Factsheet: Pentecost
Pentecost is a Christian festival which celebrates the giving of God’s Holy Spirit to Jesus’s disciples shortly after his resurrection and ascension back to Heaven. It is sometimes known as the “birthday of the church”.
Pentecost is a Christian festival which celebrates the giving of God’s Holy Spirit to Jesus’s disciples shortly after his resurrection and ascension back to Heaven. It is sometimes known as the “birthday of the church”.
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