SCRIPTURES & ART: Today’s readings are illustrated by the great Spanish painter, El Greco (1541-1614).

Pentecost Octave — Where Art Thou? ... 2:38-41, and the octave was significant as the neonati appropriately wore white robes (hence the alternative name for Pentecost of ‘White Sunday’, ...

In his painting Pentecost, Chinnawong depicts Acts 2:1–4. On the Jewish day of Pentecost all of Jesus’ disciples are gathered in one place when a sound like a violent wind fills the house, and “they ...

Pentecost Sunday is a special day on the Christian liturgical calendar that marks the anniversary of when the Holy Spirit descended upon the early church, as documented in Acts 2:1-13. The ...

Planning: Pentecost Sunday. By: Lawrence Mick Today brings us to the end of the 50 days of Easter with the celebration of Pentecost. This means a slight shift in emphasis, but it should still be ...

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 ...

Pentecost Sunday takes place on May 19 in 2024—seven weeks after Easter. For Orthodox Christians (and others who follow the Gregorian calendar), Pentecost will be observed on Sunday, June 23 ...

The week ahead brings one of the great holy days kept by many Christian communities, Pentecost Sunday, ... Lord, though we change, thou art the same; The same sweet God of love and light: ...

This weekend is Pentecost Sunday, the culmination of the “real time” of the church year. The Christian church celebrates that the Holy Spirit has been poured out on all nations of people.