How do Christians worldwide celebrate Pentecost?

Thursday is Ascension Day and over little more than a week, the first and second day of Pentecost will be celebrated. In some countries, these days are fixed holidays. But what about elsewhere in Europe?

More than 20 per cent of the Germans do not know anymore what the meaning of Pentecost is. Among Christians, this percentage halts at 17 per cent, both among Catholics and Protestants.

Since the Pentecostal fire started burning, Christians have been going out to reach unreached peoples. That work is not without danger. In November 2018, the life and mission of the young missionary John Chau was abruptly ended on a sinister island in the Indian Ocean.