Today is Pentecost!!!
The birthday of the Church!
This important holiday is recognized and celebrated by Christians throughout he world. It's wonderful to know that the Orthodox and Catholic Churches are celebrating the feast on the same day.
Today, we are celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary as described in the Acts of the Apostles 2:1-31.
The word "Pentecost" means "the Fiftieth Day" and refers to the fiftieth day after His Resurrection and the tenth day after Ascension Thursday.
The feast is also called Whit Sunday, Whitsun, or Whit, especially in the United Kingdom.
Pentecost is historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, which commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai fifty days after the Exodus.
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