The word is derived from the Greek words meaning “initiation into hidden things.” ...

After that, the living Jesus spent time with the apostles and promised to send the Holy Spirit to them, and ascended back into heaven. Pentecost is the day for Christians to remember the coming of ...

“I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but ...

Verses in the Acts of the Apostles (2:1-4) tell the story of Pentecost, Cona said ... is the "fulfillment of Jesus' earthly mission," as told in Luke 12:49, to "set the earth on fire." ...

Pentecost takes place 50 days after Easter. It celebrates the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on the community after Jesus ascended into heaven. The story from the Acts of the Apostles describes this ...

He does this so that we might fulfill a special mission by sharing intimately ... of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost” (“Catechism of the Catholic ...

and the day on which He came down upon the Apostles is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost. Q. 426. Why is the day on which the Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles called Whitsunday? A. The day on ...

Summary: The Christian festival of Pentecost is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It refers to the Holy Spirit descending among the apostles - just as Jesus had said it would.