First, Pentecost (aka Shavuot or the Feast of Weeks) is one of the 3 annual pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish year. Observance of Shavuot is included in the festival calendars in the Torah. Every adult Jew was expected to travel to Jerusalem on each of these festivals. Shavuot seems to have originated as the celebration of the winter wheat harvest, as well as a way to remember the giving of the Torah at Mount Siani. The evening service is shortened (all festival evening services are abbreviated), and the morning service is expanded with Hallel (the psalms of praise) and a reading of the Book or Ruth, as well as an insert for the festival in the Amidah (the central prayer of the morning service) and the addition of a special Musaf serevice, which is a second Amidah said after the Torah reading. The Torah reading for Shavuot includes the ten commandments from Exodus. The Haftarah reading is Ezekiel's vision. For those who celebrate a second day, the Deuteronomy version of the Ten Commandments is read, along with Habakkuk's vision.
Shavout will be on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.
It is actually called Shavuot, not Shavout. Mount Sinai, in Israel is the originating location of Shavuot. It celebrates the day, or two days (outside of Israel), when God gave Torah to Moses. Because it originated in Israel, it is celebrated in one day by Jews of Israel, and in two days by Jewish people outside Israel.
The holiday that celebrates the presentation of the Ten Commandments by God to the Israelites is called Shavuot.
Yes, an imam typically leads wajib prayers in a mosque. Wajib prayers refer to obligatory prayers in Islam, and congregational prayers, especially the five daily prayers and Friday prayers, are usually led by an imam. The imam's role is to guide the congregation in worship and ensure the proper performance of the prayers.
Prayers, "our prayers are with them": gebeden to pray: bidden. I pray: ik bid
Prayers that tell Jesus how great He is are known as prayers of adoration. These are common prayers for Christians who believe in Jesus.
Orações (prayers)
"Prayers of the faithful" is another name for prayers of intercession.
Unless you are worshipping her as a goddess, it is neither one. You say prayers FOR her (and for her family), not to her.
All of the usual prayers, plus the special prayers added on all holidays. But the prayers for rain are central to Sukkot.
Five prayers.
They are prayers that are not required, but are extra.