Day of Pentecost

Day of Pentecost – The Holy Spirit is most often represented by a snow white dove and this symbol is used on Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles to illumine them with the gift of languages. On Pentecost the church also remembers the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and in Revelation 5:12 the list includes  Blessing, Glory, Wisdom, Thanksgiving, Honor, Power and Might. In Christian art it is rendered: Divinitas, Sapientia, Benedicio, Gloria, Honor, Fortitudo and Virtus, represented in the design by the first letter of each gift. These gifts are considered to be the outpouring of God ‘s work through Christians by the Holy Spirit.