On the new Pentecost, God came to Mary and the apostles as tongues of fire. The Acts of the Apostles tell us: When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly ...

Fire is also connected to the day, as is the color red, which symbolizes the "tongues of fire." Worshippers often wear red on Pentecost. In earlier times churches incorporated fire into services ...

Sunday, June 5, is Pentecost Sunday ... Acts 2 speaks of the Holy Spirit using two images: rushing wind and tongues of fire. Notice how today’s text from Acts says “there came from the ...

This coming Sunday is the feast of Pentecost – a huge day in the Christian church, but probably the one that means least to those who are not church-goers.

On the Jewish day of Pentecost all of Jesus’ disciples are gathered in one place when a sound like a violent wind fills the house, and “they saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and ...

Sunday is a special day on the Christian liturgical calendar that marks the anniversary of when the Holy Spirit descended upon the early church, as documented in Acts 2:1-13. The Christian Post spoke ...

(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy ... They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

It started with Pentecost — the day the “Holy Spirit” entered ... to symbolize the apostles “tongues of fire” and also the blood of martyrs, sometimes Christians will dress in red ...

Here’s what you need to know about the feast day. Pentecost always ... The main event of Pentecost (the strong driving wind and tongues of fire) takes place in Acts 2:13, though the events ...

Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit came to Jesus’ disciples. The description of the event is told in the Book of Acts. Sitting in a house, a massive wind came and tongues of fire sat on ...

Pentecost comes from the Greek word "pentekostos" (fifty), and the ancient Christian expression "pentekoste hemera" (50th day), Arockiasamy ... Something like tongues of fire rested on their ...