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- Pentecost
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1) The Feast of Pentecost is originally a Jewish festival. The name derives from the Greek meaning ‘fifty days’ and originally fell on the fiftieth day after Passover. Its Christian association springs from the events associated with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the apostles as described in the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. The name is now associated with the third most important feast of the Church, which is commonly called Whitsunday in the English calendar.
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