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The Holy Spirit, traditionally depicted as a dove, is pictured in a stained-glass window at St. John Vianney Church in Lithia Springs, Georgia. The feast of Pentecost, marking the descent of the Holy ...

Shabuoth, the Feast of Weeks, will be ushered in Tuesday evening and will be observed for two days by Orthodox Jewry, until sundown Thursday. Reformed Jewry observes only the first day, Wednesday.

Pentecost, meaning fifty in Greek, is an extraordinary memorial. The Greek name, little used today, for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, “the Feast of Weeks,” recalls the presence of God coming down in ...

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The feast of Pentecost falls May 23 this year, and the Eternal Word Global Catholic Network has made available an e-book about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Novena to the Holy Spirit set to ...