What is important to know about the feast of the Holy Trinity. Holy Trinity: the history of the holiday

In recent years, interest in Orthodox holidays has noticeably increased among Russians. On such days, it is customary to go to church, lay a festive table for your loved ones, and in some cases take part in folk festivals that last until the evening. The Orthodox holiday of the Trinity is especially revered by the people. This day was one of the most important holidays of the year even among our ancestors, who called it "Green Christmas". In the future, the ancient traditions were superimposed on the Orthodox, which even more firmly fixed them in the memory of the people.

The traditions of the Trinity holiday are rooted deep in history, today we will talk about them and everything related to this important day for every Orthodox. Surprisingly, many Russians still have difficulty understanding where this holiday came from, and what is its main meaning. Let's figure it out together.

Trinity: what kind of holiday and meaning

All Christians in the world celebrate the Day of the Holy Trinity on a grand scale. It belongs to the list of the most important Orthodox holidays, therefore, in addition to special church services, all kinds of folk festivals are held, during which people should have fun with all their hearts.

Often this day is also called "Pentecost". It is noteworthy that modern church traditions are very closely intertwined with the customs of the Eastern Slavs, who also widely celebrated this day. So what is Trinity? It is difficult to overestimate its significance for every Christian. After all, it was on this day that the Holy Spirit descended to earth and Christians received proof of the trinity of God. From that moment on, they carried the message of Christ around the planet, telling everyone and everyone about the Savior of mankind.

Orthodoxy

The history of the Trinity holiday begins at a time when Christianity was just beginning to emerge. It is believed that on one significant day the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles, descending from heaven in the form of flames and endowing the apostles with incredible power. She gave them the opportunity to carry the good news throughout the world and preach about Christ to anyone who is ready to hear about the Savior.

It is believed that this day is the day of the founding of the Church on earth. In addition, the holiday symbolizes the fact that God is one in three persons. This truth is one of the most difficult to understand in Orthodoxy. Not every believer can realize from the first days that God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit exist in unity and do good on earth, illuminating all living with divine grace.

It is interesting that the apostles themselves laid the foundations of how the Trinity holiday is celebrated. They annually arranged magnificent celebrations on this occasion and bequeathed to all their followers not to miss this day in any case.

Pagan roots of the holiday

We have already mentioned that the history of the Trinity holiday goes back centuries, when Christianity had not yet come to Rus'. The first week of summer was considered the period when the life-giving forces of nature completely conquer darkness and evil. At this time, hot weather finally set in, which marked the arrival of the best months in the life of the Slavs, when one could forget about the long and cold winter, which takes many souls with it.

It was this deep meaning that gave rise to a number of customs of the Trinity holiday, which are observed to this day. Of course, most of our compatriots no longer remember why it is required to do one way or another, but still clearly adhere to established customs and rituals. We will also talk about them in the following sections of the article.

Holiday date

Every year, all Orthodox discuss what date the feast of the Trinity will be celebrated this year. Indeed, like many other church holidays, it has a floating date. It directly depends on what day Easter falls on.

The fact is that the Trinity comes on the fiftieth day after this bright and great holiday for all Christians. A prerequisite is the day of the week - it is always Sunday. In order to better navigate the dates of Orthodox holidays, many acquire a church calendar, which lists all the important days for Christians.

On what date is the feast of the Trinity celebrated this year? It fell on the fourth of June, and in 2018 we will celebrate it on the twenty-seventh of May. Each time this day is accompanied by an abundance of events held by the city authorities. After all, every mayor strives to do everything so that his residents truly rest during the festivities. But do not forget about the traditions of the Trinity holiday, which must be observed without fail.

When did the holiday begin to be celebrated in Rus'?

It is noteworthy that only three hundred years after the baptism of Rus', the Trinity became a great holiday. For a long time, the traditions of the Trinity holiday were not fixed in any way and did not become familiar and familiar. But thanks to the efforts of Sergius of Radonezh, this day gradually became one of the most significant of the year.

From the fourteenth century, the Trinity was celebrated everywhere, and after some time, the people combined pagan and Orthodox traditions, forming peculiar rituals for the Trinity, which are still observed. I would like to talk about them in more detail.

Orthodox traditions

Divine service on the Trinity is considered one of the most solemn. The holiday starts on Sunday and lasts for three days. The most beautiful service is performed on the first day, it consists of a liturgy and vespers, when the descent of the Holy Spirit is glorified in every possible way. It is noteworthy that all church ministers dress in green clothes and read prayers on their knees. Traditional prayers for the Church, the salvation of all Christians and the repose of the souls of the dead are considered mandatory during the service on the Trinity. They are read all three days.

In obedience to the ancient tradition of the feast of the Trinity, churches throughout the country are decorated with birch branches, and the floors are covered with fresh grass. All this symbolizes the power of the Holy Spirit, which renews and gives life to every Christian.

Rites

The customs of the Trinity holiday were formed in the pagan period. He was especially loved by the girls who celebrated him not for three days, but for five. The first celebrations began two days before Sunday and were accompanied by mass celebrations.

The holiday itself had a deep sacred meaning, the Slavs associated it with the cult of nature and its renewal. All sorts of maiden rituals for the Trinity were also adopted. The holiday could not do without mentioning all the dead, and especially those who died from drowning.

In all the villages and villages of Rus', before the holiday, girls from the age of seven to twelve went in a noisy company to a birch grove. There they broke branches with young leaves and decorated the huts with them. The Thursday before Trinity belonged to children and youth. From the very early morning they were fed with a traditional dish, symbolizing the sunshine and the arrival of warm days - scrambled eggs. After a hearty breakfast, the gang of children went to the forest. There they found the most beautiful birch and began to decorate it. The tree was wrapped around with multi-colored ribbons, braids were woven from them, and beads and wreaths of flowers were fixed on top. The children sang songs and danced round dances, the day ended with a joint meal. Usually it consisted of what was taken from home. But every mother tried to give her child something tasty and special, because eating under the ritual tree was a very important part of the holiday.

On Saturday, it was customary to remember the dead relatives, and on Sunday the whole family had to go to the temple, which was decorated in advance with green branches for the holiday. After the end of the service, the young people again went to the forest to remove all decorations from the birch. This action was also accompanied by singing and dancing, after which the children and teenagers again began to eat. At the end of the day, the ritual tree was cut down and shown to the whole village, sometimes it was floated down the river. It was believed that this would contribute to the rapid growth of crops in the fields.

Traditions

The Orthodox holiday of the Trinity has a lot of traditions that have come from ancient times. For example, after leaving the church, the people collected grass that fell under their feet and leaves from the trees in the courtyard of the temple. The grass was often mixed with hay to keep livestock healthy, or brewed as a health drink for family members. But wreaths and figurines were woven from leaves and branches. They were considered amulets for the house and hung in different parts of it.

Birch is traditionally used to decorate their homes and temples. It is often compared to a Christmas tree, without which a holiday cannot be imagined. However, branches of other trees are added in different parts of Russia. This is quite acceptable, the main thing is that they are in sufficient quantities. After all, vegetation symbolizes life given to people through their Creator.

The Trinity has always been considered a great holiday, so the hostesses treated it very seriously and responsibly. They put the house in perfect order, decorated it and made dough for various goodies. It was considered especially successful if a lot of guests gathered in your house.

Youth festivities on the Trinity also had their purpose. Girls specially sewed new outfits for this day and decorated themselves with wreaths of flowers and branches. During walks with girlfriends, they were admired by the guys who sent matchmakers to the beauty they liked. It was believed that those who will be married on this day will definitely live a long and happy life.

Housewives baked roes for their unmarried daughters on Trinity. These products made from dough and eggs were wreath-shaped, and it was imperative to take them with you into the forest. Without them, it was hard to imagine a meal under a birch.

Prohibitions

Modern people have a rather poor idea of ​​the list of prohibitions characteristic of the Trinity holiday. What can and what can not be done on this day, so as not to frighten off luck? We will reveal these secrets to you now:

• Among the people there was a ban on work on the most important three days of the Trinity. Any work on the ground was especially forbidden, but cooking was strongly encouraged.
• In no case should you make brooms from birch branches on this holiday.
• During the week, you can not repair the fences, according to legend, this contributes to the birth of pets with deformities.
• The strictest ban existed on swimming in lakes and rivers. It was believed that on the days of the Trinity, mermaids and all kinds of water evil spirits come to land. She lures young people to her and takes them forever. Therefore, they avoided the banks of rivers and lakes, bonfires were lit on them for protection, and wreaths with wormwood sprigs were put on the heads of the guys.

Folk omens

The Slavs came up with a lot of signs, which were given great importance on the Trinity. For example, dreams on the night of the holiday were considered prophetic. Therefore, they were a great success for the whole family. Many housewives collected medicinal herbs on the Trinity, on this day they were filled with strength and turned out to be the most useful.

If you want to protect yourself from misfortunes and adversity on this holiday, then pay attention to the poor. Walk and give them change, such an action will be the best protection for you and your loved ones.

Rain on Trinity means a rich harvest of mushrooms, besides, after the holiday, one could no longer wait for a cold snap and enjoy the truly summer warmth.

Holiday in the modern world

How is Trinity celebrated today? Of course, so as to completely immerse yourself in this incredible atmosphere, which is difficult to confuse and compare with something. Naturally, traditions and rituals have not been observed in cities for a long time, but in the villages you can see the holiday in all its glory. Residents of remote corners of Russia carefully keep all the rituals characteristic of the Trinity and pass them on to their children. Therefore, the village holiday is always so different from what is held in the city.

However, here, too, people celebrate the Trinity on a grand scale. Naturally, the morning of every Christian begins with a trip to church. On this day, all Orthodox come here, because the service itself takes place in a surprisingly festive atmosphere.

But after going to the temple, real festivities begin. Some housewives prefer to prepare a delicious table and invite guests to their house. Meat pies, pancakes, green-dyed eggs, and wine are must-have dishes. Most often it is red, but a white drink is also allowed.

If you do not want to spend the whole day at home, then go to the streets of the city. There will certainly be a lot of interesting and fun. Usually, in honor of the Trinity, festivities are organized with fairs and all kinds of entertainment events. People participate in competitions, buy crafts and delicious pies. Girls and women dress up in the most beautiful outfits, and men compete in strength and dexterity. The holiday lasts until the evening, but the youth does not disperse until dawn. After all, the Trinity is considered a holiday of strength and youth, as well as love. Of course, according to popular beliefs and traditions.

The Day of the Holy Trinity, or Pentecost, will be celebrated by Orthodox Christians around the world on May 27, 2018, Sputnik has collected the history of the holiday and useful facts about it.

The Day of the Holy Trinity is one of the most revered holidays among all Christians, which has its roots in ancient times.

Holy Trinity Day: a brief history of the holiday

Believers always celebrate the Trinity on the 50th day after Easter - the Resurrection of the Lord, in 2018 this great holiday fell on May 27th. On this day, believing Christians remember the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, described in the New Testament. Why is this event so significant for Christianity and church history?

Among believers, it is believed that after the descent of the Holy Spirit, the apostles went to preach to people - it was after this that the Christian community began to grow very quickly, and the teachings of Jesus began to gain more and more popularity among the people. Therefore, the Day of the Holy Trinity is also considered a kind of "birthday" of the church - it takes its origins in the event described above.

Jesus Christ himself in the Scriptures said: through his death and resurrection, his disciples will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit - he predicted this event, believing Christians are sure.

The Church teaches: at Pentecost, the descent of the Holy Spirit revealed the care of all the persons of God for the world. So, God the Father creates the world, God the Son redeems people from slavery to sin and the devil, and God the Holy Spirit sanctifies the world through the Church and sermons. It is no secret that the dogma of the Holy Trinity is one of the foundations of Christianity.

Historically, in Belarus, the Trinity holiday was called "Semukhov" - for our ancestors this day was very important and became the main religious holiday in June. Even before the advent of Christianity, these days, young girls twisted birch branches into wreath shapes and decorated them with ribbons - and whose wreath soon turns green, she will live a long time. Fortune-telling on the day of the Trinity was also widespread. After the establishment of Christianity in our territories, this custom began to be forgotten.

What is needed and what cannot be done on the Trinity?

Not only "ordinary" believers are preparing for the Trinity holiday, but also temples: it is customary to decorate them with birch branches, flowers, and freshly cut grass. You can decorate your apartment this way. Such decorations symbolize nature and spring. By the way, it is generally accepted that it is after the Trinity that the real summer begins.

Orthodox celebrate the Day of the Holy Trinity solemnly and magnificently, and all the chores and worries must be completed before the holiday. It is customary to attend an evening or morning service on Trinity, and also spend a lot of time with your family.

According to the teachings of the Church, on the day of the Trinity (May 27) one should not think about bad things, wish bad things to loved ones, or be offended by someone. Believers are sure that on this day the world is being updated.

Weddings and weddings should not be held on Trinity - if possible, they should be postponed to other days. You can’t swim in rivers or lakes on Trinity - since pagan times these days have been called Mermaid days: it is believed that swimming can be dangerous.

Of course, you can’t do household chores on this holiday - for example, embroider or spin.

Immediately after the Trinity, the Orthodox believers begin the Trinity week, or the continuous week. This week you can eat non-fast food only on Wednesday and Friday, and the teachings remind you that gluttony is not encouraged on June 5-12. On the first day of the Solid Week, it is not recommended to work either - this time the holiday fell on Sunday, so you can follow the instructions.

How the Trinity is celebrated in Belarus

In 2018, believers will be able to meet the Trinity with an all-night vigil in the churches of Belarus.

The Liturgy of Trinity Day will also be held in churches, after which Great Vespers is served - it is customary to turn prayers to the Triune God. For the first time after Easter, priests and parishioners on Trinity kneel in churches.

“We urge everyone to attend services, because this is Sunday, for the majority this is a day off. It would be right if each of us, desiring renewal from the Holy Spirit, purifies his heart with repentance and sanctifies his soul with the Communion of the Holy Mysteries, and shows his faith in works of mercy and love,” said Archpriest Sergiy Lepin, Chairman of the Synodal Information Department of the Belarusian Orthodox Church.

Among Minsk churches, two are dedicated to the Trinity - near the Memorial Temple in honor of All Saints and the church in Sevastopol Square. However, believers can come to this holiday in any of the temples of the capital.

Trinity: signs, traditions and customs

On June 4, 2017, Orthodox Christians celebrate Holy Trinity Day. This day is very important, since the event that became the reason for the holiday gave a significant impetus to the development of Christianity. To understand how to behave on the Trinity, and what to do, you need to learn a little about the history of the holiday.

Feast of the Holy Trinity - what does it mean

If we turn to the holy books of Christians, we can find out that the Trinity is a holiday associated primarily with Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection. The fact is that after the Son of God was resurrected, he ascended to heaven. This happened forty days after Jesus came out of the cave where he was buried. And ten days after the Ascension of Christ, another miracle happened.
Jesus had followers - devoted disciples who often gathered to pray. So it happened this time. The disciples came to a house on Mount Zion. And as soon as they began to pray, loud sounds were heard in the room where they were, reminiscent of the hum of the wind. Immediately, the whole chamber was engulfed in flames, but the tongues of fire did not burn anyone from those present. And then the disciples of Jesus heard the voice of the Lord. He told them to go and preach Christianity throughout the world. And then all the apostles spoke in different languages.
People also ran to the noise, the crowd gathered in front of the house, and when the apostles reported what had happened, three thousand people decided to be baptized on the same day. Soon the first Christian church was built, and the apostles began to preach religion in different countries.

The holiday is called the Day of the Holy Trinity for the reason that the trinity of God (God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit) was revealed to the apostles. This day also has a second name - Pentecost. It indicates the time when believers celebrate the holiday. The apostles heard the voice 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ. That is, the Trinity is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter.

What kind of holiday is the Trinity: signs, traditions and customs

The importance of this day prompts people to have questions regarding what can and cannot be done on Trinity. Basically, all prohibitions are exactly the same as on other Christian holidays. On this day, you should not do physical work (wash floors, make repairs, sew, clean up). And besides this, earthworks are also prohibited, such as weeding the garden, mowing grass, planting flowers.
Previously, people believed that if these rules were violated, then some kind of misfortune would happen, for example, for those who sew or knit, sheep, the source of yarn, would stray or die, and for those who were engaged in crops, hail would destroy the entire crop.
It is also better not to cook for the Trinity. Mistresses used to prepare everything for the holiday in advance, for example, on Friday or Saturday. Food can be warmed up, but you should not spend all day at the stove. As a rule, pies are baked on Trinity. And you can also cook any meat and fish dishes using as many greens as possible. In some parts of the country, there is another tradition that refers to Easter - people dye eggs green.

The best thing to do is to start the day with a visit to the temple. Churches are very beautifully decorated for the holiday - everywhere there are fresh flowers, tree branches, green bedspreads and whole carpets of grass. Such decoration symbolizes the beginning of life. People can also decorate their houses, it used to be believed that such a ceremony protects the home from evil spirits, for example, from mermaids who could drag someone under water.

Chinese New Year- This is the oldest traditional holiday of the New Year according to the Chinese calendar, which is still popular today.

The most magnificent celebration is held, of course, in China. For the people of the Land of the Rising Sun, Chinese New Year 2020 is the most important traditional and public holiday. The Spring Festival lasts 15 days, starting with the new moon, which marks the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar. The celebration ends 15 days later on the full moon with the Lantern Festival.

In addition to China, the holiday is also popular in many other countries, including Russia.

The Lunar New Year 2020 (otherwise called the Chinese New Year) does not have a fixed date, and begins on the date of the new moon closest to February 4 (04.02 is the "middle" between the Winter Solstice and for the northern hemisphere). In 2020, the Chinese New Year will begin on Saturday 25 January 2020. The meeting of the Year of the Rat will continue for 15 days, until February 8, 2020. And the last day of Chinese New Year 2020 will be Thursday 11 February 2021.

That is, the start and end dates of the New Year 2020 according to the Chinese calendar:
* Beginning - January 25, 2020
* Meeting - from January 25 to February 8, 2020
* Completion - February 11, 2021

What will the Chinese New Year 2020 be like (symbol):

The symbol of the next Chinese year is white metal Rat, or Mouse whoever likes it best.

What year according to the Chinese calendar will begin on January 25, 2020:

Since the Chinese calendar is cyclical, the Chinese themselves do not count years using continuous numbering. At the same time, outside of China, numbering is sometimes done, and the date of the reign of the mythical Yellow Emperor is taken as the starting point. This date is indicative and varies from source to source.

At a time when 2020 is coming in Russia, the Chinese are meeting 4718 year.

The Holy Trinity is a theological term reflecting the Christian doctrine of Trinity. This is one of the most important concepts of Orthodoxy.

The dogma of the Holy Trinity is the foundation of the Christian religion.

God is one in essence, but trinity in persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Trinity consubstantial and indivisible.

The very word "Trinity" of non-biblical origin was introduced into the Christian lexicon in the second half of the 2nd century by Theophilus of Antioch. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is given in the Christian Revelation.

The dogma of the Most Holy Trinity is incomprehensible, it is a mysterious dogma, incomprehensible at the level of reason. For the human mind, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity is contradictory, because it is a mystery that cannot be expressed rationally.

It is no coincidence that o. Pavel Florensky called the dogma of the Holy Trinity "a cross for human thought." In order to accept the dogma of the Most Holy Trinity, the sinful human mind must reject its claims to the ability to know everything and rationally explain everything, i.e., in order to comprehend the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, it is necessary to reject one’s own understanding.

The mystery of the Holy Trinity is comprehended, and only in part, in the experience of spiritual life. This comprehension is always associated with an ascetic feat. V.N. Lossky says: “Apophatic ascent is an ascent to Golgotha, therefore no speculative philosophy could ever rise to the mystery of the Holy Trinity.”

The Trinity distinguishes Christianity from all other monotheistic religions: Judaism, Islam. The doctrine of the Trinity is the foundation of all Christian faith and moral teaching, for example, the doctrine of God the Savior, of God the Sanctifier, etc. V.N. Lossky said that the Doctrine of the Trinity is “not only the basis, but also the highest goal of theology, for ... to know the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity in its fullness means to enter into Divine life, into the very life of the Most Holy Trinity.”

The doctrine of the Triune God comes down to three propositions:
1) God is trinity and trinity consists in the fact that there are three Persons (hypostases) in God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

2) Each Person of the Most Holy Trinity is God, but They are not three Gods, but the essence of a single Divine Being.

3) All three Persons differ in personal or hypostatic properties.

The Holy Fathers, in order to somehow bring the doctrine of the Holy Trinity closer to the perception of man, used various kinds of analogies borrowed from the created world.
For example, the sun and the light and heat emanating from it. A source of water, a spring from it, and, in fact, a stream or a river. Some see an analogy in the arrangement of the human mind (St. Ignatius Brianchaninov. Ascetic experiments): “Our mind, word and spirit, by the simultaneity of their beginning and by their mutual relations, serve as an image of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”
However, all these analogies are very imperfect. If we take the first analogy - the sun, outgoing rays and heat - then this analogy implies a certain temporal process. If we take the second analogy - a source of water, a key and a stream, then they differ only in our understanding, but in reality it is a single water element. As for the analogy connected with the abilities of the human mind, it can only be an analogy of the image of the Revelation of the Most Holy Trinity in the world, but not of intra-trinitarian being. Moreover, all these analogies place unity above trinity.
St. Basil the Great considered the rainbow to be the most perfect of analogies borrowed from the created world, because “one and the same light is both continuous in itself and multicolored.” “And in the multicoloredness a single face opens up - there is no middle and no transition between colors. It is not visible where the rays are delimited. We clearly see the difference, but we cannot measure the distances. And together, the multi-color rays form a single white. A single essence is revealed in a multi-colored radiance.

A Brief History of the Dogma of the Holy Trinity

Christians have always believed that God is one in essence, but trinity in persons, but the dogmatic doctrine of the Holy Trinity itself was created gradually, usually in connection with the emergence of various kinds of heretical delusions. The doctrine of the Trinity in Christianity has always been associated with the doctrine of Christ, with the doctrine of the Incarnation. Trinitarian heresies, trinitarian disputes had a Christological basis.

Indeed, the doctrine of the Trinity was made possible by the Incarnation. As they say in the troparion of Theophany, in Christ "Trinity worship appeared." The doctrine of Christ is “a stumbling block for the Jews, but foolishness for the Greeks” (1 Cor. 1:23). Likewise, the doctrine of the Trinity is a stumbling block for both "strict" Jewish monotheism and Hellenic polytheism. Therefore, all attempts to rationally comprehend the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity led to delusions of either a Jewish or Hellenic nature.

The first dissolved the Persons of the Trinity in a single nature, for example, the Sabellians, while others reduced the Trinity to three unequal beings (Arians). Arianism was condemned in 325 at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. The main act of this Council was the compilation of the Nicene Creed, in which non-biblical terms were introduced, among which the term "omousios" - "consubstantial" played a special role in the trinitarian disputes of the 4th century.

To uncover the true meaning of the term "homousios" took great efforts of the great Cappadocians: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and Gregory of Nyssa.
The great Cappadocians, first of all, Basil the Great, strictly distinguished between the concepts of "essence" and "hypostasis". The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are its manifestations in the Persons, each of which has the fullness of the divine essence and is in inseparable unity with it. The hypostases differ from each other only in personal (hypostatic) properties.
In addition, the Cappadocians actually identified (primarily two Gregory: Nazianzus and Nyssa) the concept of "hypostasis" and "person". “Face” in theology and philosophy of that time was a term that belonged not to the ontological, but to the descriptive plan, that is, the mask of an actor or the legal role that a person performed could be called a face.
By identifying "person" and "hypostasis" in trinitarian theology, the Cappadocians thereby transferred this term from the descriptive plane to the ontological plane. The consequence of this identification was, in essence, the emergence of a new concept that the ancient world did not know: this term is “personality”. The Cappadocians succeeded in reconciling the abstractness of Greek philosophical thought with the biblical idea of ​​a personal Deity.

Difference of Divine Persons according to hypostatic properties

According to the doctrine, Hypostases are Personalities, and not impersonal forces. At the same time, hypostases have a single nature. Naturally, the question arises, how to distinguish between them?
All divine properties belong to a common nature, they are characteristic of all three Hypostases and therefore they cannot express the differences of Divine Persons by themselves. It is impossible to give an absolute definition of each Hypostasis using one of the Divine names.
One of the features of personal existence is that a person is unique and unrepeatable, and therefore, it cannot be defined, it cannot be subsumed under a certain concept, since the concept always generalizes; cannot be reduced to a common denominator. Therefore, a personality can be perceived only through its relation to other personalities.
This is what we see in , where the concept of Divine Persons is based on the relationships that exist between them.
Starting approximately from the end of the 4th century, we can talk about generally accepted terminology, according to which hypostatic properties are expressed in the following terms: the Father has unbegottenness, the Son has begottenness (from the Father), and the procession (from the Father) of the Holy Spirit. Personal properties are properties that are incommunicable, eternally remaining unchanged, exclusively belonging to one or another of the Divine Persons. Thanks to these properties, the Persons are distinguished from each other, and we recognize them as special Hypostases.
At the same time, distinguishing three Hypostases in God, we confess the Trinity consubstantial and indivisible. Consubstantial means that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three independent Divine Persons possessing all divine perfections, but these are not three special separate beings, not three Gods, but the One God. They have a single and indivisible Divine nature. Each of the Persons of the Trinity possesses the divine nature in perfection and wholly.

The day of the Holy Trinity is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter, so this one is also called Pentecost. The feast of Pentecost, or the day of the Holy Trinity, passed like this. On the tenth day after the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, on the day of the Jewish feast of the first harvest, when the disciples and the Virgin Mary with them were in the Upper Room of Zion, at the third hour of the day a great noise was heard in the air, as during a storm. In the air, bright fluttering tongues of fire appeared. It was a non-material fire - it was of the same nature with the blessed fire, which annually descends in Jerusalem on Easter, it shone without burning. Hovering over the heads of the apostles, the tongues of fire descended on them and rested. Immediately, along with the external manifestation, an internal one took place, which took place in: “all were filled with the Holy Spirit.” Both the Mother of God and the apostles felt at that moment an extraordinary power acting in them. Simply and directly, they were given from above a new grace-filled gift of the verb - they spoke in languages ​​that they did not know before. This was the gift needed to preach the gospel throughout the world.

In memory of this event, the feast of Pentecost is also called the day of the descent of the Holy Spirit, as well as the day of the Holy Trinity: in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, who came from God the Father according to the promise of God the Son, the mystery of the unity of the Holy Trinity was revealed. This day received the name of Pentecost not only in memory of the ancient holiday, but also because this event fell on the fiftieth day after the Christian Easter. Just as the Easter of Christ replaced the ancient Jewish holiday, so Pentecost laid the foundation for the Church of Christ as a union in the Spirit on earth.

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