Comment on Pentecost the Birthday of the Church and the receival of the Gifts of Holy Spirit of Faith, Hope, Love for the Mankind by admin.
It is also a local tradition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for the priest to throw at the Church laymn a walnut haulm as a physical represantations of the "Tongues as of fire" which came to each member of the Church assembly showing up the great power each of the 120 people apostles and Mother of God the Holy Theotokos received when gathered in the Church following Christ's order.
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The Church services specific is that it is way longer than usual Church services as there is a combination of Morning and Evening service starting immediately after the holy liturgy. Hence the usual evening service that is served everyday in the Church cycle is served immediately after the Liturgy is over. At the end of the liturgy the priest immediately starts with the words "Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit!"just as a normal evening service.
In the 6th century st. Basilios the Great created 3 special prayers the so called kneeling prayers which are red near the end of evening service.
Always the next day after Pentecost in One Holy Estern Orthodox Church is the feast of the Holy Spirit through which we are granted all wisdom and who is the origin of life.
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The Church Rejoices + Daniil Metropolitan of Vidin chosen and Enthroned as Head of Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Dostoin / Axios !
Interesting fact I forgot to mention in the article, Currently, both Bulgarian and Romanian Orthodox Church had a patriarch called DANIIL.:)
Again, for many and Blessed years to our new Patriarch DANIIL ! SAVE OH MOST MERCIFUL GOD OUR SERVENT AND BLESS HIM TO RIGHTOUSLY RULE OVER THE FLOCK OF THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH !
What is rather fun is during the anti-protest organized by Metropolitan Nikolay (with people only from the Plovdiv eparchy just like in the good old times of communism was financed by the unwilling people to go to the event). It was lied that the reason for Nikolay people to protest is because this is a protest in front of the Synod against the accepting of gay marriages (what a lie !!!). Besides that there is a many people from village called Krepost (if not mistaken the village) who were (protestants!) and came to protest in favour of the new anti people legislation (even though not orthodox christians), because they were mislead the protests are against the gays!
Metropolitan Nikolay has publicly asked priests in his eparchy to sign a document they're going to be present on the protests that should support the New Synodal "order". Those who were unwilling to cooperate of course can always be sent by their Metropolitan to a very distant village or even taken away their profession as priests so there was a lot of pressure put on those people.
От архива: Христовата любов побеждава дори смъртта, твърдеше приживе патриарх Неофит
Българският Патриарх Неофит в Москва на 8 Март 2016 г. ЧАСТ 2
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Hi Stan,
I guess you cannot read the writtings on the icon as it is in cyrillic.
This is not Saint Mary and Saint Peter but Adam and Eve written in cyrillic on top of the icon.
Actually in orthodoxy it is a requirement for the depicted personalities, especially saints to have
written on the names of the saint and have the Halo. If you look closely at the picture you will notice
the two Adam and Eve are missing a Halo. The only person with a Halo in the icon is Saint John the Baptist.
Best Regards
Georgi
