Pentecost | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-07

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00:01:28 1 Etymology
00:02:34 2 Background
00:05:46 3 New Testament
00:07:18 3.1 Acts
00:12:09 3.2 Leo's sermons
00:13:47 4 Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books
00:14:15 5 Liturgical celebration
00:14:25 5.1 Eastern churches
00:19:23 5.2 Western churches
00:26:00 5.3 Fasting, baptisms, and confirmations
00:32:31 6 Classical compositions for Pentecost
00:34:25 7 Customs and traditions
00:37:28 8 Date and public holiday
00:40:03 9 Literary allusions
00:43:07 10 Images
00:43:16 11 See also



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The Christian holy day of Pentecost, which is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). In Christian tradition, this event represents the birth of the early Church.
In Eastern Christianity, Pentecost can also refer to the entire fifty days of Easter through Pentecost inclusive; hence the book containing the liturgical texts is called the "Pentecostarion". Since its date depends on the date of Easter, Pentecost is a moveable feast.
The holy day is also called "White Sunday" or "Whitsunday", especially in the United Kingdom, where traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was also a public holiday (now fixed by statute on the last Monday in May). In Germany Pentecost is called "Pfingsten" and often coincides with scholastic holidays and the beginning of many outdoor and springtime activities, such as festivals and organized outdoor activities by youth organizations. The Monday after Pentecost is a legal holiday in many European nations.