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Venerable Basil isp. (750). Schmch. Arseny, Met. Rostovsky (1772). Venerable Cassian the Roman (435) (memory rescheduled from February 29).

Blzh. Nicholas, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Pskov (1576). Schmch. Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria (457). Schmch. Nestor, bishop Magiddian (250). Prpp. wives of Marina and Kira (about 450). Venerable John, named Barsanuphius, bishop. Damascus (V); mch. Theoktyrist (VIII) (commemoration carried over from February 29).

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

At the 6th hour: Is. II, 3-11. For the evening: Gen. I, 24 - II, 3. Prov. II, 1-22.

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Venerable Martyry Zelenetsky

Venerable Martyry Zelenetsky , in the world of Mina, came from the city of Velikiye Luki. His parents, Cosmas and Stephanides, died when he was not yet ten years old. He was brought up by his spiritual father, a priest of the city's Annunciation Church, and the boy more and more clenched his soul to God.

Widowed, his mentor accepted monasticism with the name Bogolep at the Velikie Luki Trinity-Sergius Monastery. Mina often visited him at the monastery, and then he himself was tonsured there with the name Martyrius. For seven years the teacher and the student worked unremittingly to the Lord in one cell, competing with each other in the exploits of labor and prayer. Monk Martyrius bore the obedience of a cellar, treasurer and sexton.

At this time, the Mother of God for the first time showed Her special care for the Monk Martyria. At noon, he dozed off in the bell tower and saw on the pillar of fire the image of the Most Holy Theotokos Hodegetria. The monk kissed him with trepidation, hot from the pillar of fire, and waking up, he still felt this heat on his forehead.

On the spiritual advice of the Monk Martyrius, the seriously ill monk Abramy went to worship the miraculous Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God and was healed. The monk was imbued with fervent faith in the intercession of the Mother of God. He began to pray to the Heavenly Queen to show him where to hide in order to undergo the feat of perfect silence, to which his soul was striving. The monk secretly withdrew to a deserted place 60 versts from Velikiye Luki. As the monk himself writes in his notes, "in that desert I accepted great fears from demons, but I prayed to God, and the demons were put to shame." In a letter to the elder Bogolep, the monk asked for blessing to live in the wilderness, but the confessor advised Martyrius to return to the hostel, where he was useful to the brethren. Not daring to disobey and not knowing what to do, Saint Martyrius set off for Smolensk to worship the miraculous icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria and the miracle worker Abraham (Comm. 21 August). In Smolensk, the monks Abraham and Ephraim appeared to the saint in a dream and reassured him with a proclamation that the Lord had appointed him to live in the wilderness, "where God will bless and the Most Holy Theotokos will instruct."

Then the monk went to the Tikhvin monastery, hoping that there the Mother of God would finally resolve his bewilderment. And indeed, the monk Abramius, who, in gratitude to the Mother of God for his healing, remained forever in that monastery, told him about the hidden desert, over which he had a vision of the shining Cross of the Lord. This time, having received the blessing of the elder, the Monk Martyrius took with him two small icons of the same size - the Life-Giving Trinity and the Most Holy Theotokos of Tikhvin - and set off for the desert, which was called the Green, for it rose as a beautiful green island among the wooded swamps.

The life of the monk in this wilderness was cruel and painful, but neither cold, nor deprivation, nor wild animals, nor the intrigues of the enemy could shake his resolve to endure the trials to the end. He set up a chapel in glorification and thanksgiving to the Lord and the Most Pure Theotokos, in which he again deigned to see the image of the Mother of God in a dream, this time - floating on the sea. The Archangel Gabriel appeared to the right of the icon and invited the monk to venerate the image. After hesitation, the Monk Martyrius entered the water, but the image began to sink into the sea. Then the monk prayed, and immediately the wave carried him from the image to the shore.

The wilderness was sanctified by the life of a hermit, and many began to come to it, not only to be edified by the word and example of the monk, but also to settle with him. The multiplying brotherhood of his disciples prompted the monk to build a church in the Name of the Life-Giving Trinity, where he also placed his prayer icons. As a testimony of the grace of God, who rested at the monastery of the Monk Martyrius, the monk Guriy was honored to see the Cross shining in heaven above the church cross.

This was the beginning of the Trinity Zelenetsky Monastery - "The Green Martyrian Hermitage". The Lord blessed the labors of the monk, and the grace of God apparently shone on him. The fame of his clairvoyance and gift of healings spread far. Many eminent Novgorodians began to send offerings to the monastery. At the expense of the pious boyar Fyodor Syrkov, a warm church was built, consecrated in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos in memory of the first church in Velikiye Luki, from where he began his journey to God as a boy.

From the Most Pure Theotokos, the monk continued to receive grace-filled reinforcements. Once, in a subtle dream, the Mother of God herself appeared to him in his cell, on a bench, in a large corner where the icons stood. "I looked, without looking up, at Her holy face, at eyes filled with tears ready to fall on Her pure face. I got up from sleep and was terrified. I lit a candle from the lamp to see if the Most Pure Virgin was sitting still, where I saw Her in a dream. I approached the image of Hodegetria and was convinced that the Mother of God appeared to me in the image that She was depicted in my icon, "the monk recalled.

Soon after this (about 1570) the Monk Martyrius received the priesthood in Novgorod from the archbishop (Alexander or Leonidas). It is known that in 1582 he was already abbot.

Later, the Lord gave the Green Desert an even richer benefactor. In 1595 in Tver, Saint Martyrius healed the dying son of the former Tsar of Kasimov, Simeon Bekbulagovich, praying before his icons of the Life-Giving Trinity and the Tikhvin Mother of God and placing the image of the Most Holy Theotokos on the patient's chest. With donations from the grateful Simeon, churches were built in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God and Saint John Chrysostom - the Heavenly patron saint of the healed Tsarevich John.

In 1595, Tsar Theodore Ioannovich gave the monastery a letter of gratitude, approving the monastery founded by the monk.

Having reached a ripe old age and preparing for death, the Monk Martyrius dug his own grave, placed in it a coffin made with his own hands, and wept there a lot. Feeling the imminent departure, the monk summoned the brethren and begged his children in the Lord to have unshakable hope in the Most Holy Life-Giving Trinity and to place their trust entirely in the Mother of God, as he always trusted in Her. Having partaken of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, he gave the brethren a blessing and with the words: "Peace to all Orthodox," - in spiritual joy he rested in the Lord on March 1, 1603.

The monk was buried in a grave he himself had dug near the Church of the Mother of God, and then his holy relics rested under a berth in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, under the basement church in honor of St. John the Theologian. The former monk of the Zelenetsky monastery, Metropolitan of Kazan and Novgorod Korniliy (+ 1698), compiled a service and wrote the life of the Monk Martyrius, using personal notes and the will of the monk.

Troparion to the Monk Martyry Zelenetsky

From youth, God-blessed, having loved Christ, / the fatherland left asi / and, having deviated from all worldly rebellions, / into the quietly honorable inhabited God-founding, delightful, delightful, delightful; he dwelt in it, / gathered the monstrous ones, / and took these by thy teachings, as a ladder ascending to Heaven, / diligently tried to erect to God, / I prayed to Him, God-mate, Martyr.

Translation: From your youth, blissful in God, having loved Christ, you left your Fatherland and retired from all the bustle of the world, in the quiet haven of the venerable monastery of the Mother of God, you found yourself, from there, seeing an impassable desert, indicated by a cruciform dawn, found it suitable, and settling in it, gathered the monastics and By their teaching, like a ladder ascending to Heaven, in tireless work you tried to lead to God, but pray to Him, God-wise Martyrius, to grant our souls great mercy.

Kontakion to the Monk Martyry Zelenetsky

Fatherland, venerable, and all the worldly rebellion, you have longed to deviate, / and, having entered the desert, / there, in the blessing of silence, the cruel life showed you, / and the joy of obedience / obedience. / even pray, God-blessed, for us, your own chadeh, and you have gathered together, / and for all the faithful, so we call you: // rejoice, father Martyrie, the silence of the desert lover.

Translation: Fatherland, reverend, and all the worldly vanity you wished to leave and settled in the wilderness, there, in blissful silence, you showed a difficult life and brought up children of obedience and humility [monks] in it. Because of this, I have acquired the boldness [courage, decisive aspiration] to pray to the Holy Trinity for us, your children, whom you have gathered, and for all believers, we urge you: rejoice, Father Martyrius, lover of the wilderness of silence.

Prayer to the Monk Martyry Zelenetsky

Oh, good pastor, our master, reverend father Martyri! Hear the prayer that we are bringing to you now. We are bo, as in the spirit you abide with us. You, reverend, as having boldness towards the Sovereign, Jesus Christ, our God, and to the Most Most Honorable God of God, be a walk and a warm prayer for the dwellers, who have redeemed and rewarded her, have not been and the chief, to your God-chosen brotherhood, an assistant and intercessor, since by your representation and prayers we will remain unharmed in this place; from demons and wicked people we are not invoked, and from all troubles and misfortunes we will be saved. But to all who come to your holy abode from everywhere and who pray to you with faith and worship your race, please your prayers, who are relieved of all sorrows, sickness and happiness; and for all of us a warm representative to the Lord and a helper to our souls will be, he also let go of our sins and your prayers, holy, reward us with much torment and mercy of all the holy graces to the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Reading the Gospel with the Church

Hello dear brothers and sisters.

In the last program, it was about the gospel of Zechariah in the Jerusalem temple about the birth of John the Baptist.

Today we will consider the text of the same Evangelist Luke, which tells about the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.

1.26. In the sixth month the Angel Gabriel was sent from God to the city of Galilee, called Nazareth,

1.27. to the Virgin, betrothed to a husband named Joseph, from the house of David; the name of the Virgin: Mary.

1.28. The Angel, coming in to Her, said: Hail, Blessed One! The Lord is with You; blessed are you between wives.

1.29. She, seeing him, was embarrassed by his words and wondered what kind of greeting it would be.

1.30. And the angel said to her: do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God;

1.31. and behold, you will conceive in your womb, and you will bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus.

1.32. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

1.33. and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and his kingdom will have no end.

1.34. Mary said to the Angel: How will it be when I do not know my husband?

1.35. The Angel answered Her: The Holy Spirit will come upon You, and the power of the Most High will overshadow You; therefore, the Holy One being born will be called the Son of God.

1.36. Here is also Elisabeth, your relative, who is called barren, and she conceived a son in her old age, and she is already six months old.

1.37. for with God no word will remain powerless.

1.38. Then Mary said: behold, the Servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. And the Angel departed from Her.

(Luke 1, 26-38)

Both stories about the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel are built according to the same scheme: the appearance of an angel, his prediction about the miraculous birth of a child, a story about the coming greatness, the name he should be named; doubt of the interlocutor of the angel and the granting of a sign confirming the words of the messenger of Heaven. But still, there are also many differences in these narratives.

If Zechariah meets the messenger of God at the most magnificent moment of his life and this happens in the house of God, in Jerusalem, during the divine service, then the scene of the appearance of the same angel to a young girl is emphatically simple and devoid of any external solemnity. It takes place in Nazareth, a run-down provincial town in the Galilee.

And if the righteousness of Zechariah and Elizabeth was emphasized from the very beginning and the news of the birth of a son was given in response to intensified prayers, then practically nothing is said about young Mary: neither about her moral qualities, nor about any kind of religious zeal.

However, all human stereotypes are overturned, for the one whose birth was announced in the clubs of incense will be just a forerunner, herald of the coming of the One about whom it was told so modestly.

The Evangelist Luke points out that Elizabeth was six months pregnant when the angel appeared in Nazareth with the good news to the Virgin Mary. In Elizabeth's case, the obstacles to birth were her infertility and old age; for Mary, her virginity.

We know that Mary was betrothed to Joseph. According to Jewish marriage law, girls were betrothed to future husbands very early, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen. The engagement lasted for about a year, but the bride and groom were considered husband and wife from the moment of the engagement. This year the bride stayed in the home of her parents or guardians. In fact, the girl became a wife when her husband took her to his house.

Joseph, as we remember, came from the family of King David, which was extremely important, because through Joseph and Jesus he became legally a descendant of David. Indeed, in ancient times, legal relationship was considered more important than blood.

Greetings: Rejoice, Blessed One! The Lord is with You(Luke 1, 28), - the angel addresses the Virgin Mary. The author writes in Greek. It is quite possible that the Greek word "haire" ("rejoice") in Hebrew could sound like "shalom", that is, a wish for peace.

Like Zechariah, Mary is confused and full of confusion, caused both by the appearance of the angel and his words. The messenger tries to explain to Mary and reassure her with the words: do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God(Luke 1:30). He then explains what is about to happen. And he does it through three basic verbs: conceive, give birth, name.

Usually the father gave the name to the child as a sign that he recognizes him as his own, but here this honor belongs to the mother. Jesus is the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Yeshua, which is most likely translated as "Yahweh - salvation."

Hearing from the angel how great her Son will be, Mary asks a natural question: how will it be when I don’t know my husband?(Luke 1:34).

This question, dear brothers and sisters, is both simple and difficult to understand. Mary cannot understand the words of the angel, since she is not yet married (in the actual sense, although in the legal sense she already had a husband). But Mary will soon enter into conjugal intercourse, why is she so surprised?

There are several attempts to explain this issue, and they are based on the words “I don’t know my husband”. Thus, some people believe that the verb “know” must be understood in the past tense, that is, “I have not yet known my husband”. From which it follows that Mary understood the angel's words as a proclamation to her of her actual state of pregnancy.

According to another point of view, the verb "know" comes from the word "know", that is, to enter into conjugal communication. The patristic tradition indicates to us that the Virgin Mary made a vow of eternal virginity and her words should be understood only as “I will not know my husband”. But some scholars argue that this was impossible, since in the Jewish tradition of that time, marriage and childbearing were not only honorable, but also obligatory. And if there were communities where people led a virgin life, then they were mostly men. And such statements seem logical. But let's not forget that God does not act according to human logic - He is above everything and can put a virtuous thought on the heart of a pure person and strengthen even a young girl in her godly desire to preserve her integrity.

A clear confirmation of the fact that God does not act within the framework of the physical laws of nature is the answer of the angel Mary: The Holy Spirit will come upon You, and the power of the Most High will overshadow You; therefore, the Holy One who is born will be called the Son of God(Luke 1:35). One often hears a distorted understanding of a given moment in the gospel story. People try to explain the Virgin Mary's immaculate conception of the Son of God as a literary device taken from Greek myths, where the gods descended from Olympus and entered into relationships with women, from whom the so-called "sons of God" were born. But in this text we see nothing of the kind. Yes, and in the Holy Spirit there is no masculine principle, which is even emphasized by the grammatical gender: the Hebrew ruach (spirit) is feminine, and the Greek pneuma is neuter.

The Jewish Talmud also tries to challenge the virginity of the Savior's conception, arguing that Jesus was the illegitimate son of an escaped soldier named Panther, hence the Talmudic name for Christ - Ben-Panther. But some scholars believe that "panther" is a distorted Greek word "parthenos", which translates as "virgin", which means that the Talmudic expression should be understood as "Son of the Virgin."

The Annunciation scene ends with Mary's response to Gabriel's message: behold, the Servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word(Luke 1:38).

These words contain the great humility of a young girl, ready to fulfill any will of God. There is no slavish fear, but only a sincere readiness to serve the Lord. No one has ever succeeded, and it is unlikely that they will be able to express their faith the way the Virgin Mary did. But this is what we, dear brothers and sisters, need to strive for.

Help us in this, the Lord.

Hieromonk Pimen (Shevchenko),
inhabitant of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra

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Preparation for the sacrament of Holy Baptism

V section " Preparing for Baptism"site "Sunday school: on-line courses " Archpriest Andrei Fedosov, the head of the department of education and catechesis of the Kinelsk Diocese, has collected information that will be useful to those who are going to be baptized themselves, or who want to baptize their child or become a godparent.

R The section consists of five catechumens, in which the content of the Orthodox teaching within the framework of the Symbol of Faith is revealed, the sequence and meaning of the rites performed at Baptism are explained and answers are given to common questions related to this Sacrament. Each conversation is accompanied by additional materials, links to sources, recommended literature and Internet resources.

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• Conversation number 1 Preliminary concepts
• Conversation No. 2 Sacred Bible Story
• Conversation number 3 Church of Christ
• Conversation number 4 Christian morality
• Conversation No. 5 The Sacrament of Holy Baptism

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The Baptism of the Lord is a Christian holiday.

Target: to acquaint students with the holiday of Epiphany; contribute to the formation of a respectful attitude towards the traditions and customs of their people; to develop cognitive motivation, the desire to know as much historical information as possible about the traditions of celebrating folk holidays; foster pride and responsibility for preserving the cultural traditions of their country.

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The Baptism of the Lord is a Christian holiday celebrated in honor of the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by John the Baptist on January 6 (19).

According to the Gospel story, Jesus Christ (at the age of 30) came to John the Baptist, who was at the Jordan River in Bethavar, with the goal of being baptized.

John, who preached a lot about the imminent coming of the Messiah, when he saw Jesus, was surprised and said: “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”. To this Jesus replied that “we must fulfill all righteousness,” and was baptized by John. During baptism, according to the Gospels, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in the form of a dove. At the same time, a Voice from Heaven proclaimed: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Lord came humbly
Wash off people's sins.
With the head bowed
He stands by the river.

And asks meekly Pure
Baptize Him like everyone else
Although He is purer than the pure,
Even though He is holier than all!

On the feast of the Epiphany, the greatest evangelical event is remembered, when at the Baptism of the Lord the Most Holy Trinity appeared to the world (Matthew 3, 13 - 17; Mark 1, 9 - 11; Luke 3, 21 - 22).

Therefore, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is also called the feast of the Epiphany, because during Baptism, God showed that He is the Most Holy Trinity: God the Father spoke from heaven, the incarnate Son of God was baptized, and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove.

And also at baptism for the first time people could see that not only man, but also God appeared in the person of Jesus Christ.

According to the gospel story, after his baptism, Jesus Christ, led by the Spirit, withdrew into the wilderness to prepare in solitude, prayer and fasting for the fulfillment of the mission with which he came to earth. For forty days Jesus “was tempted by the devil and did not eat anything during those days, but after them he was hungry for the last” (Luke 4: 2). Then the devil approached him and with three deceptions tried to tempt him to sin, like any other person.

The Sacrament of Baptism today belongs to one of the Sacraments of the Orthodox Church. Baptism can be called the spiritual birth of a person, his birth for the Church. Through Baptism, he becomes a member. Only after Baptism does a person gain access to all church sacraments, first of all, to Holy Communion, in which a person is united with God. During the Sacrament, a person is either immersed in water three times, or the person being baptized is doused with the priest pronouncing prayers.

The Sacrament of Baptism can be performed on both a child and an adult. A consecrated pectoral cross is put on a “newborn” Christian - his protection and a sign of belonging to the Church of Christ.

Baptism(Greek word - immersion) - 3 times a person immerses in water, as a sign that for 3 days the grace of the Resurrection was performed for us. Immediately after Baptism, a person is dressed in everything new and white.

Souls are purified
Under the banner of the cross

Be dumb and obedient
On the day of the baptism of Christ.

Vitaly Sivyakov

The meaning of Baptism is that a new person emerges from the font, who wants to live according to new Christian laws. There are 10 of them in total. Let's name the most understandable to you:

1. Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days on earth may be prolonged.

2. Don't kill.

3. Don't steal.

4. Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.

5. Love your neighbor as yourself, etc.

Epiphany traditions.

An early mention of the special veneration of the water collected on the day of the Baptism of the Lord, and of its miraculous properties (primarily the ability not to deteriorate for a long time) is contained in one of the sermons of St. John Chrysostom (387): “On this holiday, everyone, drawing water, brings it home and keeps it throughout the year, since today the waters are blessed; and a clear sign takes place: this water in its essence does not deteriorate over time, but, gleaned today, it remains intact and fresh for a whole year, and often for two or three years. "

On the eve or on the day of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, many believers go to water bodies or ice-holes cut in advance in churches. Artificial ice holes are most often in the form of a cross. Such places of baptismal consecration of water are called Jordanes - in memory of the baptisms performed by Saint John the Baptist on the banks of the Jordan. The priest performs the rite of illuminating the water: he says prayers and submerges the cross in water three times. Everyone who wishes can plunge into the water three times with a prayer: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” and this action sanctifies the soul and body of a person. In churches on this day, a special prayer service is served on the rite of the great consecration of water, and each parishioner can take with him a bottle of Epiphany water, which will serve him to strengthen the spiritual, mental and physical.

"Repent and be baptized
As a sign of repentance, you -
Thus spoke the Baptist,
Talking to people -

I baptize you with water,
Washing away your sins.
The Messiah is following me
Savior of human souls.

He will baptize in the Spirit
To the saints given by God ... "

Orthodox Christians annually celebrate Epiphany on January 19, and on January 18 - Epiphany Eve, the eve of Epiphany. This is the main day of Christmas divination.

Epiphany Christmas Eve is also called Hungry Kutya, a hungry holy evening. On this day, they prepare the last kutya of the Christmas and New Year holidays. They called her hungry because from that time until the next day, until the water in the reservoirs was consecrated, people did not eat. The rest of the kutya was given to the chickens, and in a separate pot they put 3 tablespoons of dishes that were on the table on Epiphany Eve. From this pot the one who was the last to return home from the river to Epiphany ate. And therefore, everyone who went to bless the water tried to return home as soon as possible.

In ancient times, Epiphany frosts were very strong. Before dinner on Epiphany Eve, the owner of the house took spoons of kutya, went to the window and invited the frost to eat kutya. And he said, since the frost does not go into the house, let it not go to the harvest. In addition, calling frost was a special fun for children, who, falling to the windows, in every way invited him to dinner. But after the Baptism of frosts, the weakening of frosts began.

From January 18 to January 19, at midnight, the water in taps, wells, rivers becomes holy. It can be recruited and it will last for years. The water collected on the feast of Epiphany is cherished for washing, cleansing and from diseases. In addition, everyone who had innermost desires tried to pray for them on January 19 by the morning, when heaven opened, it was believed that everything that was asked for at that time would come true.

During all the holidays before Epiphany, women tried not to go to fetch water, it was a purely man's work. In addition, they did not rinse their linen in the water of the river, because they believed that devils were sitting there and could grab hold of them.

On the morning of January 19, men walked to the river and made an ice-hole in the shape of a cross. Closer to lunchtime, the priest blessed the water, after which they took it up and drank it, and performed bathing. And women for Baptism are obliged to have their cheeks ruddy, dipped viburnum or corals into a vessel with holy water and wash themselves.

Signs of the day:

A lot of snow - a lot of bread.

In the morning snow is a good harvest of buckwheat.

Blizzard - bees will swarm well.

Bright stars - there will be a good offspring of livestock, a lot of peas, berries.

Cloudy in the morning, warm, snow or frost is a grain-growing year.

Clear, cold - crop failure. Summers are dry.

A lot of dogs bark - a lot of animals, there will be game.

Quiz "Baptism of the Lord":

1. The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is called the Epiphany, because:

a) The Lord revealed Himself as the Most Holy Trinity

b) Christ showed His human and divine essence

c) Both answers are correct

2. “A voice crying in the wilderness” means:

3. The Lord Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist at the age of:

4. The Holy Spirit appeared during the Baptism of the Lord in the form:

a) Clouds

c) Dove

5. John the Baptist did not want to baptize the Lord because:

a) I thought I was unworthy

b) Jesus told him that this is not the time

c) He himself received baptism from the Lord

I congratulate you on the Baptism
So I want you soon
I wish everyone to get along with the world,
Live, keeping warm in your soul!
Be always the same kind
Be healthy! Be strong!
Let your soul be huge

Quiz "Baptism of the Lord"

1. The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is called the Epiphany, because:

a) The Lord revealed Himself as the Most Holy Trinity

b) Christ showed His human and divine essence

c) Both answers are correct

2. “A voice crying in the wilderness” means:

3. The Lord Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist at the age of:

4. The Holy Spirit appeared during the Baptism of the Lord in the form:

a) Clouds

c) Dove

5. John the Baptist did not want to baptize the Lord because:

a) I thought I was unworthy

b) Jesus told him that this is not the time

c) He himself received baptism from the Lord

6.The first Christian prince in Russia was ...
a) Askold
b) Oleg
c) Vladimir
d) Svyatoslav
7. What was the name of the holy princess Olga at baptism?
a) Elizabeth
b) Efrosinya
c) Elena
d) Ekaterina
8. During the Baptism of Prince Vladimir, a miracle happened to him. Which?
a) He began to speak
b) He began to hear
c) He began to walk
d) He began to see
9.Vladimir built a cathedral, for the maintenance of which he allocated a significant part of the income. This building was called ...
a) Sofia Kievskaya
b) Church of the Tithes
c) Sofia Novgorodskaya
d) Sofia Polotskaya
10. Before the adoption of Christianity, Vladimir invited representatives of different faiths to his palace. Among them were Orthodox, Catholics, Muslims and ...
a) Buddhists
b) Zoroastrians
c) Jews
d) Hindus
11. Having adopted Christianity, Vladimir married the Byzantine princess Anna. From this marriage were born:
a) Yaroslav and Svyatopolk
b) Boris and Gleb
c) Predislav and Izyaslav
d) They had no children
12.On the acquisition of faith, Prince Vladimir spoke like this:
a) "I was nothing - I became everything!"
b) "I was a beast - I became a man"
c) "I was a king - I became a servant"
d) "I was blind - I became sighted"
13. In which river did Prince Vladimir baptize the Kievites?
a) Dnipro
b) Pochayna
c) Dniester
d) Psel
14. What was done with the idols at the behest of Prince Vladimir?
a) Burned
b) Chopped up
c) Nothing
d) Drowned in the Dnieper
15. The oldest cathedral preserved in Kiev
a) Sofia Kievskaya
b) Assumption Cathedral
c) Prince Vladimir Cathedral
d) St. Andrew's Church

Educator: Nemchinova R.N.