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  2. Censorship in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Current law allows for restrictions on threatening or abusive words or behaviour intending or likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress or cause a breach of the peace, [4] [5] [6] sending another any article which is indecent or grossly offensive with an intent to cause distress or anxiety, [7] [8] [9] incitement, [10] incitement to racial ...

  3. Pentecost - Wikipedia

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    Pentecost may also refer to the 50 days from Easter to Pentecost Sunday inclusive of both. [88] Because Easter itself has no fixed date, this makes Pentecost a moveable feast. [89] In the United Kingdom, traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was until 1970 a public holiday. Since 1971, by statute, the last Monday in May has been a Bank Holiday.

  4. Eastertide - Wikipedia

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    Easter time is the period of 50 days, spanning from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. [ 13] It is celebrated as a single joyful feast, called the "great Lord's Day". [ 14] Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter. In some traditions, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday of Eastertide and the following Sunday (Low Sunday) is the ...

  5. The Church of Pentecost - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Pentecost operated in 151 Nations headed by Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists and Senior Pastors throughout the world and about 21,802 local assemblies in 2,898 districts. In 2022, global membership of the Church stood at 4,203,077, [ 3 ] with children constituting about 1,307,157.

  6. Whitsun - Wikipedia

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    Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain, [ 1] and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, [ 2] for the Christian holy day of Pentecost. It falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples (as described in Acts 2 ).

  7. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Wikipedia

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    The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an ecumenical Christian observance in the Christian calendar that is celebrated internationally. It is kept annually between Ascension Day and Pentecost in the Southern Hemisphere and between 18 January and 25 January in the Northern Hemisphere. It is an octave, that is, an observance lasting eight days.

  8. List of UK top-ten singles in 1996 - Wikipedia

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    5 "Give Me a Little More Time" Gabrielle: 5 23 March 1996: 3 1 "Going for Gold" Shed Seven: 8 23 March 1996: 1 1 "Being Brave" Menswear: 10 23 March 1996: 1 30 March 1996: 5 "Firestarter" The Prodigy: 1 30 March 1996: 3 5 "The X-Files" Mark Snow: 2 30 March 1996: 3 1 "Nakasaki (EP)" Ken Doh 7 30 March 1996: 1 1 "Walkaway" Cast: 9 30 March 1996: ...

  9. Feast of Christ the King - Wikipedia

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    2026 date. 22 November (ordinary form) 25 October (extraordinary form) First time. 31 October 1926. The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly referred to as the Feast of Christ the King, Christ the King Sunday or Reign of Christ Sunday, [4] is a feast in the liturgical year which emphasises the true kingship of Christ.