The other days of the week are sometimes called Whit Monday, Whit Tuesday, and so on. The weekend or week including Pentecost are also called Whitsun or Whitsuntide, which arose from redividing Whitsunday as Whitsun day. The native English word Whitsunday, "White Sunday" ( Old English: Hwita Sunnandæg), probably derives from the white robes worn by the newly baptized on Pentecost. 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. The term Pentecost comes from the Greek Πεντηκοστή ( Pentēkostē), meaning "fiftieth". The Monday after Pentecost is a legal holiday in many European countries. Since its date depends on the date of Easter, Pentecost is a " moveable feast". 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. 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. Jesus Day, Shavuot, Rosalia, Green Week, Pinkster, Whit Monday, Whit Tuesday, Whit Friday, Trinity Sunday
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