Pentecost, said Fr. Louis Cona of New York, is the "preeminent celebration of the Holy Spirit" — and is celebrated on Sunday, May 19, seven weeks after Easter. Cona is a priest of the Diocese of ...

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.

After that, the living Jesus spent time with the apostles and promised to send the Holy Spirit to them, and ascended back into heaven. Pentecost is the day for Christians to remember the coming of ...

Acts 2:4 says that on the day of Pentecost, they were filled ... life as follows “Dear Heavenly Father I thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit. As your child I now receive Him by faith ...