Pentecost

Christian holiday commemorating the New Testament stories of the Holy Spirit descenting upon the Apostles of Jesus
Event christian_holy_day Q39864
Pentecost
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Pentecost

Summary

Pentecost is a Christian holy day[1]. Pentecost ranks in the top 6% of christian_holy_day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,846 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pentecost's religion is recorded as Christianity[3].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as Christian holy day[4].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as public holidays in Norway[5].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as public holidays in Sweden[6].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as biblical concept[7].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[8].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as public holidays in Denmark[9].
  • Pentecost's instance of is recorded as list of public holidays in the Netherlands[10].
  • Pentecost followed Exaudi[11].
  • Pentecost was followed by Whit Monday[12].
  • Pentecost was followed by Trinity Sunday[13].
  • Pentecost is part of Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[14].
  • Pentecost is part of Eastertide[15].
  • Pentecost's Commons category is recorded as Pentecost[16].
  • Pentecost's commemorates is recorded as Pentecost[17].
  • Pentecost's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.771817, 'lon': 35.229369}[18].
  • Pentecost's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as Easter + 49 days[19].
  • Pentecost's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pentecost[20].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[24].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Pentecost's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[27].

Body

Context

Part of include Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[14] and Eastertide[15], a liturgical season[28]. Recorded instance of include Christian holy day[4], public holidays in Norway[5], public holidays in Sweden[6], biblical concept[7], point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[8], and public holidays in Denmark[9]. Pentecost followed Exaudi[11]. Successors include Whit Monday[12] and Trinity Sunday[13].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for Pentecost include Whit Monday[29], a holiday[30]; Troitsk[31], an administrative divisions of Russia[32], in Russia[33], founded in 1743[34]; Holy Spirit Cathedral[35], an Eastern Orthodox church building[36], in Belarus[37], founded in 1642[38]; Saborna crkva[39], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[40], in Serbia[41], founded in 1878[42]; and Holy Spirit Church in Łódź[43], a church building[44], in Poland[45].

Why It Matters

Pentecost ranks in the top 6% of christian_holy_day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,846 views/month).[2] Pentecost has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Pentecost is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for Pentecost include Whit Monday[29], a holiday[30]; Troitsk[31], an administrative divisions of Russia[32], in Russia[33], founded in 1743[34]; Holy Spirit Cathedral[35], an Eastern Orthodox church building[36], in Belarus[37], founded in 1642[38]; Saborna crkva[39], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[40], in Serbia[41], founded in 1878[42]; and Holy Spirit Church in Łódź[43], a church building[44], in Poland[45].

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  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Calendarium Romanum Generale (1969). wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commemorates Pentecost
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    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    Instance of Christian holy day, public holidays in Norway, public holidays in Sweden +4
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