · June 20 (Eastern)
2028 date
June 4 (Western) · June 4 (Eastern)
Also called
Whitsunday (Ireland, United Kingdom) · Trinity Sunday (Eastern Orthodoxy)
Celebrations
Church services, festive meals, processions, baptism, confirmation, ordination, folk customs, dancing, spring and woodland rites.

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related to Eastern churches · 29
Pentecost → Alexandria, All-night Vigil, Coptic Orthodox Church, Divine Liturgy, Easter, Eastern Orthodox Church, Friday, Great Feast, Holy Spirit, In, Jewish, Lord, Lord's Feasts, Major, Monday, Mosaic Law, Orthodox, Orthodox Great Feasts, Orthodox Tradition, Pascha
related to Etymology · 24
Pentecost → Alexandria, Book, Deuteronomy, Exodus, Festival, Hebrew Bible, Hellenistic Judaism, Josephus, Jubilee, Koine, Koine Greek, Leviticus, Maccabees, One, Passover, Pentēkostē, Philo, Septuagint, Shavuot, The
related to Classical compositions · 22
Pentecost → Also, Baroque, BWV, Creator Spiritus, Erschallet, Geistes, Get, Gott, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Gustav Mahler, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lieder, Maurus, Mozart, Saiten, Some, Symphony No, The Lutheran, Veni, Veni Sancte Spiritus
related to Rosalia · 22
Pentecost → Attica, East, Easter, Festa Rosalia, Fruits, Greek, Holy Spirit, In, John Chrysostom, Latin, Megara, Monday, Neapolitan, Pasca, Pascha, Pentecostarion, Romanian-language, Rose Feast, Rusalii, This
related to External links · 19
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related to Mariology · 18
Pentecost → According, Acts, Apostle, Apostles, Blessed Virgin Mary, Crucifixion, Eastern Churches, God, Holy Spirit, It, Jesus, Jesus's, John, Latin, Mother, Mystici Corporis Christi, Twelve, Western
related to Date and public holiday · 17
Pentecost → Bank Holiday, Because Easter, Easter, Easter Sunday, Eastertide, Gregorian Calendar, In, June, May, Monday, Pentecost Sunday, Roman, Since, The, United Kingdom, While Eastern Christianity, Whit Monday
related to Western churches · 17
Pentecost → Acts, Christian, Corinthians, East, Giotto, Greco, Holy Spirit, Occasionally, Paul, Pentecosts, Since, St, The, Titian, Virgin Mary, West, Western
related to New Testament · 15
Pentecost → Acts, Acts1, Babel, Book, Genesis, God's, It, Moses, Mount Sinai, Some, Ten Commandments, The, Theologian Stephen Wilson, There, Tower
related to Literary allusions · 7
Pentecost → According, Fest, German, Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, King Arthur, Reineke Fuchs

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church holy day spirit feast holiday also easter churches may acts one monday days catholic sunday called orthodox festival first

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Pentecost2025 dateJune 8 (Western)1.00infobox
Pentecost2025 dateJune 8 (Eastern)1.00infobox
Pentecost2026 dateMay 24 (Western)1.00infobox
Pentecost2026 dateMay 31 (Eastern)1.00infobox
Pentecost2027 dateMay 16 (Western)1.00infobox
Pentecost2027 dateJune 20 (Eastern)1.00infobox
Pentecost2028 dateJune 4 (Western)1.00infobox
Pentecost2028 dateJune 4 (Eastern)1.00infobox
PentecostAlso calledWhitsunday (Ireland, United Kingdom)1.00infobox
PentecostAlso calledTrinity Sunday (Eastern Orthodoxy)1.00infobox
PentecostCelebrationsChurch services, festive meals, processions, baptism, confirmation, ordination, folk customs, dancing, spring and woodland rites.1.00infobox
PentecostDate49 days after Easter1.00infobox
PentecostObservancesPrayer, vigils, fasting (pre-festival), novenas, retreats, Holy Communion, litany1.00infobox
PentecostObserved byCatholic Church, Old Catholics, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Amish, Anglicans and other Christians1.00infobox
PentecostRelated toJesus Day, Shavuot, Rosalia, Green Week, Pinkster, Whit Monday, Whit Tuesday, Whit Friday, Trinity Sunday1.00infobox
PentecostSignificanceCelebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus; birth of the Church1.00infobox
PentecostTypeChristian1.00infobox
Pentecostis alegal holiday in many European0.90text
Pentecostis abeginning of the Apostles' Fast0.90text
Pentecostis athird of the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary0.90text
Pentecostis aday to hold Confirmation celebrations for youth0.90text

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