The Festival of Weeks is also called the feast of Harvest in Exodus 23:16 and the day of first fruits in Numbers 28:26. In Judaism the Festival of Weeks ( Hebrew: שבועות, romanized: Shavuot) is a harvest festival that is celebrated seven weeks and one day after the first day of Passover (the Feast of Unleavened Bread) in Deuteronomy 16:9 or seven weeks and one day after the Sabbath referred to in Leviticus 23:16. The term has also been used in the literature of Hellenistic Judaism by Philo of Alexandria and Josephus. The Septuagint translators also used the word in two other senses: to signify the year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:10) an event which occurs every 50th year, and in several passages of chronology as an ordinal number. The term Pentecost appears in the Septuagint as one of the names for the Festival of Weeks. The Septuagint uses the term Pentēkostē to refer to the "Feast of Pentecost" twice in the Book of Tobit and 2 Maccabees, which for Catholics are part of the Bible but for Protestants are deuterocanonical/ apocryphal books in the Bible. It is also known as the "Feast of Weeks" and the "Feast of 50 days" in rabbinic tradition. It refers to the Jewish festival of Shavuot celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover.
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The term Pentecost comes from the Greek Πεντηκοστή ( Pentēkostē), meaning "fiftieth". Many Christian denominations provide a special liturgy for this holy celebration. Pentecost is one of the Great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a Solemnity in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, a Festival in the Lutheran Churches, and a Principal Feast in the Anglican Communion. Since its date depends on the date of Easter, Pentecost is a " moveable feast". In Eastern Christianity, Pentecost can also refer to the entire fifty days of Easter through Pentecost inclusive hence the book containing the liturgical texts is called the " Pentecostarion". The Monday after Pentecost is a legal holiday in many European countries.
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(Since 1971, by statute, the last Monday in May has been a Bank Holiday). In the United Kingdom, traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was (until 1970) also a public holiday. In Western Christianity, Pentecost is celebrated on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday.
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