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I need information on the German holiday Pfingstsonntag? |
Travel Info can some one explain this holiday to me? Travel Tips Try Yahoo search bar and look for a clickable map of that area or alternatively you can go on an online yellow pages of that country.OR Finally you may cancel it and go with us to AFRICA! lol! through silversafrica.com Others You can translate this holiday into "Whit Sunday" or "Pentecost" . Pentecost (Greek: 蟺蔚谓蟿畏魏慰蟽蟿萎 [鈥樜肺嘉佄盷, pentekost膿 [h膿mera], "the fiftieth day") is the fiftieth day after Passover as defined by Strongs Concordance . There are Church denominations that define Pentecost as the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday, which corresponds to the tenth day after Ascension Thursday. It is a feast in the Christian liturgical calendar 鈥?symbolically related to the Jewish festival of Shavuot 鈥?that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the followers of Jesus on that day, as described in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2. Pentecost is also called Whitsun or Whitsunday in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking areas. if you are interested to find more about this holiday, click the link below http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/whit_sunday... It's Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus' disciples in tongues of fire and they were able to communicate with people of all languages. Not sure if you want to know what people do in Germany on that date, can't help. Pfingstsonntag is tomorrow (the 50th day after Easter) and and Pfingstmontag is this Monday. |
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