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Ascension of Jesus

Ascension.  The general and most common understanding of the  Christian doctrine of Ascension holds that Jesus bodily ascended to heaven in the presence of his apostles, forty days following his resurrection. The term "heaven" is generally believed, by practicing Christians, as referring to a physical reunion and sitting at the right side with God the Father on His Throne, as opposed to a spiritual transformation and experience of the Divine which is common to the mystical traditions of many world religions.

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Pentecost

Pentecost (Ancient Greek: πεντηκοστή [ἡμέρα], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year, celebrated the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday (the tenth day after Ascension Thursday). Historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, it commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2. Pentecost is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, or Whit Sunday, especially in the United Kingdom.

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