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Because it was the coming of the Holy Spirit to the world to dwell in believers and to be our Comforter and Guide. It is the day that the Spirit came to the apostles, and empowered them to begin spreading the Gospel around the world, thus beginning the church of Jesus Christ.
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∙ 11y ago
Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, as described in The Bible. It marks the birth of the Christian Church and is also known as the birthday of the Church. Pentecost is observed 50 days after Easter.
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∙ 11y agoPeople celebrate pentecost by decorating there churches with lots of white and red. Red is the colour of flames and is the symbol of the holy spirit. white is for goodness. the priest wears red robes at penticost.
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∙ 13y agopentecost is the celebration of the holy spirit in the chapter of acts paul preached and the holy spirit came upon all the people , the holy spirit is what jesus left after his accension to heaven and is what lives in us as christian believers , the holy spirit is our helper
Roman Catholic Answer:God is a Trinity. He is only one God, but he has Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is just the opposite of us, human beings, who are only one person but have two natures: soul and body. God has only one nature, but It is expressed in Three Persons. One way to think about the Trinity is to look at it this way: God the Father only has one Idea. He can not, like we do, have a succession of ideas, because He can not change - there is no time. His one Idea encompasses everything that is or can be. The name of that idea is the Son, who came to earth and was incarnate as Jesus. The love that exists between the Father and the Son, is God as well, that is the Holy Spirit. On the Solemnity of Pentecost, God sent the Holy Spirit down to earth to be with us and to guide us through this life until the end of time. Pentecost occurs fifty days after Easter, Jesus ascended into heaven forty days after Easter, and ten days later sends the Holy Spirit on the Apostles to form the Church.Wiki User
∙ 14y agobelieve and trust in god .be guided by the holy spirit
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∙ 14y agoPentecost is the 7th week after Easter and it is the day that the Holy Ghost was sent so that the Church would have power.
Acts 1:8; 2:1-4.
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∙ 14y agoPentecost is a time to celebrate the descent of the holy spirit upon the disciples and is celebrated seven weeks after Easter sunday. The colour for Pentecost is red
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∙ 14y agoThe coming of the Holy Spirit - the time when Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit on his disciples and on anyone who invites Christ into their lives.
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The disciples and about 120 people waited in the upper room for the?
Holy Spirit to come upon them on the day of Pentecost.
What dates is pentecost in 2008?
I was asking this same question myself, and I have found the answer, and it is fascinating. In Leviticus 23:10-11 and 15-17, The Word of God explains the calculation for what we call Pentecost (the Greek word for 50) as counting 50 days from the Feast of First Fruits, which is the first day after the first Sabbath after Passover. However, contemporary Jewish practice is to celebrate this Pentecost(called the Feast of Weeks in Hebrew, not called Pentecost) 50 days after Passover. In fact, this year, if you count 50 days from the day after the first Sabbath after Passover, you go past June 9, the date published on the Hebrew calendar, and end up on June 16. June 9 is 50 days from Passover. Dr. Thomas McCall, a theologian, wrote an article about this with an explanation about the descrepency, and you can access it at http://www.levitt.com/essays/pentecost.html. I hope this helps you.
How long after Pentecost was Stephen stoned to death?
Acts ofthe Apostles tells us that Pentecost occurred fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus, but is unclear as to exacly when Stephen was stoned to death. However, it is quite possible that neither event was really historical.The Jews had celebrated a Pentecost since the second century BCE and there are parallels of timing and content between the Jewish Pentecost and the story of the Christian Pentecost, which seems to have been inspired by the Jewish Pentecost. Also, Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that we can never verify the martyrdom or even existence of Stephen. With both events unlikely to have really happened, there is no real answer to this question.
When do we celebrate the feast of the Holy Spirit?
The feast of the Holy Spirit, also known as Pentecost, is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and other followers of Jesus.
The apostles made about 3000 what on the first pentecost?
The apostles made about 3000 converts on the first Pentecost after the Holy Spirit descended upon them. This event is described in the Book of Acts in the New Testament of the Bible.
Does Buddhism or Sikhism celebrate pentecost?
No. Pentecost is a Christian-exclusive holiday.
What religions celebrate Pentecost?
some Christians
How can Christians celebrate shavu'ot?
In Christianity, the holiday known as Shavuot is called 'Pentecost.' While Jews celebrate God Giving them the Torah on Shavuot, Christians celebrate God Sending them the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
On what day do you celebrate the birthday of the Catholic chuch?
On Pentecost
Why is trinity Sunday celebrated on the Sunday after pentecost?
Because on Pentecost, we celebrate the Coming Of the Holy Spirit, so on the following Sunday, we celebrate all 3 Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity.
Do Mormons celebrate pentecost?
They recognize it, revere it, and acknowledge it's reality, but don't celebrate it in the sense of outwardly expressed traditions.
What two things did the Jews celebrate at pentecost?
The Giving of the Torah & the First Fruits.
Easter is also referred to this from Easter Sunday to Pentecost?
Many Christians including Catholics celebrate the Easter liturgical season for 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost.
Do Christians celebrate trinity at any particular time?
Christians celebrate the Trinity all of the time. However, the Sunday after Pentecost is known as 'Trinity Sunday.'
How many apostles celebrate Pentecost?
Around 11 of them and they add one for the replace of Judas Iscariot.
What do Christians do to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles?
I am a member of a main line arm of Christianity and we do not celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. Perhaps others do?
What festival do christians celebrate?
A lot of it depends on what domination you are in. The basic ones that all Christians celebrate are Christmas and Easter. Others include Advent, Pentecost, and Lent.
