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We are named after the Day of Pentecost (Acts Chapter 2).
Pentecost is also the Greek name for Jewish Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), falling on the 50th day of Passover
No they were not given to Moses.
I believe it was in Jerusalem on the day of pentecost. [Deep Calleth to the Deep]
Jesus did not meet the disciples on the day of pentecost.
In Christianity this day doesn't have a name but for Jews it was the day of Pentecost. The Jewish Feast of Pentecost, which typified the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, was fifty days after the Feast of First fruits, which spoke of the resurrection of Christ. Pentecost is also a Christian day of celebration. It was the day that Holy Spirit appeared to the disciples, as described in the book of Acts. In a sense, it was the day the church began.
The fiftieth day after Easter (7th Sunday) is Pentecost.
Pentecost is celebrated as the day the Holy Ghost was sent to the Church.
The Easter season is followed by the Pentecost season, which begins on Pentecost Sunday.
Brandice Pentecost's birth name is Brandice Jean Ditzhazy.
Indeed, Pentecost and Mother's Day fall on the same day this year, 2008 (on May 11).
You're probably thinking of "glossolalia", though it's not really synonymous with Pentecost. Glossolalia is basically speaking in tongues or an unknown language, which is what they did on the Day of Pentecost -- and many do today. Another word for it is xenoglossia.