The priest spoke about the main traditions of the Trinity

Trinity, or Pentecost, is one of the great twelve—day holidays, which is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter. On this day, the third Person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit, revealed Himself, descending in the form of fiery tongues on the disciples of Christ, Archpriest Maxim Pervozvansky, a cleric of the Moscow Church of the Forty Sevastian Martyrs in Spasskaya Sloboda, told Izvestia.

"The main rule of church holidays is to be in church and participate in festive services," he said.

Father Maxim recalled that on the eve of Pentecost, at the all-night vigil, for the first time since Easter, prayer to the Holy Spirit "Heavenly King" is heard again. During the 50 Easter days, it is not read or sung, so its return to worship becomes one of the main symbols of the holiday.

On Trinity Day itself, immediately after the liturgy, great Vespers is celebrated with the reading of kneeling prayers — at this moment, the faithful kneel in the temple for the first time after Easter. During the divine service, special petitions are offered for the living, for the departed, and for the gift of the grace of the Holy Spirit to people. From this day on, prostration is also resumed in the Church.

Temples are traditionally decorated with greenery on the holiday. According to Father Maxim, the main Christian holidays have their own color, smell and special decoration elements.: At Christmas, there were fir trees, willows for the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, and live branches and grass for Whitsunday. In central Russia, young birch branches are most often used, and in rural parishes, the floor is often covered with freshly mown grass.

Read more about how the Trinity is celebrated, as well as about the main church and folk traditions of this holiday in the Izvestia article:

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