Pentecost

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Christian feast liturgical solemnity moveable feast

Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Pentecost canonical	59
Pentecost Sunday	8
Day of Pentecost	3
Feast of Pentecost	3
Feast of Weeks (Christian context)	1
Mid-Pentecost	1
Pentecost (as part of Eastertide journey)	1
Pentecost (end of Easter season in many traditions)	1
Pentecost Sunday Mass	1
Pentecost feast	1
Pentecost period	1
Pentecost season	1
Solemnity of Pentecost	1
The Day of Pentecost	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ liturgical solemnity ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pentecost ⓘ surface form: Feast of Pentecost Pentecost ⓘ surface form: Feast of Weeks (Christian context) Whitsunday ⓘ
associatedWith	mission of the Church ⓘ sacrament of Confirmation (in Western churches) ⓘ speaking in tongues ⓘ wind and fire imagery ⓘ
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Methodist churches ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Pentecostal churches ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ many Protestant denominations ⓘ
celebratedOn	fiftieth day after Easter ⓘ seventh Sunday after Easter ⓘ
commemorates	descent of the Holy Spirit ⓘ descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles ⓘ events of Acts 2 ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Greek word pentēkostē meaning fiftieth ⓘ
follows	Ascension Day ⓘ surface form: Ascension of Jesus
hasCustom	confirmation of catechumens in some traditions ⓘ prayers invoking the Holy Spirit ⓘ reading of Acts 2 account ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor	red ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	Great Feast in Eastern Christianity ⓘ solemnity in the Roman Rite ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeasonRelation	conclusion of Easter season ⓘ
hasOriginIn	Jewish feast of Shavuot ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ
hasSignificance	marks beginning of apostolic preaching ⓘ marks fulfillment of Jesus’ promise of the Spirit ⓘ marks outpouring of the Holy Spirit ⓘ often called the birthday of the Church ⓘ
hasSymbol	dove as symbol of the Holy Spirit ⓘ rushing wind ⓘ tongues of fire ⓘ
hasTheme	empowerment for mission ⓘ gift of the Holy Spirit ⓘ unity in diversity of languages ⓘ
observedIn	global Christian liturgical calendars ⓘ
precedes	Ordinary Time ⓘ surface form: Ordinary Time in the Roman Rite
timeAfterEvent	ten days after Ascension in Western calculation ⓘ

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantHoliday → Pentecost ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → hasMajorFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Easter → followedBy → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost (end of Easter season in many traditions)

Pentecost → alsoKnownAs → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Weeks (Christian context)

Pentecost → alsoKnownAs → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Pentecost

Ascension → precedesEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Confirmation → linkedTo → Pentecost ⓘ

Ordinary Time → resumesAfter → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost Sunday

Acts of the Apostles → narratesEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

God the Holy Spirit → associatedWith → Pentecost ⓘ

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → includes → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Pentecost

Ascension Day → associatedEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Ascension Day → precedes → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost Sunday

Eastertide → endsOn → Pentecost ⓘ

Eastertide → containsFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost Sunday

Paschal cycle → includesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Methodist churches → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Pentecost ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → observesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Anglican rite → hasSeason → Pentecost ⓘ

General Roman Calendar → includesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost Sunday

Whitsunday → hasAlternativeName → Pentecost ⓘ

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity → occursAfter → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost Sunday

Gospels and Acts → focusesOnEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Spirit of Christ → linkedToEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Apostles → associatedEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Pentecostarion → usedForFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mid-Pentecost

Pentecostarion → usedForFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Jake Pentecost → familyName → Pentecost ⓘ

Weeks → hasName → Pentecost ⓘ

Saint Mary → associatedEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Syriac liturgical year → hasSeason → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost season

Syriac liturgical year → majorFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Christian liturgical year → includesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Church of Norway → hasHoliday → Pentecost ⓘ

Great Fifty Days → endsOn → Pentecost ⓘ

Great Fifty Days → includesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

St Mary → associatedEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Regina Caeli → usedUntil → Pentecost ⓘ

Mother of the Church → associatedWithEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Jean Restout the Younger → notableWork → Pentecost ⓘ

A.D. The Bible Continues → portraysEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Pentecost

Order of the Holy Spirit → feastDay → Pentecost ⓘ

Easter Week → relatedTo → Pentecost ⓘ

Christian culture → hasHoliday → Pentecost ⓘ

Descent of the Holy Spirit → associatedWithFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

Descent of the Holy Spirit → commemoratedBy → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentecost Sunday Mass

Solemnity → includes → Pentecost ⓘ

Apostolic Age → centralEvent → Pentecost ⓘ

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solemnity of Pentecost

Church of England liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Pentecost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Pentecost