| PENTECOST | Christian festival of Whitsuntide that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles (9) |
| WHITSUNTIDE | Festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit (11) |
| EPICLESIS | In some Christian churches, the invocation of the Holy Spirit to consecrate the bread and wine of the Eucharist (9) |
| EPIPHANY | Christian festival held on January 6 that commemorates the manifestation of Christ to the Magi (8) |
| PASSOVER | Jewish festival that commemorates the flight from Egypt described in the Bible's book of Exodus |
| PIETY | One of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, in Catholicism |
| SEDER | Meal that commemorates the Exodus |
| SON | The Father the ___ and the Holy Spirit (The Trinity) |
| EVOLUTION | Biological process described in Charles Darwin's The Descent Of Man and The Origin Of Species |
| LEIGHHUNT | English critic, essayist, poet and writer whose poems include The Story of Rimini and The Descent of Liberty |
| TRIUNE | The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, e.g. |
| PENTECOSTAL | Of a Christian Church emphasising the Holy Spirit (11) |
| MARATHON | Which sporting event commemorates the run of Pheidippides, who carried the news of the Persian landing at ___ to Sparta? |
| ABSEILING | The descent of a rock face using a rope coiled around the body fixed at a higher point (9) |
| CREPE | Thin French pancake traditionally eaten on 2 February in celebration of the Christian festival of Candlemas (5) |
| BRIGADE | See 35 The Charge Of The -- - - - - - poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to commemorate the heroism of soldiers at the Battle of Balaklava (5,7) |
| STATIONS | ___ of the Cross, a series of 14 crosses arranged around the walls of a church to commemorate the stages of Christ's journey to Calvary (8) |
| FISHINGTRIP | The Tragically Hip's "Fifty Mission Cap" commemorates the Maple Leafs defenceman whose jersey #5 is retired by the team ...this is how the song begins: "Bill Barilko disappeared that summer / He was o |
| PARACLETE | In Christian theology, the Holy Spirit as advocate or counsellor |
| PENTECOSTALISM | Protestant movement that celebrates the Holy Spirit |
