By Walt Lichtenberger, Spiritual Reflections Birthday celebrations can be a lot of fun. As a child, I don’t recall a more exciting time. Friends and family coming over to wish you well made ...

Pentecost is a celebration that some Christians observe each year. While it always takes place after Easter, the fluctuation ...

Greetings one and all in the name of the risen Christ! This past Sunday, June 2, we celebrated Ascension Day (which was actually Thursday, May 30). This is the day when Jesus, after having been ...

Pentecost, said Fr. Louis Cona of New York, is the "preeminent celebration of the Holy Spirit" — and is celebrated on Sunday, ...

Summary: The Christian festival of Pentecost is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It refers to the Holy Spirit descending among the apostles - just as Jesus had said it would.

Pentecost was an important Jewish festival which celebrated the harvest. Often Jews would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate in the capital city. Pentecost was celebrated fifty days after the Passover.