yeah the question of dates is an interesting one... in the Book of Jubilees it warns of chaos ensuing after the proper calendar is forgotten, pretty sure none of the calendars are correct now... i am pretty sure it said the year was supposed to be 364 days exactly (52*7) so that would also mean precession of the seasons as well... a calendar purely based on the 7 day week... but then there was other stuff about lunar calendars as well... the ancient chinese lunar calendar is the most precise in terms of its alignment with lunar and solar cycles
Happy Pentecost nostr:npub1v9vm3606g9dhrdemxkhx35q3m2kza5l3xzezgdjggs9fxsgyp5wqt0tqnj and to all my fellow believers in the Messiah, and to those who do not (yet) believe!
If you know the story (see the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 2), then you know that this is the appropriate emoji: 🔥
Traditionally, Pentecost also has a connection to when God's people Israel left Egypt and received the covenant at Mt. Sinai. I'm not Catholic, but this is a great explanation:
https://kcsjcatholic.org/2019/06/the-day-of-pentecost/
I appreciate that the Catholic and Orthodox churches (although there is really only one Church) pay more attention to things like this (I mean Church traditions) than most Evangelical churches do anymore. If you don't believe me, just see if your Protestant church even mentions that it is Pentecost today at church.
However, since the Orthodox Easter only just took place 2 weeks ago, their Pentecost will take place on June 23, 2024. This raises the question of which churches are celebrating Pentecost on the correct day? (not that it is so important a matter that we should divide over it.) I do wish we could settle on which date is correct, if either one, since the 2000th birthday of the Church is coming up in just a few years, in A.D. 2033 (if we have correctly dated the year of our Lord's death and resurrection).
Happy birthday, Church!
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