Pentecost. The name comes from the Greek word pentekoste, meaning fiftieth.. In many faith communities, Pentecost is a holy day celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter and is inspired by ...

We read in the Acts of the Apostles, when the day of Pentecost had come, they were together in one place. Suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, ...

The Christian festival of Pentecost lasts for only one day, seven weeks (or fifty days) after Easter Sunday. Up Next: 30 Best Communion Scriptures. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.

When the day Pentecost arrived, the house was filled with the sound of a violent wind and tongues of fire rested on each of them. Jesus fulfilled his promise and generously poured the gift of the Holy ...

Pentecost, meaning fifty in Greek, is an extraordinary memorial. The Greek name, little used today, for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, “the Feast of Weeks,” recalls the presence of God coming ...

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And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will have dreams, Your young men will see visions. And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days ...

Finding Faith: Pentecost is more than an afterthought Devlyn Brooks is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton, Minnesota.

The word “Pentecost” means “50th” and the term is taken from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. In the Jewish tradition it was known as Shavuot, meaning “weeks.” ...