Does it matter that the Feast of Pentecost is no longer marked by a day off? Here, a commentator argues that it’s time for the Church to defend the religious roots of the calendar UP TO 1971, the spring bank holiday would have coincided with the Feast of Pentecost or Whit weekend, famously a bank holiday that was more likely than not to be damp. But after the introduction of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act (1971), it was formally moved to the last Monday of May instead. That meant we had it last week. And so, a break was made with Pentecost which has been marked on the seventh Sunday after Easter since the fifth century. Instead of a bank holiday linked to a moveable feast, we now have a nice, regular day off, convenient for business.A couple of days before the holiday, ther