{"id":2482,"date":"2025-04-19T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:38:10","slug":"the-date-and-meaning-of-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=2482","title":{"rendered":"The date and meaning of Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D2482&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>Arguably Pentecost is the most important holiday of the entire Christian year, as it marks the origin of the Church itself.\u00a0 Also, arguably it is the least appreciated among the holiest of days.\u00a0 Part of this is a blessing, as Pentecost is not\u00a0despoiled by the commercial excesses associated with\u00a0Christmas or Easter.\u00a0 This year it is celebrated on June 8th.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/pentacostdate.htm\">For more on the significance of the day and its dates for other years &#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D2482&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably Pentecost is the most important holiday of the entire Christian year, as it marks the origin of the Church itself.\u00a0 Also, arguably it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[115,86,398,261,82],"tags":[407,276,397,275,395,441,396],"class_list":["post-2482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-communities","category-eastern-orthodoxy","category-pentecost-holidays","category-protestantism-communities","category-roman-catholicism","tag-holidays","tag-holy-spirit","tag-pentacost","tag-pentecost","tag-spirit","tag-spirituality","tag-triinity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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