True to its biblical origins, the day remains a popular time for baptisms, while some churches, particularly in Manchester and the north-west of England, hold traditional Whit Walks.
According to the Bible, Jesus travelled for 40 days with his apostles after his resurrection on Easter Sunday, preaching and prepared his followers for his departure.
Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Almighty ever-living God, who willed the Paschal Mystery to be encompassed as a sign in fifty days, grant that from out of the scattered nations the confusion of many tongues may be gathered by heavenly grace into one great confession of your name. And when the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, which settled upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues, even as the Holy Spirit prompted them to speak Acts 2, Pentecost Sunday marks the end of the first novena.
Pentecost Whitsunday , with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the great feasts of Christianity. It commemorates not only the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Disciples, but also the fruits and effects of that event: the completion of the work of redemption, the fullness of grace for the Church and its children, and the gift of faith for all nations.
Today is the feast of St. Ephrem which is superseded by the Sunday Liturgy. Click here for commentary on the readings in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Pentecost After Jesus had ascended to heaven from Mt. Olivet, the apostles and disciples returned to the Holy City. They remained together in the Upper Room or Cenacle, the place where Jesus had appeared to them and which may well be called the first Christian church. About a hundred and twenty persons were assembled there.
They chose Matthias as an apostle in place of the unhappy Judas; they prayed and waited for the Paraclete. Ten days had passed, it was Sunday, the seventh Sunday after the resurrection. At about nine o'clock in the morning, as they were together praying fervently, the Holy Spirit descended upon them. Since Eastern Orthodox Christians calculate Easter according to the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar the calendar we use in our everyday lives , Eastern Orthodox Christians usually celebrate Easter on a different date from Catholics and Protestants.
That means that they celebrate Pentecost Sunday on a different date as well. To find the date Eastern Orthodox will celebrate Pentecost Sunday in any given year, simply add seven weeks to the date of Eastern Orthodox Easter. The novena traditionally is prayed beginning on the Friday after the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and ends on the day before Pentecost. You can, however, pray the novena throughout the year. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data.
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