Article: CHRISTIANS TO CELEBRATE THIRD ELEMENT OF TRINITY IN PENTECOST.(NEWS)

Byline: Tracy Valeri Daily News Staff Writer

Many San Fernando Valley churches will celebrate Pentecost this week by remembering Christ's words to the church concerning the Holy Spirit: ``And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever'' (John 14:16).

Pentecost is the feast that marks the end of the 50-day Christian observance of Easter and the celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit, the third in the trinity of the Godhead.

Originally, the feast celebrated both Christ's ascension and the descent of the Holy Spirit. But, in the fourth century, the Ascension came to be a separate ...

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