The Holy Apostle Paul wrote that if Christ is not risen, then our faith is in vain, and our confession is in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). To which epoch does the God of the hypostasis of the Holy Trinity correspond and what name does He bear in the Old Testament: 1. The God of the epoch of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob? 2. The God of the time of Moses and the kings of Judah? God, the Creator of heaven and earth and the Provider of the universe (Gen. 1:1; Jn. 1:1)

, has various names in the Holy Scriptures: a) Jehovah (I am the Being) (Exodus 3:14) — the Original Being, independent, unchangeable, unconditional, eternal (Rev. 1:8); (b) Eloag (Hebrew, singular) and Elohim (plural) signify the worshipped God of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. Elohim expresses the greatness and superiority of the Being of God; c) the Almighty (Gen. 26:1; 26:2-3; Exodus 2:3); d) the Lord (Hebrew Adonai) (Judg. 13:8); e) The Most High (Gen. 14:18; Ps. 7:18).

God is one in essence, but triune in Persons – this knowledge of God the Trinity became available to us after the second Hypostasis (Person) – the Son of God our Lord Jesus Christ – took on human flesh (became man), the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in Baptism, and the Father testified that Jesus is His beloved Son (Mk., ch. 1). Is it possible to see Angels?

St. Isaac the Syrian said: "It is not great that a Christian sees angels, but great that a person sees his sins." In general, the Holy Fathers warned that it is necessary to be wary of all kinds of visions, because they mislead a person and "delusion." Being spiritually inexperienced, many mistake visions of demons for angelic visions.

The Holy Apostle Paul warned that Satan is sometimes ready to take the form of an angel of light in order to seduce believers. How do I know that God is helping me? You can answer this question only from your experience. Why did God not immediately destroy and does not destroy the devil for so long? Why do weak people have such a hard life on earth in body and soul after leaving the body? After all, if there had been no evil (the devil), then Eve would not have been offended.

And all people would be good and not proud, everyone would live easily and joyfully, and there would be no need for such a sacrifice as the suffering and death (even if later the Resurrection) of the Son of God. Only God can fully answer this question. God did create both angels and men, endowing them with free will, which He cannot destroy. If this freedom were deprived of real choice, then it would not be needed.

We would never know what day is if we did not know what night is; We would never know what good is if we did not know what evil is. After all, the devil was "Lucifer" – the first angel with God, but he made his choice in favor of evil. The destruction of the devil would not change anything. F. M. Dostoevsky has a story on this topic "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man", how without Satan it is possible to seduce a person, if the will is not educated.

The beauty lies in the fact that man chooses the Kingdom of God, His love, voluntarily, although there are many temptations around. Everything that is done by force is devoid of true joy and happiness. My name is Nelly. I know that there is such a holy great martyr Neonilla. Am I right to seek the protection of this saint? If so, how should I address her, what prayer should I read? I don't even have an image of her.

Yes, indeed, according to tradition, those who bear the name Nelly turn to the Holy Martyr Neonilla. Unfortunately, there are no special prayers to many saints, but there are general prayers to martyrs, martyresses, venerables, etc. Please tell me everything about the "Cathedral of the Mother of God".

The "Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos" takes place on the second day of the feast of the Nativity of Christ. She was the Cause of the greatest event, the Incarnation of the Son of God. And so a multitude of people "gather" in Her honor to glorify Her. Hence the "council". I was reading the Bible and came across that God's name is Jehovah. Why don't you remember him?

Why is it that only God or Lord is called everywhere, and the name is not remembered? And is there any religion that remembers the name of God, or not? Jehovah, or Yahweh—Elohim (Gods)—in the plural, as a particularly revered God. Interpreters point out that the plural is used due to the fact that this name means the Holy Trinity.

There is a sect that is associated with the name of Jehovah. Followers of this sect call themselves "Jehovah's Witnesses." Their doctrine in the idea of the imminence of the end of the world is similar to that of the Adventists. But unlike the Adventists, the Jehovah's Witnesses deny the consubstantiality of the Trinity and worship mainly God the Father, whom they call by the name of Jehovah and portray as a vengeful autocrat, merciless to all except the Jehovah's Witnesses.

They represent Christ as something like an Archangel, etc. Who do you mean by the Mother of God? If Mary, then She, as far as I know, gave birth to Jesus Christ, but not God. As I understood when I read the Bible, Jehovah and Jesus Christ are two separate persons. There was such a heresy in the fifth century, which, like you, denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ and called the Mother of God the Mother of Christ.

At the Fourth Ecumenical Council in 431, this heresy was condemned. But this heresy, like the heresy of Arius, is revived from time to time in all kinds of sects, in particular in the sect of Jehovah's Witnesses. Indeed, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, according to the teaching of the Orthodox Church, are of one essence in nature, but differ in Persons. From the Gospel, if you read it carefully, you would learn how Jesus Christ said that He and the Father are one (see Jn. 10: 30).