Editing Whit Monday (section)

{{short description|Holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost}}
{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name  = Whit Monday
|nickname      = Pentecost Monday (Western), Monday of the Holy Spirit (Eastern)
|type          = christian
|image         = File:Andrej Rublëv 001.jpg
|imagesize     =
|caption       = Medieval [[Russian icon]] of the [[Old Testament]] [[Trinity]] by [[Andrei Rublev]], used as the icon of the [[Festival|feast]] for Whit Monday.
|official_name =
|observedby    = Many [[European countries]], and some former colonies
|litcolor      = 
|longtype      = Christian, Public
|significance  =
|begins        = 1st Monday after [[Whit Sunday]]
|ends          =
|date          =
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|date{{NEXTYEAR|2}}  = {{Unbulleted list 
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|duration      = 1 day
|frequency     = Annual
|celebrations  =
|observances   =
|relatedto     = [[Whit Sunday]], [[Whit Tuesday]], [[Whit Friday]], [[Trinity Sunday]]
}}
'''Whit Monday''' or '''Pentecost Monday''', also known as '''Monday of the Holy Spirit''', is the [[holiday]] celebrated the day after [[Pentecost]], a [[moveable feast]] in the Christian [[liturgical calendar]]. It is moveable because it is determined by the date of [[Easter]]. In the [[Catholic Church]], it is the '''Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church''', marking the resumption of [[Ordinary Time]].

Whit Monday gets its English name from "[[Whitsunday]]", an English name for Pentecost, one of the three [[baptism]]al seasons. The origin of the name "Whit Sunday" is generally attributed to the white garments formerly worn by those newly baptised on this feast.<ref>{{cite book |last=Campion |first=William Magan |author-link=William Magan Campion |date=1870 |title=The Prayer book interleaved with historical illustrations and explanatory notes arranged parallel to the text |volume=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8QCAAAAQAAJ&q=Whitsunday+baptized&pg=PA125 |location=London |publisher=Longmans, Green & Co. |page=125 |isbn= |access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>