Fortunately for our class and the other American tourists, Monday was a holiday in France. Not Memorial Day, but Pentecost — a religious holiday (France is mostly Roman-Catholic). This was ...

While I continue to grieve for those whose lives have been forever changed by this catastrophe, friends and colleagues among ...

Pentecost is celebrated 50 days after Easter and is when Christians remember the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third part of the Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The ...

Pentecost was an important Jewish festival which marked the harvest. Often Jews would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate in the capital city. Those same disciples are staying in Jerusalem when a ...