belarus is a very hospitable country that embraced us with all its love. watch in the program a look at belarus on our tv channel. dear brothers and sisters today we have a great event , the feast of the baptism of the lord, on this day we remember how the prophet forerunner john baptized our lord jesus christ in the jordan river, this event is in close connection with the whole divine plan for the salvation of people, it became an omen and the foundation of the rebirth of every christian by water and spirit in the sacrament of baptism. baptism the lord happened on the jordan river more than 2000

years ago at that time there preached and called people to repentance, god's great prophet john the forerunner. many jews came to him to be baptized in order to be cleansed of their sins to hear his word, but even he forerunner did not baptize everyone at once. he reminded that before cleansing the jordanian waters, one must confess one's sins. but then christ came to the jordan, john saw him flow and told his disciples. here is the lamb of god who takes away the sin of the world, that is, here is the savior, which we have been waiting for. jesus christ, being sinless, came to receive baptism from john like all other people. at first i did not dare to baptize christ, but then i obeyed

the call of the savior, as soon as christ descended the waters of the jordan, the heavens opened, and he saw the spirit of god, which descended on christ in the form of a dove. and from heaven i heard the voice of god the father, this is the son, my beloved, in whom i am well pleased . the holiday that we are celebrating today has another name, the epiphany , because at the baptism of the savior, one, the almighty god, the creator of heaven and earth, first revealed himself to people in three forms. god the father in the voice of his bosses, the son of baptism in jordan and the holy spirit by the descent of the physicist, therefore, in the baptismal service. the church tells us that on this day the trinity was opened to worship. both sinners and

christ plunged into the jordan. but for the first it was baptism, repentance and forgiveness. people went to the ordan to wash and sin. christ entered the jordan to illuminate in one nature, as the liturgical texts say, illuminated water, then was called upon to illuminate the entire visible world of the earth. christ came to earth to accept the sins of all mankind and then during the sufferings on the cross through mortality and defeat sin and death sanctification the transformation of the water of the created element became the key and the beginning of the future transformation of all creation and, most importantly, the person of his birth in the

spirit from earthly material perishable life into eternal life . this is the pledge of life, the eternal man accepts when given recognition to reveal the feast of the epiphany or the baptism of the lord occupies a special position among the twelve great feasts of the church, he also reminds us of our spiritual birth on the day when the priest immersed us three times in water in the sacrament of our baptism. he reminds of the promises of fidelity to god to which we gave at the holy font. a man in adulthood did this on his own for the baby, but the promise was uttered by the godmother or the godfather for a christian, says the father of the church of the first

centuries , st. for his former sinful life without christ and the mother of his new life in christ his kingdom of eternal life. baptism is the door and the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light at the festive liturgy on this day of the lord, we hear amazing words, he who is baptized into christ and clothed in him, that is, clothed in the cut of christ's right of correctness, is likened to him becomes a participant in his holiness and divine love. it is christian love that is the foundation of a right life. the trouble with many christians of our time is that they do little work for in order to brighten up their hearts with the received gift, gracious love often this

gift is forgotten in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. and today, as we reflect on baptism, we are inspired by the lord on the jordan river and once again fulfill all the zeal to live according to god's commandments . remembrance of the events of the baptism of the lord jesus christ on the jordan river. the church annually performs the rite of the great blessing of water, which happens both on epiphany christmas eve the day before, and itself celebrates the day. believers use baptismal holy water with reverent remembrance, and events are great holiday. and also neighboring prayers , because in our spiritual life the lord gives us reinforcements, shrines that we can touch with reverence and strengthen ourselves in the feat of piety. one of these shrines

is epiphany water . they use baptismal water, recognizing its special property. the mysterious properties that are communicated to it when illuminated are on the one hand. quite, naturally, but it is not water itself that bestows help, but the grace of god, the descending moment of chin great sacred water on the feast of the baptism of the lord, if we sincerely believe and pray fervently. we turn to god, he will give us his help, including through holy water. the ancient churches of the feast of the nativity of christ and the baptism of the lord were a single holiday; over

time, they were divided into two independent ones. and the 12 days between them became days of special joy, the days of the church year that appeared to the world, from the feast of the nativity of christ to epiphany eve , are called christmastide. christmas time people visit each other, to share the joy of the born savior of the world about worship in the temple are of a particularly solemn nature, recalling the nativity of christ. for eternity. every great church holiday. this is an important spiritual lesson for each of us, therefore, during the vain baptism

of the lord, let us remind ourselves of the promise we made at baptism to love god and our neighbors. let us thank god for being spiritually worthy of our birth in the sacrament of baptism and for invoking his kingdom for eternity. we will try to live in such a way as to become worthy of this great mercy of god dear brothers and sisters, the lord came into this world born of the virgin mary and was baptized in the jordan river from st. john , not just for the salvation of mankind, but for the personal salvation of each of us, so god grant us to remain unanswered to this great god's love, but to grow more and more in our spiritual life with the feast of saints.

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