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Pentecost is a Christian holiday celebrated 49 days after Easter that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus's Apostles and followers in Jerusalem, as described in the Acts of the Apostles. It is considered the "Birthday of the Church" because it marks the moment when the Holy Spirit empowered Jesus's followers to begin their mission.
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- Holiday.holiday_name
- Pentecost
- Holiday.image
- Vienna Karlskirche frescos4b.jpg
- Holiday.caption
- Fresco of the Pentecostal dove (representing the Holy Spirit) at the Karlskirche in Vienna, Austria
- Holiday.observedby
- Catholic Church, Old Catholics, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Amish, Anglicans and other Christians
- Holiday.observances
- Prayer, vigils, fasting (pre-festival), novenas, retreats, Holy Communion, litany
- Holiday.celebrations
- Church services, festive meals, processions, baptism, confirmation, ordination, folk customs, dancing, spring and woodland rites.
- Holiday.type
- Christian
- Holiday.significance
- Celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus; birth of the Church
- Holiday.date
- 49 days after Easter
- Holiday.relatedto
- Jesus Day, Shavuot, Rosalia, Green Week, Pinkster, Whit Monday, Whit Tuesday, Whit Friday, Trinity Sunday
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Pfingsten ist ein christliches Fest. Der Festinhalt ist die Sendung des Geistes Gottes zu den Jüngern Jesu und seine bleibende Gegenwart in der Kirche. Ikonografisch wird Pfingsten auch Aussendung des heiligen Geistes oder auch Ausgießung des heiligen Geistes genannt. Der Pfingstsonntag ist der 50. Tag der Osterzeit, also 49 Tage nach dem Ostersonntag, und liegt zwischen dem 10. Mai (frühester Termin) und dem 13. Juni (spätester Termin). Im Neuen Testament wird in der Apostelgeschichte erzählt, dass der Heilige Geist auf die Apostel und Jünger herabkam, als sie zum jüdischen Fest Schawuot (τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς ‚zum 50. Tag‘) in Jerusalem versammelt waren (Apg 2,1–41 ). Dieses Datum wird in der christlichen Tradition auch als Gründung der Kirche verstanden.
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