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Originally Posted by SolaGratia | Pentecost occurred close to 2,000 years ago and ended shortly thereafter. What is this other pentecost you speak of?  |
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Pentecost was a "nick-name" for the feast of first fruits, since it was 50 days after passover. Also called the feast of weeks because it was 7 weeks after passover.
As such it occured every year.
Christians have adopted the name to refer to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that occured on that day 2000 years ago. As well the name has been used for just as long to refer to the Sunday 50 days after Easter.
"Pentecost" is not an event, but a day of the year. As such it occurs once every 365 days. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was an event that only occured once in history, but the day comes once a year, even if you choose to ignore it.
BTW this is one of the 5 evangelical feast days that Protestants keep/observe/remember. | I'm a protestant and we didn't keep, observe, or remember an "evangelical feast day" today. I remember celebrating Pentecost as a charismatic. 
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