Pentecost is the great festival is celebrated to memorize the birth of the Christian church by the power of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost means "fiftieth day" and it is celebrated fifty days after the Easter.
WHAT HAPPENED ON PENTECOST?
Ten days after Jesus climbed into heaven, the twelve followers, Jesus' mother and family, and many other of His disciples congregated together in Jerusalem for the Jewish harvest festival that was celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover. While they were praying indoors, a sound like that of a rushing wind filled the house and tongues of fire moved down and suspended over each of their heads. This was the expression of the Holy Spirit on human flesh assured by God through the prophet Joel (Joel 2:28-29). The disciples were rapidly authorized to declare the gospel of the risen Christ. They went out into the streets of Jerusalem and started preaching to the crowds collected for the festival. Not only did the disciples preach with courage and vitality, but by a miracle of the Holy Spirit they spoke in the native languages of the people present, many who had come from all places of the Roman Empire. This created a impression. The apostle Peter seized the moment and addressed the crowd, preaching to them about Jesus' death and rebirth for the amnesty of sins. In the result about three thousand converts were baptized that day. (You can read the Biblical account of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-41).
WHY IS PENTECOST SOMETIMES CALLED "WHITSUNDAY"?
A custom of some churches in earliest times was to baptize adult converts to the faith on Pentecost. The newly baptized converts would wear white robes on that day, so Pentecost was frequently called "White Sunday" after these white baptismal garments. Many Christian calendars, liturgies, and hymnals still use this term.
WHAT HAPPENED ON PENTECOST?Ten days after Jesus climbed into heaven, the twelve followers, Jesus' mother and family, and many other of His disciples congregated together in Jerusalem for the Jewish harvest festival that was celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover. While they were praying indoors, a sound like that of a rushing wind filled the house and tongues of fire moved down and suspended over each of their heads. This was the expression of the Holy Spirit on human flesh assured by God through the prophet Joel (Joel 2:28-29). The disciples were rapidly authorized to declare the gospel of the risen Christ. They went out into the streets of Jerusalem and started preaching to the crowds collected for the festival. Not only did the disciples preach with courage and vitality, but by a miracle of the Holy Spirit they spoke in the native languages of the people present, many who had come from all places of the Roman Empire. This created a impression. The apostle Peter seized the moment and addressed the crowd, preaching to them about Jesus' death and rebirth for the amnesty of sins. In the result about three thousand converts were baptized that day. (You can read the Biblical account of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-41).
WHY IS PENTECOST SOMETIMES CALLED "WHITSUNDAY"?
A custom of some churches in earliest times was to baptize adult converts to the faith on Pentecost. The newly baptized converts would wear white robes on that day, so Pentecost was frequently called "White Sunday" after these white baptismal garments. Many Christian calendars, liturgies, and hymnals still use this term.
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