{"id":64663,"date":"2012-05-28T07:56:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=64663"},"modified":"2012-05-28T07:57:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T11:57:17","slug":"today-is-whit-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/religion\/today-is-whit-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is Whit Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_64664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64664\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64664\" title=\"pentecost\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/pentecost-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/pentecost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/pentecost-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/pentecost.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whit Monday rotates around Pentecost which commemorate the belief that the Holy Spirit descended on to Jesus&#39; followers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today is Whit Monday in Dominica but many Dominicans do not know what is its meaning and its origin. To many it is just another day off from work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whit Monday is a Christian holiday celebrated around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whit Monday, popularly known as the Monday of the Holy Spirit or Pentecost Monday, is a day celebrated by Christians around the world directly after the day of Pentecost. The holiday is considered moveable as its date is determined by the date of Easter in both the Eastern and Western forms of Christianity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History of Whit Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Observed by Christians as early as the first century AD, Whit Monday is the day that the Holy Ghost came upon the disciples of Jesus Christ who received the &#8220;gift of tongues&#8221; on the 50th day after Easter, according to the New Testament. It gets its name from Whitsunday which is a reference to the white cloths worn by those who are newly baptized on Pentecost.<\/p>\n<p>The word Pentecost derives from the Greek pentekoste, a reference to the fiftieth day. In ancient times, the feast of Pentecost was originally calculated with Easter Sunday being the first day of fifty, putting the feast of Pentecost on Pentecost Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Whit Monday&#8217;s status as a public holiday has changed in many countries. It&#8217;s no longer a public holiday in many of the former British colonies, and recently Ireland removed the public status of it. France changed its status in the mid-2000s to an unpaid work day with the lost funds being donated to charity. However, France re-instated it as a public holiday in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whit Monday Traditions, Customs and Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many countries throughout the world celebrate this day in their own local ways. Many hymns are sung during the services on Monday of the Holy Spirit in Eastern Orthodox Churches. After this period, the weeks start ritually on Mondays instead of Sundays until the next holy week which will conclude on a Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is Whit Monday in Dominica but many Dominicans do not know what is its meaning and its origin. To many it is just another day off from work. 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