Pentecost is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year.
It is also one of the English-language names for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
Pentecost may also refer to:
Other religious and cultural events
- Pinksteren (Dutch word meaning "Pentecost"), often pronounced in English as "Pinkster"
Places
- Pentecost, Mississippi, U.S.
- Pentecost Island, one of the islands of Vanuatu
- Pentecost River, a river in Western Australia
People
- Pentecost Dodderidge (died c. 1650), MP for Barnstaple, England
- Denie Pentecost (born 1970), Australian footballer
- George Frederick Pentecost (1842–1920), American evangelist
- Hugh O. Pentecost (1848–1907), American minister, editor, lawyer, and lecturer
- J. Dwight Pentecost (1915–2014), American theologian
- Max Pentecost (born 1993), American baseball player
- Del Pentecost (born 1963), American actor and cast member of the 2008 play Almost an Evening
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Pentecost (El Greco), one of the canvasses that composed the Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece by El Greco
- Pentecost (film), a 2011 Irish live action short film
- Pentecost (Moretto), a 1543-1544 painting by Moretto da Brescia
- Pentecost (play), a 1994 British dramatic play
- Pentecost III, an EP by the British doom metal band Anathema
Other uses
- Pentecost University College, Sowutuom, Ghana
See also
- Pentecostalism, a Protestant Christian movement
- All pages with titles containing Pentecost
- All pages with titles containing Pentecostalism