On our calendar this week, Sunday (June 8) is Pentecost, when Christians celebrate God’s gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church. According to the New Testament, the Holy Spirit came to Jesus’s ...

Months after Easter, many Christians celebrate the day of Pentecost. If you're scratching your head wondering, "What is Pentecost?"—you're not alone. This celebration in the church may not be as ...

My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost! Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of me. After all, as a Protestant denomination, we are ...

Pentecost is the festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is regarded as the birthday of the Christian church. Find the date for Pentecost 2014 in the multifaith calendar ...

The word “Pentecost” derives from the Greek word for “fifty.” It marks 50 days after Passover on the Jewish calendar and 50 days after Easter on the Christian calendar. Among Jews it is known as ...

Proposal to secularize the civic calendar prompts controversy. Debates about the place of Christianity in public life regularly resurface in Europe. Recently, after the Pentecost Monday holiday, the ...