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Whitsun is a traditional term for the Festival of Pentecost, the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit celebrated on the 50th day after Easter. This name derives from the word 'white', perhaps suggesting the white garments of those converts baptised on this day.
Seventh Sunday (50th day) after Easter. The Jewish feast of Weeks (harvest). In the New Testament, the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples (Acts 2).
The third person of the Trinity (God in three persons). Came upon the disciples at Pentecost after Jesus had ascended in to heaven.
The celebration of the Resurrection of Christ and the oldest and greatest festival of the Christian Church.
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