PHOTO of dove for PENTECOST - seven weeks (50 days) after easter
Pentecost Sunday 2013
Pentecost Sunday, which marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar,
celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. Pentecost 2013 falls 50 days after Easter 2013.
Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
A dove is perched in a wall outside the Basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy.
The dove is the traditional Christian symbol for the Holy Spirit. The basilica, a seventh-century church, sits over a fourth-century Christian catacomb.
Pentecost marks the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. For that reason, it is often called the "the birthday of the Church."
Pentecost Sunday is one of the most ancient feasts of the Church, celebrated early enough to be mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (20:16) and St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (16:8).
[It supplants the Jewish feast of Pentecost, which took place 50 days after the Passover and which celebrated the sealing of the Old Covenant on Mount Sinai.]
For Christians, Pentecost is the 50th day (7 weeks) after Easter (if we count both Easter and Pentecost). That means that it is a moveable feast--a feast whose date changes every year, based on the date of Easter in that year. The earliest possible date for Pentecost Sunday is May 10; the latest is June 13.
On Pentecost Sunday, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles, they were granted the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Those gifts helped them to fulfill their mission to preach the Gospel to all nations. For us, too, those gifts -- granted when we are infused with sanctifying grace, the life of God in our souls --help us to live a Christian life.
Wisdom Understanding Counsel Fortitude Knowledge Piety Fear of the Lord
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
After Christ's Ascension into Heaven, the Apostles knew that He had promised to send His Spirit, but they didn't know exactly what that would mean. Granted the gifts of the Spirit at Pentecost, however, they were emboldened to speak the Good News to all. On that first Pentecost Sunday, over 3,000 people were converted and baptized.
The example of the Apostles shows that the gifts of the Holy Spirit lead to the fruits of the Holy Spirit --works that we can only perform through the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
Novena to the Holy Spirit
Between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary spent nine days in prayer, waiting for the fulfillment of Christ's promise to send His Spirit. This was the origin of the novena, or nine-day prayer, that became one of the most popular forms of Christian intercessory prayer (prayer asking God for something).
From the earliest days of the Church, the period between Ascension and Pentecost has been celebrated by praying the Novena to the Holy Spirit, asking God the Father to send His Spirit and to grant us the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Other Prayers to the Holy Spirit
While the Novena to the Holy Ghost is most often prayed between Ascension and Pentecost, it can be prayed at anytime we find ourselves in particular need of the strength that the Holy Spirit grants through His gifts.
Pentecost in Greece happens fifty days after Greek Easter.
While in some Christian denominations, this religious holiday slides by with relatively little fanfare, in Orthodox Greece Pentecost is vigorously celebrated. For the more secularly-minded traveler in Greece, it can even be thought of as a kind of "second Easter" if you've unfortunately missed the first.
It occurs on the seventh Sunday after Easter, or the "Fiftieth Day", and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is also known as Trinity Sunday. By the way, the "Pente" in Pentecost is an easy way to help remember the number "five" in Greek if you can associate it with the "50 days". "Like other religious holidays in Greece, such as Easter itself and the Feast of the Virgin Mary on August 15th, transit schedules may shift and extra ferries or ferry stops may be added to accommodate Pentecost travelers.
I remember traveling to Milos on a Pentecost weekend, when Minoan Lines snuck in an extra stop at the island on the route from Heraklion to Athens. Unfortunately, not all the Minoan employees knew that there was an extra stop that night, and they looked at me very strangely as I insisted that their ferry would indeed be stopping at "my" island. Ticketing was complicated as it could only be actually booked through an outside travel agent who had arranged a special group tour and had enough paying passengers to make the stop warranted. I managed to get my friends and I "adopted" by the group at least for the transit portion to the island. As with most religious holidays in Greece, the eve of the feast on the "Saturday before Pentecost" will be when the more public celebration will occur, so plan accordingly."
Pentecost Sunday, which marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar,
celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. Pentecost 2013 falls 50 days after Easter 2013.
Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
A dove is perched in a wall outside the Basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy.
The dove is the traditional Christian symbol for the Holy Spirit. The basilica, a seventh-century church, sits over a fourth-century Christian catacomb.
Pentecost marks the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. For that reason, it is often called the "the birthday of the Church."
Pentecost Sunday is one of the most ancient feasts of the Church, celebrated early enough to be mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (20:16) and St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (16:8).
[It supplants the Jewish feast of Pentecost, which took place 50 days after the Passover and which celebrated the sealing of the Old Covenant on Mount Sinai.]
For Christians, Pentecost is the 50th day (7 weeks) after Easter (if we count both Easter and Pentecost). That means that it is a moveable feast--a feast whose date changes every year, based on the date of Easter in that year. The earliest possible date for Pentecost Sunday is May 10; the latest is June 13.
On Pentecost Sunday, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles, they were granted the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Those gifts helped them to fulfill their mission to preach the Gospel to all nations. For us, too, those gifts -- granted when we are infused with sanctifying grace, the life of God in our souls --help us to live a Christian life.
Wisdom Understanding Counsel Fortitude Knowledge Piety Fear of the Lord
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
After Christ's Ascension into Heaven, the Apostles knew that He had promised to send His Spirit, but they didn't know exactly what that would mean. Granted the gifts of the Spirit at Pentecost, however, they were emboldened to speak the Good News to all. On that first Pentecost Sunday, over 3,000 people were converted and baptized.
The example of the Apostles shows that the gifts of the Holy Spirit lead to the fruits of the Holy Spirit --works that we can only perform through the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
Novena to the Holy Spirit
Between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary spent nine days in prayer, waiting for the fulfillment of Christ's promise to send His Spirit. This was the origin of the novena, or nine-day prayer, that became one of the most popular forms of Christian intercessory prayer (prayer asking God for something).
From the earliest days of the Church, the period between Ascension and Pentecost has been celebrated by praying the Novena to the Holy Spirit, asking God the Father to send His Spirit and to grant us the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Other Prayers to the Holy Spirit
While the Novena to the Holy Ghost is most often prayed between Ascension and Pentecost, it can be prayed at anytime we find ourselves in particular need of the strength that the Holy Spirit grants through His gifts.
Pentecost in Greece happens fifty days after Greek Easter.
While in some Christian denominations, this religious holiday slides by with relatively little fanfare, in Orthodox Greece Pentecost is vigorously celebrated. For the more secularly-minded traveler in Greece, it can even be thought of as a kind of "second Easter" if you've unfortunately missed the first.
It occurs on the seventh Sunday after Easter, or the "Fiftieth Day", and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is also known as Trinity Sunday. By the way, the "Pente" in Pentecost is an easy way to help remember the number "five" in Greek if you can associate it with the "50 days". "Like other religious holidays in Greece, such as Easter itself and the Feast of the Virgin Mary on August 15th, transit schedules may shift and extra ferries or ferry stops may be added to accommodate Pentecost travelers.
I remember traveling to Milos on a Pentecost weekend, when Minoan Lines snuck in an extra stop at the island on the route from Heraklion to Athens. Unfortunately, not all the Minoan employees knew that there was an extra stop that night, and they looked at me very strangely as I insisted that their ferry would indeed be stopping at "my" island. Ticketing was complicated as it could only be actually booked through an outside travel agent who had arranged a special group tour and had enough paying passengers to make the stop warranted. I managed to get my friends and I "adopted" by the group at least for the transit portion to the island. As with most religious holidays in Greece, the eve of the feast on the "Saturday before Pentecost" will be when the more public celebration will occur, so plan accordingly."
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Old Testament was written from approximately 1400 B.C. to approximately 400 B.C. Moses wrote the first five books known as the Pentateuch, which included the editing of Genesis into its final form from oral or earlier written records. In this latter regard some scholars consider that Abraham himself wrote much of Genesis, since we now know that writing was in use for centuries before Abraham. His birth in 2161 BC would then date his writing considerably earlier than Moses, probably done during his time in Canaan. These tablets would then have been preserved and handed down to eventually come into the hands of Moses. In terms of preservation it is worth noting that this is a very small time considering that tablets have been found in the 20th Century which date to around this time. This theory, known as the \'Tablet Theory\' is advanced by some to explain the \'toledoth phrases\' found in a number of places in Genesis which mark the end of a tablet dealing with a particular subject. This theory dates the original writing somewhat earlier than its final edited form which would be what has been handed down to us.
Scholars say that the formal beginnings of the Old Testament took place during the seventh-century BCE reign of King Josiah of Judah, when an anonymous source, now known as the Deuteronomist, collected the earlier writings of sources to write the Pentateuch.
The Priests amended the work and the Redactor created the Pentateuch in much the form we know today.
Over the centuries that followed, up until the third century BCE, other books were written and added to the collection of scriptures from which the Council of Jamnia, in about 90 CE, selected those books considered worthy of inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, or Old testament. ALL OF THE BOOKS submitted for inclusion in the bible are stored under the vatican.
Hi, This was interesting to read my friend ! Also neat that you traveled to Greece. Thanks for sharing. :-)
I love it when you post a journal just chock full of truth!! Thank you for doing this often. It\'s a learning experience to read much of what you write. Good of you to use this opportunity for education! Thanks again!!
Interesting stuff here! Hope you have a good week! *HUGS*
You\'ve reminded me of all the stories I was told and learned from as a child; thank-you.
I look forward to getting to know you, my Friend.
I\'m available to answer questions, also. It\'s been a pleasure to \'meet\' you.
Peace and Love, Franciann
So many scriptures written, most hidden or destroyed. I\'ve often wondered where they went and will find them. Gnostic scrolls, etc. Very interesting!!!!! tks xxxoo
gnostic really is interesting. also the book women and religion by ferguson, is excellent, it gets into when women were priests and ran religion and ran communities along the nile for 10,000 years b.c. they never let you know that in primary school and its not a required class in college, its an elective unless its a major. it should be required, just like hellinism (the time of the conversion of pagans to christianity around 600 a.d. (c.e.) should also be a required class, it explains how we got to where we are today in the western hemisphere. what is funny, is in the eastern hemisphere, the study would be totally different because their religions are older than ours. south america as well i would guess, would be truly ancient and have its own take on things, the world was so separate back then.