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[[Image:Pentecost.jpg|right|frame|[[Pentecost icon|Holy Pentecost icon ]] ]]
'''Pentecost''' (also called '''Trinity Day''' or ''' Descent of the Holy Spirit''') is one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]], celebrated fifty days after [[Pascha]] (thus always falling on a [[Sunday]], this year: '''{{Pentecost date|format=[[F j]], Y}}''', next year: '''{{Pentecost date|format=[[F j]], Y|year={{next year}}}}''', and '''{{Pentecost date|year={{in two years}}|format=[[F j]], Y}}''', the year after that.).
==Day of Pentecost==
Fifty days after the [[Resurrection]], on the excising Jewish feast of Pentecost, while the [[apostles|disciples]] and many other followers of [[Jesus Christ]] were gathered together to pray, the [[Holy Spirit]] descended upon them in the form of "cloven tongues of fire," with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, and they began to speak in languages that they did not know. There were many visitors from the Jewish diaspora to Jerusalem at that time for the Jewish observance of the feast, and they were astonished to hear these untaught fisherman speaking praises to God in their alien tongues. This account is detailed in the [[Acts of the Apostles]], chapter 2.
In many parishes the feast is celebrated starting the evening before with [[Great Vespers]]. Some parishes also serve [[Matins]] on the morning of the feast before the [[Divine Liturgy]].
The Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom with special hymns replacing the standard [[Antiphon]]s. The hymns ''0 O Heavenly King'' and ''We have seen the True Light'' are sung for the first time since Easter, calling the Holy Spirit to ''"come and abide in us'', " and proclaiming that ''"we have received the heavenly Spirit''. "
The Great Vespers of Pentecost (Sunday) evening features three long prayers at which the faithful kneel for the first time since EasterPascha. Many smaller parishes have this service immediately following the Liturgyliturgy.
==After Pentecost==
==See also==
*[[Pentecost icon]]
*[[User:Ixthis888/Apocalypse of Holy Mother concerning chastisements|The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother concercning chastisements - the Pentecostal forgiveness of Christ Story]]
==External links==
[[Category:Feasts]]
[[Category:Great Feasts]]
 
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[[ro:Pogorârea Duhului Sfânt]]

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