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.

Luke uses this prophetic statement as an outline for Acts. Once the apostles are "baptized with the Holy Spirit" (1:5) at Pentecost (2), they evangelize the people in Jerusalem (1-7). Soon they ...

The date of Pentecost is determined by that of Easter, for, according to the Bible, it was seven weeks following Jesus’ Resurrection that He sent the Holy Spirit to the Apostles and other Christian ...

The IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare was spotted at Vakpo for the funeral rite of his mother-in-law. His moments there as he ...

“It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost ...

I write a quarterly column for Preach magazine, in which I explore a significant word, phrase, or idea in the Bible, or a ...

Latter-day Saint apostle Jeffrey R. Holland wasn’t publicly advertised as a speaker at RootsTech 2025, yet he appeared on the event’s main stage Saturday afternoon in the Salt Palace ...

Chris Spencer Syria's Alawites were seen as favored by the regime of Bashar al Assad, now more than 1,300 Alawites have been murdered in 2025 in Syria. Early 2025 saw Syria's fragile post-Assad ...

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Weekly sermon summaries for local and area churches.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church invites the community to attend its annual noon day prayer services, also known as Lenten ...