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A collection of 22 prayers for Pentecost "Pentecost" article from the Catholic Encyclopedia "Pentecost" article from the Jewish Encyclopedia; Feast of Pentecost Greek Orthodox Archdiocese; Explanation of the Feast from the Handbook for Church Servers (Nastolnaya Kniga) by Sergei V. Bulgakov
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šāloš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents ...
While it has Jewish roots, Pentecost is a Christian feast day celebrating the arrival of the Holy Spirit on believers in Jesus Christ. The biblical account, found in Acts 2, tells the account of a ...
On that day, a large crowd had gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish festival, when suddenly a fierce wind filled the house where they gathered, and flames of fire fell on the people ...
Individual prayer is considered acceptable, but prayer with a quorum of ten Jewish adults—a minyan—is the most highly recommended form of prayer and is required for some prayers. An adult in this context means over the age of 12 or 13 ( bat or bar mitzvah ).
The "standing [prayer]", also known as the Shemoneh Esreh ("The Eighteen"), consisting of 19 strophes on weekdays and seven on Sabbath days and 9 on Rosh haShana Mussaf. It is the essential component of Jewish services, and is the only service that the Talmud calls prayer.
The traditional Christian holiday of Pentecost is based on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot celebrated seven weeks after the start of Passover. Pentecost is part of the Movable Cycle of the ecclesiastical year. Pentecost is always seven weeks after the day after the Sabbath day which always occurs during the feast of unleavened bread.
(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) On Friday at sunset, the holiest day of the year in Judaism begins. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and ...