«...Иисус Наставник, помилуй нас!»

How the descent of the Holy Spirit took place. The Spirit upon the Apostles?

The Apostles, disciples of Jesus Christ, loved their Teacher with all their hearts, and therefore they were greatly saddened when they heard from Him that He had to be separated from them (apparently). For their consolation, the Lord promised to send them the Holy Scriptures. Spirit.

Indeed, on the 10th day after His Ascension into Heaven, when the Apostles were in the same upper room with other believers, the Lord sent them the Holy Spirit. Spirit. At about 9 o'clock in the morning (according to our reckoning) suddenly there was a great noise from heaven and filled the upper room in which they were. The Holy Spirit descended upon them in the form of tongues of fire, and the apostles suddenly changed in their souls.

Everything that seemed to them from the teaching of Christ not clear, dark, everything became clear, understandable; all perplexities, impure feelings that could have been in them, disappeared. They felt joy and consolation in themselves. Enlightened by St. By the Spirit, they began to glorify the greatness of God in various languages, which they had not known before, and to preach the teaching of Christ to all nations.

What do we ask of the Holy Spirit in prayer: O Heavenly King?

We ask that He enter into us, cleanse us from all sins, and thereby deliver us from eternal punishment for sins.

Who is called in this prayer the King of Heaven, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth?

God is the Holy Spirit.

Why is He called King?

Because He, like God the Father and God the Son, reigns over the whole world, over the entire universe, and governs it.

Why is the Holy Spirit called the King of Heaven?

Because He lives in heaven. Although He is everywhere, there is His special and glorious presence in heaven.

Why is He called the Comforter?

For He, as He comforted the Apostles in His time, so He comforts us in our sorrows and afflictions.4