Pentecost
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Summary
Pentecost is a Christian holy day[1]. Pentecost ranks in the top 6% of christian holy day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,049 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[3]
- Instance of: public holidays in Norway[4], public holidays in Sweden[5], biblical concept[6], point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[7], public holidays in Denmark[8], list of public holidays in the Netherlands[9], Orthodox holy days[10]
- Follows: Exaudi[11]
- Followed by: Whit Monday[12], Trinity Sunday[13]
- Part of: Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[14], Eastertide[15]
- Commons category: Pentecost[16]
- Commemorates: Pentecost[17]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: Easter + 49 days[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pentecost[19]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[23], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[26]
- Different from: Semik[27]
- Day of week: Sunday[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29], Wiki Loves Popular Culture Brazil - Traditions, rituals and oral expressions[30]
Body
Outcome and Impact
Things named for Pentecost include Whit Monday[31], a holiday[32]; Troitsk[33], an administrative divisions of Russia[34], in Russia[35], founded in 1743[36]; Holy Spirit Cathedral[37], an Eastern Orthodox church building[38], in Belarus[39], founded in 1642[40]; Saborna crkva[41], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[42], in Serbia[43], founded in 1878[44]; and Holy Spirit Church in Łódź[45], a church building[46], in Poland[47].
Why It Matters
Pentecost has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Pentecost is known by 111 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Pentecost include Whit Monday[31], a holiday[32]; Troitsk[33], an administrative divisions of Russia[34], in Russia[35], founded in 1743[36]; Holy Spirit Cathedral[37], an Eastern Orthodox church building[38], in Belarus[39], founded in 1642[40]; Saborna crkva[41], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[42], in Serbia[43], founded in 1878[44]; and Holy Spirit Church in Łódź[45], a church building[46], in Poland[47].