Now, a new Pentecost is happening, a new joy is bursting forth. Once again, we can shout, with Mary Magdalene and the disciples: "We have seen the Lord!" (John 20:25).

Pentecost is celebrated Sunday. The disciples and the followers of Jesus returned to Jerusalem to the upper room where they were staying. They were waiting for Jesus’s promise to be fulfilled ...

On the day of Pentecost, Jesus' disciples and closest companions are in one place. Suddenly, a loud wind fills the whole space; something like the flame of a fire rests over each person.

That left only only 11 apostles, so the remaining 11 voted in a replacement: Matthias. Matthias was there during the Pentecost, which means he became holy without ever having been a disciple.

Pentecost Sunday, which is celebrated 50 days after Easter Sunday, remembers the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, said Fr. Louis Cona of Rockville Center, New York.

The miracle of the first Pentecost is that Diaspora Jews from Parthia, Media, Elam and all those other exotic places hear and understand the preaching of the apostles in their own languages.

"At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit falls upon the apostles and Mary in the Upper Room," Fr. Kirby also said. "The Holy Spirit comes amidst strong winds and as tongues of fire." ...

On Pentecost, Christians commemorate the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2, describes fearful disciples who were transformed when God’s Spirit descended on them like ...

This confused them. In a nutshell, this is Pentecost, or at least, the most intriguing detail of the famous Acts story. But too often this significant detail gets lost in the celebration of rushing ...

In a way, what Christmas is to the Son, Pentecost is to the Spirit: It celebrates his great entrance into world history and revelation to the world. This feast is at least as old as Pope Leo the ...

Pentecost Sunday, which, this year, is celebrated on June 4 in Christian churches, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus Christ. This week’s clergy, from three ...