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In Christian tradition Pentecost is part of the Moveable Cycle of the ecclesiastical year. According to Christian tradition, Pentecost is always seven weeks after Easter Sunday; that is to say, 50 days after Easter (inclusive of Easter Day). In other words, it falls on the eighth Sunday, counting Easter Day.The date of Easter may be calculated using a procedure known as Computus.n the New Testament, Pentecost was the occasion of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ, as described in the Acts of the Apostles 2:1â31. and therefore in the Christian liturgical year, it became a feast commemorating this occasion.
Subscribe to our Question of the Week: Question: What is the day of Pentecost?. Answer: Pentecost is significant in both the Old and New Testaments. âPentecostâ is actually the Greek name for a festival known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:9). The Greek word means âfiftyâ and refers to the fifty days that have elapsed since the wave offering of Passover. The Feast of Weeks celebrated the end of the grain harvest.