Holy Trinity Day is the most important church holiday. It is called the Day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit and is considered the beginning of the emergence of churches. The Christian Trinity replaced the Jewish Pentecost, widely celebrated in Jerusalem on the 50th day from Easter.
According to biblical traditions, on a Jewish holiday, the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples of Christ, who gathered in one of the upper rooms, and endowed them with knowledge of many languages. With unearthly possibilities, the apostles went around the world to glorify God and baptize people with a new faith.
Trinity is usually celebrated solemnly and magnificently. The main symbol of the holiday is greenery. Temples are decorated with fresh herbs and green tree branches. In churches, festive hymns are held and special prayers are read. In Rus', Pentecost appeared only 300 years after the adoption of Christianity. Detailed .
We sincerely wish you
In honor of the Great Trinity,
So that God will protect you, keep you,
You have always been protected.
Health to you for many years,
Peace of mind, peace
Love, harmony in the family.
Let life be happy!
With the Holy Trinity,
Happy holy day!
Let your heart be filled
Golden light.
May the soul not know
No sin, no evil.
May bless you
God for everything.
Congratulations on the feast of the Holy Trinity! I wish that the heavenly Guardians were always behind my back. So that sorrows, sorrows and hardships dissipate and give way to peace, joy and peace. Let faith in the best, along with fresh summer air, settle in your home. Good luck and prosperity!
The holiday is clean, the holiday is bright,
Feast of the Holy Trinity!
May hopes be fulfilled
God will always be with you.
Let it fill with joy
Soul ringing bells.
May it not be in your life
Troubles, sorrows and enemies.
Today is a righteous and important holiday,
The Holy Trinity has come to visit us.
On this day we are supposed to respect
Holy Spirit, Son and Father.
Today we need to sincerely pray
For all friends and even for enemies.
And you can fast if you want.
And keep peace in your soul.
I wish you a great church day
Spiritual blessings and joy in the hearts.
Love everyone, family and friends
And do not let shame and fear into your heart.
May the Lord protect you from troubles
With His holy and righteous hand.
May they live in your house forever
Hope, faith, joy and love.
Congratulations on the Trinity!
I wish you happiness, joy.
For better health
Let your life become easier.
May the Lord bless
All sins that are forgiven.
So that there is peace in the soul
On a truly holy day!
Today is the day of the Holy Spirit
And also the Son and the Father,
And fills with a bright feeling
He is our souls and hearts!
I wish you well and light
I'm on the Feast of the Holy Trinity.
May life delight you with love,
Health, happiness, beauty!
Happy Holy Trinity Day
I hasten to congratulate you!
And God's grace will
May it be with you every hour.
May there be peace, peace in the soul,
May the angel protect
All your relatives and friends,
And troubles - will take away!
Under the ringing of bells
Trinity comes to your house
And with a string of flowers
Gives you happiness and love!
Let the house be filled with comfort
May heaven be kind to you
Holy Trinity keeps
May peace always reign in the family!
May it descend from heaven today
Drive away sorrows, a miracle of miracles.
It sparkles, giving warmth to everyone,
Holy Spirit. Three names, three faces.
I wish you great joy in the house,
And let trouble not be in him!
You warmth and peace on earth!
No disappointment to be found anywhere!
I wish everyone deep happiness!
Different success, but high!
Stay away from everything cruel!
Look at the world you, look at the icons -
He is one for us, and yet He is three.
He knows the anguish and thoughts of mothers.
Yes, the prayers of their lost sons.
Born among us and always has been
And from heaven we call Him when trouble.
Everywhere He comes to our voice.
Warmth will one day descend upon us from Him.
Strong family and purity to you.
More joy, let your dreams come true.
Success, happiness, kindness.
Orthodox Christians are preparing to celebrate one of the most important holidays - Holy Trinity Day (Trinity, Pentecost), and after him - Whit Monday.
When is Trinity celebrated in 2018
In 2018 Day of the Holy Trinity noted Sunday, May 27. Trinity is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter, hence the second name - Pentecost. In Orthodoxy, the Trinity is one of the twelfth (twelve most important besides Easter) holidays.
Trinity precedes Trinity parent Saturday- the day when it is customary for the Orthodox to go to the cemetery to commemorate the deceased loved ones, and in the temples they commemorate all the dead Christians. In 2018, Trinity Saturday falls on May 26.
History of the Trinity holiday
This Christian holiday, as the name implies, glorifies the Holy Trinity - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The name Pentecost goes back to the gospel parable about the descent of the holy spirit on the apostles on the fiftieth day from the Resurrection of Christ. The holiday has biblical roots - on the 50th day after the Jewish Passover (Pesach), God through Moses (Moshe) gave the Jews on Mount Sinai the Ten Commandments. Thus, the Christian Trinity embodies the connection between the Old and New Testaments.
Trinity: folk traditions and signs
In the Slavic tradition, the Trinity is a holiday associated with the final farewell to spring and the beginning of summer, which means - with greenery, herbs, trees, primarily with the main Russian tree - birch. It is with young birch trees and birch branches that it is customary to decorate dwellings, temples and graves of loved ones on Trinity.
The days before and after the end of the Trinity in Rus' were called the "green" or "mermaid" week.
On Trinity it was accepted go to cemeteries and leave food and even clothing for the dead. It was believed that this rite drives away death.
It was considered a good omen for the Trinity decorate your home with birch branches- they were put in vases, placed behind icons, even scattered on the floor. It was believed that birch "lures" good luck and a good harvest.
Also on the Trinity it was accepted woo. The people said:
It was believed that courtship for the Trinity is the key to a long and happy life for the future family.
Also on the Trinity it was customary to arrange folk festivities with treats, it was considered a great way to appease the land for the future harvest.
Rain was considered a good omen for the Trinity: it promised a lot of mushrooms and berries, the absence of drought and frost, which means a rich harvest.
Divination for the Trinity
It was pleasant to guess at the Trinity, girls were mainly engaged in this - they thought about the future fate and marriage.
Guessing, the girls on the eve of the Trinity "curled" in the forest or in a birch grove - weaved braids from birch branches. The “perm” preserved until the Trinity was considered a sign of imminent marriage.
The girls also guessed at wreaths - they wove them from field herbs and flowers and let them float on the water. Best of all, if the wreath itself fell into the water from a bowed girl's head. Where he swam - from there the matchmakers will come. There was a wreath by the shore - to sit in the girls for a year, well, and if you drowned - expect trouble.
Trinity 2018: what not to do
On Trinity, the land was considered a birthday girl, so any work in the field, garden and house was prohibited, with the exception of cooking and caring for cattle.
Women were also forbidden to do all women's needlework, especially with the use of sharp metal devices: it was impossible to sew, knit, spin, cut fabric, etc.
Men were also forbidden to work with iron implements: it was forbidden to dig the ground, harrow, mow, chop wood, etc.
It was also forbidden to disturb the earth by planting plants in it or, conversely, by digging them up.
In addition, the prohibitions concerned water - at that time there was a “mermaid” week, and the villagers were afraid of the pranks of the water evil spirits that were walking on the ground at that time.
So, it was forbidden to wash, rinse clothes in ponds, swim and even wash. Especially strict prohibitions were regarding bathing - it was believed that a mermaid awakened by mermaids could drag a disobedient to the bottom.
Spirits day 2018
Monday immediately after Trinity is called Whit Monday. In 2018 Spirit Day falls on May 28. On Spirits Day, the earth is also considered a birthday girl; it is impossible to work on it, like on the Trinity. There are also bans on bathing, washing and washing.
On Spirits Day, it was customary to “feed” the earth - to arrange something like modern picnics, spreading tablecloths on the ground. At the same time, women, in order to “feed” the earth, put part of the treat directly on the ground. It was believed that this makes the land fertile.
In addition, on Spirits Day, people "listened to the earth." To do this, it was necessary to put your ear to the ground in the predawn hour somewhere in an open field. It was believed that for those who know how to listen, the earth can tell its secrets and even reveal where it hides treasures.
“Come, people, let us worship the threefold Deity!”
Trinity. Icons
One of the first in the iconography of the Trinity appeared the plot of the appearance of three angels to Abraham (“Hospitality of Abraham”), set forth in the eighteenth chapter of the biblical book of Genesis. He tells how the forefather Abraham, the ancestor of the chosen people, met three mysterious wanderers near the oak forest of Mamre (in the next chapter they were called angels). During a meal in Abraham's house, he was given a promise about the coming miraculous birth of his son Isaac. According to the will of God, from Abraham was to come "a great and strong nation", in which "all the peoples of the earth will be blessed."
Catacombs of Via Latina
Hospitality Abraham. Santa Maria Maggiore. Mosaic of the Roman temple of Santa Maria Maggiore (1st half of the 5th century)
Mosaic in San Vitale. Ravenna (1st half of the 6th century)
In the second millennium, a custom arises to add the plot of "Hospitality of Abraham" with the words "Holy Trinity": such an inscription is on one of the miniatures of the Greek Psalter of the XI century. In this miniature, the head of the middle Angel is crowned with a cross-shaped nimbus: it faces the viewer frontally, while the other two Angels are depicted in a three-quarter turn.
The same type of image is found on the doors of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Suzdal (c. 1230) and on the fresco of Theophan the Greek from the Novgorod Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on Ilyin Street. The cross halo indicates that the central angel is identified with Christ.
Trinity. Theophanes the Greek. 1378 Fresco in a chamber in the choir. Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyin Street, Novgorod
Zyryanskaya Trinity. End of the 14th century Vologda state. historical, architectural and art museum-reserve, Vologda
It is known that the iconographic version of the Trinity without forefathers existed before Rublev in Byzantine art. But all these compositions are not independent. Andrei Rublev not only gives the image an integral and independent character, but makes it a complete theological text. Against a light background, three angels are depicted sitting around a table on which a bowl stands. The middle angel rises above the rest, a tree is depicted behind him, a mountain behind the right angel, and chambers behind the left. The heads of the angels are bowed in silent conversation. Their faces are similar, as if the same face is depicted in three versions. The whole composition is inscribed in a system of concentric circles that can be drawn along the halos, along the outlines of the wings, along the movement of angelic hands, and all these circles converge to the epicenter of the icon, where a bowl is depicted, and in the bowl is the head of a calf. Before us is not just a meal, but a Eucharistic meal in which the atoning sacrifice is performed. The Trinity of Andrei Rublev is a symbolic image of the trinity of the Deity, as already pointed out by the Stoglavy Cathedral. After all, the visit of Abraham by the three Angels was not a manifestation of the Most Holy Trinity, but was only “a prophetic vision of this mystery, which over the centuries will gradually be revealed to the believing thought of the Church.” In accordance with this, and in the Rublev icon, we are presented not with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, but with three Angels, symbolizing the Pre-Eternal Council of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. The symbolism of the Rublev icon is somewhat akin to the symbolism of early Christian painting, which hid deep dogmatic truths under simple but spiritually significant symbols.
Trinity. Andrei Rublev. 15th century
Trinity. XV century. Sergiev Posad State Historical and Art Museum-Reserve
Icon "The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles" Novgorod, XVI century
The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. Athos, Dionisiat Monastery, XIV century
Trinity of the Old Testament. Mid 16th century Yaroslavl Art Museum, Yaroslavl
Trinity of the Old Testament. Second half of the 16th century Moscow, GTG
The Holy Trinity. Late 16th - early 17th centuries Yaroslavl Art Museum, Yaroslavl
Trinity of the Old Testament. Late 16th - early 17th centuries Moscow, GTG
Trinity. End of the 14th century From the collection of N. P. Likhachev. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Trinity churches in Rus'
One of the first churches in Rus' was dedicated to the Trinity. It was built by Princess Olga in her homeland, in Pskov. The wooden temple, built in the 10th century, stood for about 200 years. The second temple was stone. According to legend, it was founded in 1138 by the holy noble prince Vsevolod (in baptism Gabriel). In the XIV century, the vault of the temple collapsed and a new cathedral was erected on its basis. But it has not survived to our time - it was badly damaged in 1609 during a fire. Until now, the fourth cathedral has been preserved, built on the same site and still bearing the name of the Holy Trinity.
St. Basil's Cathedral, on Red Square in Moscow, was built on the site of the Trinity Church, near which there were seven more wooden churches - in memory of Kazan victories, they were consecrated in the name of those holidays and the memory of saints, when decisive battles took place. In 1555-61. on the site of these temples, one stone temple was built - a nine-altar one. The central altar was consecrated in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, and one of the aisles was dedicated to the Trinity. Until the 17th century, the cathedral bore the popular name of Trinity.
The most famous Russian monastery is also dedicated to the Holy Trinity - Trinity Sergius Lavra. Settling on Makovets in 1337, Saint Sergius built a wooden Church of the Holy Trinity. In 1422, on the site of the former wooden temple, the disciple of St. Sergius, hegumen Nikon, laid the stone Trinity Cathedral. During its construction, the relics of St. Sergius were found. The famous masters Andrei Rublev and Daniil Cherny painted the cathedral. The famous image of the Old Testament Trinity was painted for the iconostasis.
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In the name of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Trinity Markov Monastery was founded in Vitebsk. The foundation of the Markov Monastery presumably dates back to the 14th-15th centuries. There is a legend about the founder of the monastery - a certain Mark, who secluded himself on a plot of land belonging to him and built a chapel there. Soon like-minded people joined him in spirit. The monastery existed until 1576, after which it was abolished, and the Trinity Church was turned into a parish. The monastery was restored in 1633 by Prince Lev Oginsky, and closed in 1920. For a long time, the police and other institutions were located on its territory. All buildings, except for the Holy Kazan Church, were destroyed (including the Trinity Cathedral - one of the best examples of Belarusian wooden architecture). The Kazan Church was damaged during the Great Patriotic War, but then partially restored. This is the only church in Vitebsk that did not close in the post-war years. The main throne of the temple was consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, and the side chapel - in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The monastery was revived in 2000.
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In honor of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Trinity (Troychansky) Monastery was founded in the city of Slutsk (Belarus). The time of the foundation of the Holy Trinity Monastery is unknown. The first mention of it dates back to 1445. There was a monastery near the city, downstream of the river Sluch. People began to settle around the monastery, a suburb of Troychany was formed, and the street from the city to the monastery began to be called Troychanskaya. The monastery had a charter from the Polish king confirming its Orthodox status. Since 1560, there has been a theological school at the monastery, in which theology, rhetoric, Slavic and Greek grammar were studied. It is also known about the small library of the monastery: in 1494 there were 45 books. In 1571, Archimandrite Mikhail Ragoza (d. 1599), the future Metropolitan of Kyiv, was the abbot of the monastery. An Orthodox seminary was opened at the monastery, which was headed until 1575 by the former abbot of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Artemy (? - the beginning of the 1570s). At the beginning of the 17th century, the seminary no longer existed. It reappears in the 18th century. During the First World War, the monastery had an infirmary. In the summer of 1917, the construction of the monastery, where 13 monks and 13 novices lived, was transferred to the Belarusian gymnasium, the rector, Archimandrite Athanasius Vecherko, was expelled. On February 21, 1930, the monastery was closed, the relics were transferred to museums. The monastery buildings were finally destroyed in the 1950s. Subsequently, in its place was a military town. In 1994, a memorial cross was erected on the site of the monastery.
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In 1414, on the banks of the Nurma River, not far from its confluence with Obnora, on the territory of the modern Gryazovetsky district of the Vologda region, the Trinity Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery was founded. The founder of the monastery was a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh - Pavel Obnorsky (1317-1429). In 1489, the monastery received from the Grand Duke Ivan III a letter of granting the monastery with forests, villages and exemption from taxes. The privileges of the monastery were subsequently secured by Vasily III, Ivan IV the Terrible and their successors. The cathedral church of the Trinity (1505-1516) is being built in the monastery. In the middle of the 19th century, 12 monks lived in the monastery. In 1909 the monastery suffered from a severe fire. The fire melted the cross received by the Monk Paul from Sergius of Radonezh. Before the revolution, about 80 inhabitants lived in the monastery. The monastery was closed in 1924 by decision of the Gryazovets district executive committee of the RCP(b). In the 1920s and 30s, the Trinity Cathedral with adjacent temple buildings, the bell tower and the fence were destroyed. An experimental pedagogical station, a school, and an orphanage were located on the territory of the monastery. In 1945, a children's sanatorium was opened, then a regional sanatorium-forest school. Returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1994.
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The Ulyanovsk Trinity-Stefanovsky Monastery was consecrated in the name of the Holy Trinity. Located in the village of Ulyanovo, Ust-Kulomsky district of the Komi Republic. According to legend, the monastery was founded in 1385 by Saint Stephen of Perm (1340s - 1396) with the aim of spreading Christianity in Upper Vychegda. But this building did not last long. According to local legends, the Ulyanovsk Monastery was named after the girl Ulyaniya, who, not wanting to fall into the hands of the enemy, decided to drown herself in the river. A monastery was built opposite this place. During the years of Soviet power, the Ulyanovsk Monastery was closed, and its property was looted. Many monks were repressed. The Trinity Cathedral was completely destroyed, most of the outbuildings were in a deplorable state. Items seized from the Ulyanovsk Monastery were in the National Museum of the Komi Republic. In 1994 the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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In the name of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery was founded in the city of Kostroma. The monastery was first mentioned in chronicles in 1432, but it was probably founded much earlier. According to the generally accepted version, the monastery was founded around 1330 by the Tatar Murza Chet, the ancestor of the Godunov and Saburov family, who fled from the Golden Horde to Ivan Kalita (c. 1283/1288 - 1340/1341) and was baptized in Moscow under the name Zacharias. In this place, he had a vision of the Mother of God with the forthcoming Apostle Philip and Hieromartyr Hypatius of Gangra (d. 325/326), which resulted in his healing from illness. In gratitude for the healing, a monastery was founded on this place. Initially, the Church of the Holy Trinity was built, then the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, several cells and a powerful oak wall. Surrounded by residential and commercial buildings. All buildings were wooden. After the death of Prince Vasily and the abolition of the Kostroma Principality, the monastery came under the patronage of the Godunov family, who rose to prominence in the middle of the 16th century. During this period there is a rapid development of the monastery. After the October Revolution, in 1919, the monastery was abolished and its values were nationalized. On the territory of the monastery for many years there was a museum, part of the exposition of which is still there today. In 2005, the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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In the name of the Trinity, the Stefano-Makhrishchi Holy Trinity Monastery was founded. It is located on the Molokcha River in the village of Makhra, Aleksandrovsky District, Vladimir Region. Founded in the XIV century by Stefan Makhrishchsky (d. July 14, 1406) as a monastery. From 1615 to 1920 he was assigned to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Closed in 1922. It was reopened in 1995 as a nunnery.
In the name of the Holy Trinity in 1520, the Trinity Anthony-Siya Monastery was founded. The monastery was founded by St. Anthony of Sia (1477-1556). In pre-Petrine times, the Siysky Monastery was one of the largest centers of spiritual life in the Russian North. From the monastery book collection come such unique manuscripts as the 16th-century Siysk gospel and illustrated calendars. After the revolution, the old documents were confiscated from the monks and transferred to the Arkhangelsk regional archive, from where they were transported to Moscow in 1958 and 1966 (now - to the RGADA). The monastery was closed by the decision of the Yemetsky Executive Committee of June 12, 1923 and the decision of the Presidium of the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Executive Committee of July 11, 1923. The territory was used for the needs of the labor commune, the collective farm. In 1992 the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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A monastery in Astrakhan was consecrated in the name of the Trinity. The history of the Trinity Monastery in Astrakhan begins in 1568, when Tsar Ivan the Terrible, sending Abbot Kiril here, ordered him to build a common monastery in the city of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. By 1573, hegumen Kiril had built: “the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, to which a meal of six fathoms was nailed, and a Kelar one of three fathoms, 12 cells, two cellars with dryers, a crest and a kitchen.” All buildings were wooden. By the time of the death of Abbot Kiril in 1576, he built two more wooden churches in the monastery: in honor of the Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The monastery itself, originally called Nikolsky, later received the name Trinity, in honor of the cathedral church of the Life-Giving Trinity. In the 90s of the 16th century, the new abbot Theodosius began to rebuild the monastery from wood to stone. On September 13, 1603, the new stone Trinity Cathedral was consecrated. A little later, a chapel was added to it in honor of the holy martyrs Princes Boris and Gleb. In addition, under Abbot Theodosius, a stone bell tower was built with the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker under it and a wooden church of the Origin of the Honest Trees of the Cross of the Lord with a chapel in honor of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the church. In the Soviet years, an archive depository was arranged in the monastery, and the shrines were desecrated.
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In the name of the Trinity, a monastery was founded in the city of Murom, Vladimir Region. The monastery was founded in the second quarter of the 17th century (1643) by the Murom merchant Tarasy Borisovich Tsvetnov, according to a number of local historians, on the site of the so-called "old settlement", where originally in the period of the 11th-13th centuries there was a wooden cathedral in honor of Saints Boris and Gleb, and later there was a wooden Holy Trinity Church. In 1923 the monastery was closed. In 1975, a wooden church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh from the neighboring Melenkovsky district, which is a monument of wooden architecture of the 18th century, was brought to the territory of the monastery. Opened in 1991. The main shrine of the monastery is the relics of the holy faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, transported from the local museum on September 19, 1992. Until 1921, the relics rested in the city's Nativity Cathedral.
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Also, in the name of the Holy Trinity, the Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, Zelenetsky-Trinity Monastery, Klopsky Monastery, Yelets Trinity Monastery, Belopesotsky and Trinity Boldin monasteries, monasteries in Kazan, Sviyazhsk, Kalyazin, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Tyumen, Cheboksary and other cities were consecrated.
In honor of the Holy Trinity, monasteries were founded in Serbia, Georgia, Greece, Palestine, Finland, and Sweden.
A temple in Veliky Novgorod was consecrated in honor of the Trinity. The temple dates back to 1365. Built by order of Novgorod merchants who traded with Yugra (Urals). The Trinity Church received the greatest damage during the Great Patriotic War. Along with other monuments of Novgorod architecture, it was restored in 1975-1978, although in fact the work is still ongoing.
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Also in honor of the Trinity, the church of the Dukhov Monastery in Veliky Novgorod was consecrated. The Church of the Trinity with a refectory was built around 1557 by order of Abbot Jonah. It is located almost in the center of the territory of the monastery. On the ground floor of the refectory there was a kitchen, a bakery and two kvass cellars; on the second floor - a refectory and Kelarskaya. The church was seriously damaged during the Swedish occupation of 1611-1617, as well as from a strong fire in 1685.
In the name of the Life-Giving Trinity, a temple was consecrated in Moscow - in the Fields. First mentioned in 1493 in the Resurrection Chronicle. In 1565 a stone church was built. In 1639, next to the stone Trinity Church with chapels of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Boris and Gleb, built by the boyar M. M. Saltykov (cousin of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich), a wooden church was built in honor of Sergius of Radonezh. Trinity Church was destroyed in 1934. The speed of the demolition did not allow for a detailed study of the architectural monument. In its place, a square was laid out, a monument to the pioneer printer Ivan Fedorov was erected in place of the refectory.
A church in Nikitniki (Moscow) was consecrated in the name of the Trinity. As early as the 16th century, there was a wooden church in the name of the holy martyr Nikita (d. c. 372). In the 1620s, it burned down, and by order of the Yaroslavl merchant Grigory Nikitnikov, who lived nearby, a new stone church in the name of the Holy Trinity was built in 1628-1651. Sources mention construction work in 1631–1634 and 1653. The southern aisle of the temple was dedicated to Nikita the Martyr, and the revered icon of this saint from the burnt church was transferred to it. It served as the tomb of the temple builder and members of his family. In 1920 the temple was closed for worship and in 1934 transferred to the State Historical Museum. In 1991 the temple was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Temple of the Trinity of the Life-Giving DOC. Liepaja
Temple in the name of the Holy Trinity DOC. Kublischino
In addition, the feast of the Holy Trinity is the patronal for the Nikolo-Uleiminsky Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church and for the Holy Trinity Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in the village. Kamenka, Zlynsky district, Bryansk region.
One of the most significant Orthodox holidays according to the church calendar in late spring - early summer is the Trinity, also called Pentecost. Trinity is tied to the date of Easter, and like that, each year falls on a different date. When will the Trinity of 2019 be: what date is Orthodox Pentecost celebrated, what kind of holiday is it.
When is the Trinity holiday celebrated in 2019
Every year Trinity is celebrated on a new day. It is determined according to the fiftieth day after the onset of the Easter holiday. In 2019, this day falls on June 16th.
According to the texts of the Gospel, the holy apostles waited fifty days for the descent of the Holy Spirit promised by Christ to earth. Persecuted for their faith, they secretly gathered every night in a simple upper room in Zion for prayer. On the fiftieth night, the long-awaited miracle happened.
The Holy Spirit descended on the disciples of Christ in the form of a bright flame. At the same moment, the apostles acquired miraculous powers. They could now prophesy, heal, and speak in all the languages of the world. These properties were given by God to their chosen ones so that they could carry the light of Christian teaching around the world and work miracles, instilling faith in Jesus Christ in people.
The History of the Feast of the Trinity
According to the legend, on this day, many centuries ago, Jews gathered in Jerusalem, who arrived from different parts of the country. Somehow they heard conversations in different languages that came from the house where there were 12 apostles.
People even thought that they were just tipsy. But, the Apostle Paul came out to the people with his disciples and said that the Holy Spirit descended to them from heaven and endowed them with the ability to carry the Word of God.
After that, he called the Jews to repent of their sins, and also to be baptized. The sermon of the apostle was so penetrating that all people immediately followed the advice of the disciples of Christ. On this day, many thousands of people converted to Christianity, and therefore Pentecost is considered the day of the founding of the Christian Church.
Trinity traditions
Since the Trinity is a religious holiday, it is natural that this day is never complete without a service in the temple, which traditionally includes the Divine Liturgy and Great Vespers.
Moreover, it is customary to decorate churches on the Trinity with greenery: freshly cut grass is usually placed on the floor, icons are decorated with spring flowers and young tree branches. Many believers on this day bring several branches of birch with them to the church to consecrate them, and then put them at home (usually the consecrated branches were placed near the icons). It is believed that in this way you can protect your home and yourself at the same time from all evil. In general, the birch is the main attribute of the holiday, its branches symbolize the power of the Holy Spirit.
Another tradition of Trinity Day is to arrange a feast and invite all relatives, friends and relatives to the celebration. By the way, since Pentecost is not a fast day, the hostesses have the opportunity to demonstrate all their culinary skills and please their guests with a wide variety of treats. However, the traditional dish for the Trinity was and remains loaf.
Previously, on the Day of the Holy Trinity, real folk festivals were organized - in the late afternoon in all villages they began to dance, sing songs and dance. It is worth noting that detailed trinity fun has not lost its popularity so far.
In addition, it was always customary to marry on Trinity Day. So, it was believed that if you get married on Pentecost, and play a wedding on Pokrov - the day when, according to our ancestors, autumn meets winter, then a happy life together is guaranteed.
There are also a number of traditions associated with the preparation for the Trinity. For example, a couple of days before the holiday, believers usually arrange a general cleaning in the house. The fact is that on the Day of the Holy Trinity you can’t clean up, as well as sew and wash, in other words, do some housework. And on parental Saturday - the day preceding the Trinity - it is customary to visit cemeteries and commemorate the dead.
Signs and beliefs on the Trinity
- Rain on Trinity - to the harvest, to mushrooms, to warm weather and late frosts.
- Hot weather is a sign of a dry summer and a poor harvest.
- Whoever gets into the Trinity under the rain will get rich.
- The herbs collected on this day have a healing effect and work as powerful amulets.
- Birch twigs consecrated in the temple will be powerful amulets for the house for the whole year.
- The birch trees set for the holiday to decorate the house are still fresh after three days - a sign of wet haymaking.
- The dew collected on the Trinity has a special power that can heal and give strength.
- If the patient is washed with water from the grass taken in the temple during the service, the person will recover and live for a long time.
- Bath brooms prepared on this day will have healing powers.
- A wreath woven on this holiday by an unmarried girl is able to attract bright and strong love into her life.
- Let a wreath down the river on Pentecost - long-awaited love will come to fate.
- Whoever drinks water and prays first in the house on this holiday will be healthy and successful all year.
Fortune telling on Trinity
Pentecost is a wonderful day for divination. The Church is always against all sorts of fortune-telling and predictions, however, our people have pagan roots, and it has always been a custom to guess and tell fortunes precisely on Christian holidays.
After all, nature these days is especially receptive, open, mystical forces are very close to us. The main thing is not to do any evil, all fortune-telling must have good and sincere intentions.
- A beautiful and romantic rite for girls is the curling of a birch. The girls went into the forest and curled the birch - they decorated its branches with ribbons, beads, weaved wreaths from the branches. Thus, the young ladies called for love.
- Birch twigs were also put by the girls under the pillow so that the betrothed would come in a dream. It is believed that the guy whose image comes in a dream will be the husband.
- This fortune-telling has come down to our days. Many curious girls with trepidation and excitement fall asleep on birch branches, wanting to see their love and fate in a dream.
- Another divination with birch branches - for fate. This divination can also be done by adult women. Approaching the birch, without looking at it, you need to pick a branch - and then inspect it.
- If the branch is even and smooth, fate this year will be happy, without difficulties.
A crooked or bumpy branch is a sign that the year will not be easy. - The famous fortune-telling by chamomile is actually the Trinity rite. But everything is not easy - at first the daisies were woven into a wreath, and only then, in the evening, before going to bed, the girl takes out a random chamomile from the wreath, in which she walked all day, and wonders.
Plucking petal after petal, you can ask not only “loves - does not love”, but also “it will come true - it will not come true”, “I will marry - I will not marry” and other questions that torment a girl's heart. This fortune-telling is only for unmarried young ladies.
At the end of spring (or at the beginning of summer), Christians around the world celebrate one of the most important holidays - the Day of the Holy Trinity. In this detailed article, you will learn the date of Trinity Day, its essence, meaning and connection with other important religious events. Get acquainted with the traditions and rituals that have long accompanied this holiday. And of course, we will pay attention to cooking, recipes that can be served on the festive table.
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What date is Trinity in 2020
The feast of the Holy Trinity is celebrated by both Western Christians (Catholics, etc.) and Eastern (Orthodox). It is also worth noting here that, like many other important religious dates, holidays, the date of the Trinity is floating.
- In Russia, the Orthodox Trinity in 2019 will be June 16 (Sunday).
- The Catholic Trinity will be on June 9th.
- Parental Saturday before Trinity - June 15th.
As you can see, this year the two branches of Christianity celebrate the holiday on the same day. But this doesn't always happen. For Catholics, this holiday is usually set a week later.
By the way, this holiday has another name - Pentecost. Why Pentecost? Here is an allusion to 50 days, the fiftieth day after. By tradition, Trinity Day is usually celebrated 50 days after the most important Christian holiday, and on Sunday. And since Easter itself does not have a fixed date, the Trinity also comes on different days and months.
The meaning of the holiday
What is the essence, meaning, symbolism of the feast of the Holy Trinity? What is the history of this event? We will briefly answer all questions.
According to the Bible, after his amazing and miraculous resurrection, Jesus was with his disciples for some time, namely 40 days. All this time, he strengthened their faith in God, talked about the Truth, in general, prepared them to carry the Word of God.
On the fortieth day, Thursday, Jesus gathered his apostles in Jerusalem and told them that in a few days the Holy Spirit would descend upon them. And right after that, Jesus ascended into heaven.
This great event later became known as the "Ascension of the Lord." Jesus lost his physical shell, ascended to heaven, promising his second coming. By the way, the Ascension of the Lord in 2018 is celebrated on June 6.
Exactly 10 days later, the Holy Spirit descended to the Apostles praying at that moment in the Zion Room. After his descent, the apostles suddenly felt in themselves some changes, talents, abilities. They learned to heal, predict the future, and also speak different languages. It is clear that all this knowledge was given for a reason. Apostles must carry the Word of God, they must praise the Lord.
Faith in them strengthened even more, and in honor of this event, the disciples of Christ decided to establish, perpetuate the feast of the Trinity.
By the way, the official, legislative consolidation of this holiday occurred during the second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople, in 381. They formulated the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, established the dogmas that all Divine persons are equal and have the same essence.
- God the Father is not born from anyone and does not come from anyone;
- God the Son is eternally born of God the Father;
- God the Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from God the Father;
Traditions and structure of the holiday
Like many other Orthodox holidays, Trinity Day has a touch of paganism. Not even the day itself, but the weeks before and after the holiday. Take the same one, it seems that it is celebrated in accordance with Orthodox traditions, but at the same time it retained particles of ancient Slavic paganism. Therefore, such holidays are often also called folk-Christian.
Trinity Day is one of the 12 main Orthodox holidays. Therefore, this event is never complete without a church service in the temple, which also includes the Divine Liturgy and Great Vespers.
The temples themselves, icons and all internal paraphernalia are decorated with fresh greenery: birch branches, freshly cut grass lies on the floor, wild flowers, etc. This feels a certain moment of birth, renewal, youth, freshness. The end of spring, summer comes, full of colors, light and warmth. By the way, the priests also dress in clothes with shades of green.
In the Slavic tradition, the main attribute of the holiday, the main symbol, the main plant is birch. Birch branches with young green leaves symbolize the Holy Spirit, purity, health and well-being. Birch also scares away all evil spirits, removes witchcraft, prevents damage, reduces luck, etc. That is why even priests adorn temples with it.
The Saturday before the Trinity is also of great importance - this is the parental Saturday. On this day, one should commemorate the deceased relatives and loved ones, pray for them, since prayers on this day have much greater power.
On Trinity Saturday, you can not work at home. It is better to devote this day to prayers, commemoration. It is advisable to visit the graves of relatives, put things in order there, leave some treats. Most often these are sweets, cookies and various pastries.
Trinity week
In general, the holiday begins to some extent already a week before Trinity Sunday. Green Christmas time, Semitskaya week, Semikom - Christianity and paganism are intertwined in all this.
These days, folk festivals, dances, fist fights, matchmaking, weaving wreaths, round dances (around birch trees or fires), fortune-telling, symbolic cleaning around the house and household, as well as commemoration of the dead take place. All this in a complex is done to attract good luck for the whole summer, as well as to scare away various evil spirits.
Semik is the seventh Thursday after Easter, celebrated two days before Trinity itself. They decorate houses with greenery, birch branches, usually this is entrusted to little girls (up to 12 years old).
Then the people go to the forest, curl the birch with ribbons, dance around them and sing songs. In the same place, a certain feast takes place in the clearing, they cover the clearing with a tablecloth, lay out the dishes that they brought with them. There should be a lot of pies, especially with greens, eggs, there should be kvass and kozuli - special gingerbread.
Parental Saturday before the Trinity is prayers, commemoration of the departed.
The Day of the Holy Trinity itself is also accompanied by songs, festivities and round dances around the birches. It is also worth noting that on this day the activity of matchmaking and other wedding-related rituals increases. This is done in order to have time to play a wedding during the Intercession.
What to bring to the table
As with any major religious holiday, any food is allowed on Trinity. It can be tasty, satisfying, refined. All fast foods are allowed. In general, what you love most, then cook for health! Of course, since it's summer, there should be a lot of greens and seasonal vegetables.
But among the variety of standard snacks, salads, meat dishes with side dishes, there must also be pastries! Ideally, there should be a loaf. In addition to bread, a variety of pies should also complement the festive table. Baking can be both sweet and not sweet, the main thing is that it be.
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Congratulations on the Trinity
As in any other Orthodox holiday, you can and even need to congratulate loved ones on the Great Trinity. By doing this, you not only carry the Word of God, but also spread positive emotions, positive energy throughout the Universe. And when everyone has positive emotions, a good mood, then life around becomes better!
There are congratulations in the form of short poems and prose. You can rewrite them and send them by e-mail, in the form of SMS or on a social network. You can even read them out loud over the phone.