the day of the holy spirit, the moment of the descent - this is the spirit on the apostles of zion's upper room. god has reopened. there is the secret of his nature. the holy god proceeds from god the father according to the promises of god the son. and by this shows us the unity of the holy trinity there is another name for today's holiday , pentecost calls the birthday of the church at that great moment of the descent of the holy spirit , the apostles, endowed with grace-filled power, became the first members of the church of christ. the church is an integral part of the life of every christian, because it is a community of all who believe in christ, all who have trusted in him, who have accepted holy baptism and have followed him since then. for over 2,000 years now. the church continues on this earth. a saving work from their head the lord jesus christ, the savior himself once told the apostle peter that the gates of hell would not be able to. remove church. and indeed, despite countless persecutions, harassment and other severe trials, today, as then , her birthday from end to end of the e

gathered in the zion upper room and became participants in a miraculous event in the form of fire camen 15 languages ​​that they did not know before, they spoke incomprehensibly to the jews, but everyone who came on a pilgrimage to jerusalem these days heard the story of the savior in his native language. what the holy spirit looks like, we present thanks to the icon painter andrei rublev on the icon with the holy trinity. he is on the right in an angelic guise. more often he is depicted as a dove, for example, in stories about the annunciation or about the baptism of the lord or in the form of a light beam descending from heaven, what is the holy spirit, in fact, is not easy to explain even to the clergy most often they say this is some kind of power that makes us a little better in the calendar of our ancestors there were holidays with pagan roots. at the same time, they are closely connected with church dates, the air day, for example, began like this, the so-called mermaid week 7 days before peter's fast was assigned to the obedience of the ancestors and all sorts of rituals associ

christ, ascending to heaven, commanded his disciples to stay in jerusalem, he arrived in the upper room of zion the heavenly father would come true and the grace of the comforters of the spirit would not come upon them, making them able to preach the resurrection of christ in the whole universe is remarkable that instead of the traitors of judas of the fallen number, he was from another mate and prayed for the championship the upper room was also the mother of the lord jesus christ and the other disciples were already wives. on the tenth day after the ascension of christ, the apostles gathered to pray in the zion chamber in the very place where the mystery supper took place, the last easter trapeze of jesus with the disciples , suddenly a strong noise was heard from heaven on the apostles. flames descended. so the followers of christ were filled with the holy spirit and began to speak in different languages. on this day, celebrations were held in jerusalem in honor of the holiday live people from all over the world gathered in city ​​when the noise was heard. many gathered in front of the house