The day of the Holy Trinity does not have an exact date - it is customary to celebrate it on the 50th day after Easter. Thanks to this, an important church holiday has a second well-known name - Pentecost. Where did this holiday beloved by Christians come from, and what are its traditions?

History of occurrence

Pentecost is an ancient Old Testament holiday, traditionally celebrated on the 50th day after the Jewish Passover. The Jews attributed this day to three great celebrations, closely linking it with the acquisition by the people of Israel of the Sinai law, received 50 days after the day of the exodus from Egypt. The celebration of Pentecost has always been accompanied by mass joy, general rejoicing and sacrifices.

Orthodox Pentecost, also known as the Day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, is celebrated on the 50th day after the Resurrection of Christ, this great holiday personifies the beginning of a new era for the existence of mankind among Christians. Moreover, an important date is considered the day of the foundation of the Christian church. But the most important thing is that on this day the Holy Spirit descended on the 12 apostles and revealed to them that God is one and three at the same time. This is how things unfolded, according to the Bible.

On the day of the celebration of the Jewish Pentecost, 12 followers of Jesus retired from the mass fun in one of the Zion upper rooms. The disciples of Christ met daily at the request of their mentor. Even during the life of the Savior, they knew about the coming event and were waiting for a new miracle. The Son of God informed them of the coming of the Holy Spirit before he died on the cross. On the 50th day after the Resurrection of the Savior, the participants heard a heartbreaking noise that filled a small house like a hurricane. Then fiery tongues appeared, they touched everyone present and seemed to separate those who were nearby.

The Holy Spirit descended upon the followers of Jesus in the form of God the Father (Divine Mind), God the Son (Divine Word), and God the Spirit (Holy Spirit). This Holy Trinity is the fundamental basis of Christianity, on which the Orthodox faith is firmly held. The Holy Trinity is one God who is also trinity. God the Father is devoid of beginning and creation, God the Son is begotten by the Father, and the Holy Spirit comes from God the Father.

People who approached the house, from which incomprehensible sounds were heard, were very surprised that the apostles spoke among themselves in different languages. At first they doubted the sobriety of those who were inside, but the apostle Peter dispelled the doubts of involuntary witnesses of the miracle. He said that the Holy Spirit descended on them, and through them it will touch every Christian. God specially gave the chosen ones the opportunity to speak in previously unknown languages ​​and dialects so that they could go to different countries and tell their inhabitants the Truth about Christ. It is believed that the Holy Spirit descended to the apostles in the form of a purifying and enlightening fire.

The preachers chosen for an important mission scattered around the world. They preached Christianity in different parts of the world, easily communicating with the inhabitants of unfamiliar cities in their native languages. The disciples of Christ reached the countries of the Middle East and Asia Minor, baptized people in India, in the Crimea and in Kyiv. Of the 12 apostles, only one survived - John, the rest were executed by opponents of the new faith.

Features of the celebration of the Holy Trinity Day

Pentecost always falls at that wonderful time of the year when nature generously gives fragrant herbs and fragrant flowers. Green leaves do not yet have time to be covered with road dust and enliven the young twigs of trees. They decorate churches and dwellings, thereby demonstrating the flowering of the human soul and the renewal of people. The aroma of herbs mixes with the smell of incense, creating a festive mood and causing joy. And the faces of the saints, surrounded by fresh greenery, look like they are alive.

In the temples, the Trinity is celebrated with special reverence. This is the most important and one of the most beautiful holidays. On the eve of Pentecost, the universal parental Saturday is celebrated, commemorating those who could not be buried according to Christian customs, including those who drowned and disappeared without a trace. On the night before the celebration, a night service is held in the churches.

On the Day of the Holy Trinity, Sunday hymns are not performed; instead, special holiday songs are heard. The solemn service takes place according to a special festive rite. The liturgy is followed by vespers, during which the descent of the Holy Spirit is glorified and three special prayers are read. Priests on Trinity always wear symbolic emerald robes. Parishioners come to the temple in high spirits with flowers and birch twigs.

The week after Pentecost does not have a fast on Wednesday and Friday, and immediately after the holiday follows an important and closely related to the Trinity holiday - the Day of the Holy Spirit.

The Russians began to celebrate the Holy Trinity Day only in the 14th century - 300 years after the Baptism of Russia. The holiday was introduced by St. Sergius of Radonezh.

The Holy Trinity is one of the most important Christian holidays. It marks not only the miracle of the appearance of the Holy Spirit, but also the emergence of the Christian church as such. In Russia, the Trinity is especially revered; it falls on the fiftieth day after Easter, just at the time when nature enters its summer cycle and everything rejoices in renewal and new life.

Church. Start

On one of the hot days, after the Ascension of Christ, the apostles gathered in one of the upper rooms of Jerusalem. That day became significant not only for them, but for all subsequent Christian culture and tradition. On this day, the apostles were initiated by the Holy Spirit “Suddenly there was a noise from heaven, as if from a rushing strong wind, and filled the whole house where they were. And divided tongues appeared to them, as if of fire, and rested one on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:2-4). Thus, on this day in the Zion chamber, the triune God appeared in his third incarnation - the Holy Spirit, hence the name - the Feast of the Holy Trinity.

Pentecost in the Old Testament

Why is the second name of the holiday - Pentecost? The thing is that it was on the 50th day after Easter that the apostles gathered in the same house on Mount Zion where the Last Supper was held. They did not meet there by chance. There was Pentecost, only not yet Christian, but Old Testament. This day was the 50th day of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, when Moses received the tablets of commandments. Most of the apostles were in Jerusalem, as they say, not local, but according to the covenant of Christ, they could not leave the city. The fact that the rite of initiation of the apostles of Christ took place on this very day is deeply symbolic. This is how the Father-Son-Spirit trinity was formed, which became for any Christian the same Holy Trinity.

Non-working Monday

Before the Revolution of Spirits, the day following Trinity, which fell on Sunday, was a non-working day. The patriarchal peasantry believed that the earth is consecrated on Spirits Day, and therefore it is not necessary to dig it up especially, it is better to work on the earth tomorrow, on the 3rd day of the Trinity. Instead, they went to the temple, because there they could experience the manifestation of the grace of the Holy Spirit. Thus, it was a non-working Monday, which in our time seems to be an oxymoron, and this could not but cause additional respect for the working population for the Christian holiday.

Flowers and colors

Trinity is an incredibly beautiful holiday. On this day, churches are decorated in a special way. Parishioners come to the temple with flowers. Interestingly, bouquets of flowers also carry the symbolism of the Trinity: white as a symbol of the Holy Spirit, red - a symbol of the blood of Christ, blue - a symbol of the Heavenly Father. Green, which is the dominant color of the Trinity, symbolizes life and prosperity.

Trinity and Semik

In Russia, the feast of the Holy Trinity has merged with the Slavic folk holiday Semik, absorbing many pagan rites, mainly associated with the veneration of the spirits of herbs, trees and flowers. Therefore, on the Trinity it was customary to decorate houses with greenery, to dance around a birch.
On Thursday before Trinity, they baked pies, flat cakes, kurniki, scrambled eggs, noodles, cooked poultry stew. Then they went to the forest with these dishes, spread tablecloths under the trees, ate and drank beer. Choosing a branchy birch, the youth divided into pairs and curled wreaths without breaking off branches from the tree. On Trinity Day, they again went into the forest to develop wreaths. Each couple, finding their wreath, judged their future happiness, which depended on whether the wreath withered or not, faded or still green. The overlapping traditions of paganism and Christianity make Trinity a very special holiday.

Walking among the people

Trinity is a holiday celebrated by the whole world. Before the revolution, the Trinity was the day of "the king's going to the people." The sovereign was walking in royal attire: he was wearing the “royal dress” (purple), the royal “stand caftan”, a crown, barmas, a pectoral cross and a sash; in the hand - the royal staff; on his feet - shoes, strung with pearls and stones. The crowned pilgrim was supported under the arms by two stewards. They were surrounded by a brilliant retinue of boyars dressed in golden feryazi. The procession entered the Assumption Cathedral. Ahead of the procession, the attendants carried a bunch of flowers (“broom”) and a “leaf” (woody, without stems) on the carpet. The royal exit was announced by a booming ringing from Ivan the Great; the ringing stopped when the sovereign took his royal place. The festive service began. The women's part of the court on the Trinity week joined the folk traditions. Princesses with hawthorns had fun in the palace with round dance games. Special spacious halls were set aside for games. Here were also the “foolish tricksters”, bahari, domrachei and goose with buffoons assigned to the princesses, all who were supposed to deliver “fun” and “fun ideas”. The princesses were amused by the hay girls, the "igresses", who - probably - "played" the same songs that were heard at that time under the birch trees over the water throughout Russia.

Not about life

According to popular tradition, no physical labor can be done on the Holy Trinity, with the exception of some household work. You can feed and water domestic animals, livestock and poultry. However, it is impossible to clean, comb and clean, that is, to do "dirty" work.
Also, you can not sew, wash, cut, cut your hair, clean the house, dig the ground, plant plants. In no case can not mow the grass, cut down trees. Trinity is a special holiday. During the days of the Trinity week, our connection with the heavenly world is unusually thin, both Orthodoxy and the pre-Christian Slavic tradition speak of this. This is the time when we are given a chance. For Christians - a chance of the grace of the Holy Spirit.

Trinity, Trinity Day - a folk holiday among the Slavs. There was a day or two from Sunday to Tuesday. But three were also celebrated. It was called differently - Midlife (Feast of Living Water), Ascension, Semik, Green Saints, Mermaid Week. Even in Russia itself, it was called in its own way: in Voronezh, for example, Wreaths, Gulino - in Kostroma, Birch Day - in Siberia, and so on. The Belarusians have the Trinity, in Galicia - Turitsa, the Bulgarians - the Spirits of the day, the Serbs - the Spirits, the names of different peoples can be continued. However, for all that, the Trinity meant the end of the spring cycle in nature and the beginning of the summer cycle. Perhaps this is one of the most colorful holidays of the year, when gardens and flowers in the front gardens bloom, the air is filled with the captivating aromas of the beginning of summer. People's clothes also change. Winter has long been in chests, in spring, still warm, it gets hot, bright sundresses, floor-length silk dresses, multi-colored ribbons adorn light hats, and the guys change into blouses, bloomers tucked into chrome boots, flaunt fashionable caps or even go without headdresses, and the spring wind fervently plays with their curly forelocks.

The Jewish Trinity

The people of Israel call it Pentecost. It is celebrated on the fiftieth day after the Jewish. (In Christianity, it also does not have a fixed date: it comes on the fiftieth day after the Bright Resurrection of Christ). According to popular Jewish belief, the people of Israel on this day received the Sinai law. In other words, the prophet Moses on Mount Sinai gave his people the Law of God, and the greatest event took place on the fiftieth day after the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Since then, the Trinity among the Jews is called Pentecost (Shavuot) and is celebrated annually. It is also the first harvest festival. Israel is a southern country, and by this time its markets are full of greenery, freshly ripened vegetables, berries in the beds, cherries and cherries in the orchards. The Sinai law allows mass celebrations, a wide variety of entertainment, and sacrifices on this significant day. It is also known that once the apostles, who retired to celebrate the Jewish Pentecost, the Savior promised to show a miracle - the coming of the Holy Spirit. And it, this miracle, happened. On the fiftieth day after the Resurrection, the apostles heard an incredible noise, saw a bright flame. Then the Holy Spirit really descended on them, and revealed three hypostases - God the Father (Almighty, Creator), God the Son (Divine Word) and God the Spirit (Holy Spirit). The Trinity is the basis of Christianity, and the Christian faith is firmly supported on it. The Holy Trinity is One God!

At the same time, the people who were near the upper room where the apostles had gathered also heard the noise. To their surprise, the apostles spoke different languages. Such a gift was given to the disciples of Jesus. As well as the ability to heal, preach, prophesy in the same different dialects, that is, they received the opportunity to carry the Word of God to all corners of the world. The apostles went to the Middle East, to the Crimea, Kyiv, Asia Minor, India. And all were executed by the opponents of Christianity, except for one disciple of Jesus - John. Nevertheless, the Trinity, or, as it is also called, Pentecost, has spread widely throughout the world.

It appeared only three hundred years later - after the Baptism of Russia. And before that, it was a pagan holiday, according to the canons of which three deities ruled mankind: Perun - the defender of truth and the warrior: Svarog - the Creator of the Universe and Svyatovit - the keeper of light and human energy. From a pagan holiday, the Trinity was born. Officially, Trinity Day was established in Russia by the Orthodox Church in the nineteenth century. And it also meant the end of the spring cycle and the beginning of the long-awaited summer season. The holiday was widely spread in the fourteenth - sixteenth centuries, thanks to Sergei of Radonezh - a saint deeply revered by the people. He considered serving the Trinity the meaning of his whole life. And in 1337 he founded a monastery, which today is called the Trinity-Sergeev Lavra. The idea of ​​uniting all Russian lands into one whole is expressed in the monastery.

Three Trinity Days in Russia

First day called Green Sunday. Special prayers were read. Icons and birches were decorated. People went for a walk in the fields, forest glades, danced there. Naturally, everyone dressed up in the brightest festive clothes as an example of awakening nature. Girls threw wreaths into the river, ponds, and other bodies of water. Thus, they wondered what fate awaits them in the coming year. The commemoration of the dead was obligatory. They performed rituals that drove out evil spirits, all evil spirits. At night, according to legend, prophetic dreams came to people.

Second day It was called Klechalny Monday, in the morning we went to church together. After her - in the fields. The priests blessed the land plots. To protect the future harvest from bad weather - drought, excessive rainfall, hail.

Third day was Bogodukhov. And Happy Girls' Day. The most beautiful was decorated with wreaths, dressed in greenery, and she played the role of Poplar. They took her home, gave her gifts and treats.

The birch was the symbol of the holiday. She was dressed up. They danced around. The first leaves were dried from the evil eye. The rite of birch curling exists in Russia to this day, especially in the outback - villages and villages. At the same time, they wished health to parents, relatives and relatives. And the beautiful girls thought about their betrothed, conveyed their hidden thoughts to them. Then the birch was cut down. They surrounded a village or a village with it, thereby attracting good luck. With the onset of evening, ribbons and other birch decorations were burned - a kind of sacrifice. The branches were buried in the field for a rich harvest. The trunk itself was drowned in a river, pond or other body of water to protect it from evil spirits. In the morning, dew was collected on Trinity, considering it the best cure for any ailments. On Trinity, it was strictly forbidden to work around the house or in the garden. Everything was done before the holiday. And on the solemn day itself, it was not forbidden to decorate the dwellings, to cook various goodies for the festive table. Swimming in the reservoirs was strictly forbidden, they say, the mermaids will drag them to the bottom. And if anyone escapes this fate, he will certainly become a sorcerer. On Trinity Day, it was impossible to sew, cut your hair, dye your hair. Advised not to think about the bad. Moreover, to be offended by anyone or to swear. There were other restrictions as well. And on Trinity there were brides of the bride. The festivities of the girls along the main streets are in full view. As for the church holiday, it began in the morning. The dressed-up families went to worship. After him - home for a solemn dinner on this occasion. They also visited. And they were invited. They gave each other gifts.

parent saturday

The day before the Trinity, good Christians were supposed to visit graveyards. To remember the dead. There was also a memorial dinner. Cutlery was placed on the table for the deceased. They were invited to the memorial service. It was customary to heat the bath. And not only bathe and wash yourself, but also leave a broom and everything you need for the dead. Suicides were commemorated on parental Saturday. Prayed for the repose of their souls. True, it was not allowed to do this in the temple: suicides will not find rest forever and ever. So it was possible to remember them only in home prayers.

Signs of the Trinity

Heat on Trinity - wait for a dry summer. To attract wealth to the house - cover several graves in the cemetery. Rain on Pentecost - to close warmth and an abundance of mushrooms. If the birch is fresh on the third day of the holiday - to a wet hayfield. There are still a lot of signs. They used to say: "The Trinity is being built for three days - from the Trinity to the Dormition." The red maidens especially rejoiced at the holiday. They went out to the river bank, let a wreath into it and said, "Swim, my wreath, to that bank. Whoever catches my wreath - waking up the groom!" The girls left their tears on the branches of birches and maples in temples - deliverance from drought and crop failures.

All week mermaid

Thursday is especially dangerous - mermaids just want to lure the careless into the water. Therefore, in the evenings, not a foot from home! In general, you can not swim throughout the week. And it is best to carry grass with you - wormwood, the best remedy for all evil spirits. In order to completely protect themselves from mermaids, they made a scarecrow, danced round dances around it, and then tore it into small pieces. Before going to bed, they ran through the streets with a broomstick to protect themselves from mermaids. At the same time, the water ones woke up. They were scared away from themselves by kindling fires along the banks of the reservoirs. In modern life, views on rituals, signs, customs on the Trinity have changed somewhat. But some ancient traditions are still followed. Especially the fair sex. Mostly young people. Girls. They carry brightly woven wreaths to the banks of rivers and other reservoirs. They launch into the water. Where the wreath floated - from there to wait for the betrothed. Suddenly stuck to the shore - the groom is not to be seen for a year! And in Russia, the Trinity was called - the Blessed Virgin, Spirits Day, Water - the birthday girl, Grass - the birthday girl. At the same time, we emphasize once again that the Trinity or Pentecost is one of the most desired, brightly decorated holidays, which means the end of spring and the onset of the long-awaited summer!

Trinity in poetry and cinema

The holiday was and is dearly loved by all the people. Poets were no exception. They admired and admired him, in particular, Ivan Bunin: "The altar is shining and decorated with flowers, illuminated by the amber sheen of candles and the sun!" Or the well-known Nekrasov lines from his poem, which are taught by heart at school: "Green noise is coming - Green noise is coming, Green noise - Spring noise!" Or the famous Pushkin: "On Trinity Day, when the people, yawning, listen to a prayer service, touchingly they dropped three tears on a beam of dawn ..."

About the Trinity, Pentecost, feature and documentary films were shot - "The Angel's Limit", "The Savior under the Birches", which are still popular with the viewer. Among the documentary films, one can note "The Holy Trinity", released for hire in Russia in 1992. The announcement for the film emphasizes that the Day of the Holy Trinity is the birthday of the Church of Christ. On this day, more than a thousand years ago, the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples of Christ. And today, as then, the Lord preserves and builds up His Church through the hands of the priests through the sacraments of the Church. Even earlier, in 1988, the film studio "Lennauchfilm" released a documentary film "Ascension to the Holy Trinity", which tells about the famous icon of the fifteenth century "Trinity", which was painted by the great Russian artist Andrei Rublev. You can learn more about the world-famous painter from the feature film "Andrei Rublev" (1966), filmed by the talented Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, which starred popular actors - Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Mikhail Kononov, Irina Tarkovskaya and others. The film reflects the events in Russia of the fifteenth century, far from us. The country is torn apart by princely civil strife. A painter appears, as they say, from God. The film is dedicated to his life and work and, in particular, to the famous icon "Trinity". A talented film before and now is watched with great interest both in Russia and far beyond its borders.

On the 50th day after the end, the Holy Trinity comes - one of the largest and most revered church holidays in Orthodoxy. Since Jesus ascended to heaven, the tenth day has already come, or otherwise - the fiftieth day since the Resurrection of Christ.

Holy Trinity: the history of the holiday

The Jews at one time widely celebrated a holiday called Pentecost, in honor of the legislation of Sinai. In one room, in a small room located in Jerusalem, the disciples of Jesus Christ, his mother the Virgin Mary and a small number of believers gathered. According to the records that have come down to our times, it tells about the events that occurred at the third hour of the day according to the Jewish account.

A strong noise is described that came from somewhere in the sky, as if from a strong, hurricane wind. This strange noise filled the room of the chamber, where the disciples and the Mother of God were. Tongues of flame appeared, which stopped at each of those present, everyone was filled with the Holy Spirit and after that they began to glorify the name of God in numerous languages, which they had not even known before.

Orthodox holiday Trinity: sacred fire

The fiery tongues were nothing but the Holy Spirit of our Savior, who, with the help of them, gave a good sign that from that moment on, all the apostles had the opportunity to spread the teachings of God throughout the Earth, preach and talk about the Savior. Also, fire personifies a great force that destroys evil, cleansing the world from sin, as well as illuminating the path and warming in bad weather.

History of the Holy Trinity: the sermons of the Apostles

At the same time, a feast was held in Jerusalem, at which there were many Jews living in different countries of the world. All the disciples of Christ - the apostles - chose the Jews to conduct their first sermons, and in their native languages. The audience was so impressed by what they heard that many strongly believed in the Savior and began to ask the Apostles about what they should do next.

The Apostle Peter invited the Jews to repent in the name of our Savior, for the sake of the forgiveness of all sins, and in this case they would receive the same Gift of the Holy Spirit. Those who strongly believed in Jesus Christ were immediately baptized, and thus the number of all who received the new faith was about three hundred people. It was from this time that the Church of Christ or Christianity began to spread on Earth.

Orthodox holiday Trinity: church rites

After the celebration of the Liturgy, Vespers commemorates the coming of the Spirit of the Comforter upon the Holy Apostles. During the church service on the Trinity, kneeling prayers are read for the descent to Earth of the Holy Spirit or the All-Wise Spirit, the Spirit of God's Mind. The prayers of the Church of Christ are aimed at praising the gift of the grace of the Holy Spirit, as well as commemorating our dead fathers, brothers and all those who are related to us by flesh and blood. So that having gone to the kingdom of heaven, their world was arranged.

There is such an icon - the Holy Trinity, and everyone, probably, has looked at it more than once, trying to understand its meaning.

This icon depicts God the Father himself, God the Son - Jesus Christ and God the Holy Spirit, the same Comforter, the descent of which Jesus Christ promised his disciples when he ascended to heaven. The Holy Trinity means that God exists in three persons, or hypostases. Why this is so, perhaps, is not worth understanding yet, you just need to believe and admit that this is so and that the image of God in three hypostases on icons is called the Holy Trinity.

A great church holiday is dedicated to the Holy Trinity - the feast of the Holy Trinity, or simply the Trinity. It is also associated with Easter and Ascension, therefore it does not have a permanent day, but is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter, on the tenth after Ascension. That is why it is also called Pentecost. This holiday is dedicated to the memory of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles-disciples of Christ. This day is called the Trinity, because on this day we glorify all the faces of the Triune God: God the Father, who created the world, God the Son, who suffered in the name of human salvation and delivered people from enslavement to the devil, and God the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies peace through the founding of the church, therefore the Day of the Holy Trinity is also called the birthday of the Christian church.

On the tenth day after the Ascension, all the apostles, as always, were together in the house, and suddenly there was a loud noise, as if a gust of strong wind had burst into the room. The noise filled the whole house, and then a fiery tongue stopped over each apostle (as the first disciples of Christ were called), and suddenly they began to speak in different languages ​​that they did not know before: in Latin, and in Greek, and in Arabic, and in -Persian, and in other languages ​​that were in the world.

The apostles realized that the Holy Spirit had come upon them. Then they went out to the square and began to tell the people who came to Jerusalem from all sides to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Pentecost, about Jesus Christ, about how he died, then resurrected and ascended into heaven. And despite the fact that people were from different places and spoke different languages, they perfectly understood everything and asked the apostles:

What are we to do, brothers?

The apostles answered them:

- Repent of your sins, be baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and your sins will be forgiven, and you will receive forgiveness.

And then the apostles went to different lands: to the north, and to the south, and to the west, and to the east, to tell all people about Jesus Christ and his good deeds.

It is known from Holy Scripture that about 3 thousand people were baptized at that time, and the apostles went further along the earth and introduced more and more people to their faith.

Holy Trinity Day is a very beautiful holiday. On this day, churches are decorated from the inside with birch twigs, freshly cut grass and wild flowers are spread on the floor. All believers with green birch branches in their hands go to church, where during the service these branches are consecrated, and they are kept in everyone's house, bringing happiness, prosperity and health.

Who are the apostles?

Apostles (from the Greek word "apolstolos" - sent) in the Bible are those who accompanied Jesus Christ in his wanderings, and then were sent to preach Christianity throughout the world.

According to the books. Bible, Jesus Christ had twelve disciples. However, in the subsequent time to them. added a few more saints.

What do priests wear during worship?

You, of course, have seen the beautiful clothes embroidered with gold, in which the priest is dressed during worship. These magnificent and colorful clothes help to give everything that happens in the church, solemnity and majesty. They look especially beautiful in the light of flickering candles. Priests are very smart and educated people, they know history well, many languages.

The main book for all priests and believers is the Bible, the most famous book on the entire globe. It has been translated into 1800 languages ​​of the peoples of the world, and if a person knows only one of his native languages, he can still read the Bible.

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