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Pentecost (Christianity)
Christian festival that celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated seven weeks after Easter, and is regarded as the birthday of the Christian church. Traditionally a time of baptism, the name Whit Sunday, or White Sunday, derives from the custom of wearing white while being baptized.
Christians believe that Jesus instructed his disciples to carry on his work and promised to send God's Holy Spirit to inspire, comfort, and guide them. According to the New Testament (Acts 2:1–4), the disciples felt the Holy Spirit's presence during the Jewish feast of Shavuot (known as Pentecost in Greek). A strong wind filled the house where they were gathered, and tongues of fire spread out and touched each one of them.
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