This Sunday, Christians across the world celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost. While this holy day, which is generally honoured in liturgical churches (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox), in Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches, is not as popular as Christmas and Easter, it commemorates a watershed event in Christian history.
Etymologically, the word "Pentecost" originally a Greek word pentecoste {hemera], which means "the fiftieth day" was the name given to the 'Feast of Weeks', a prominent feast in the liturgical calendar of ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, fifty days after the feast of Passover.
Later, this feast was taken up and appropriated into Chris