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The Eastern Orthodox view their church as being the living embodiment of Christ, through the grace of His Holy Spirit, in the people, clergy, monks and all other members of the church. Thus the church is viewed as the Body of Christ on earth which is perpetually unified with the Body of Christ in heaven through a common act of worship to God.
The holding of church services pertains to the observance of the Lord's Day in Christianity. [2] The Bible has a precedent for a pattern of morning and evening worship that has given rise to Sunday morning and Sunday evening services of worship held in the churches of many Christian denominations today, a "structure to help families sanctify the Lord's Day."
In 2012, a new worship resource titled Worship and Song was published by Abingdon Press. Worship and Song is a collection of 190 songs from around the world, as well as prayers and other liturgical resources. It contains a musical version of Wesley's prayer; the music was composed by ministers Adam F. Seate and Jay D. Locklear.
Holy Spirit Church (Sajópálfala), Hungary; Holy Spirit Church Nandakhal, India; Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius, Lithuania; Church of the Holy Spirit, Żejtun, Malta; Church of the Holy Spirit in Warsaw, Poland; Church of the Holy Spirit, Lund, Sweden; Church of the Real Colegio del Espíritu Santo (La Clerecía) in Salamanca; Spain
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Reader: Amen. Lord, have mercy (twelve times) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. O come, let us worship God our King ...
Designed by Jan Kabac, erected since the 1980s and consecrated in 1999, the church is the largest Orthodox church in Poland. [8] [9] It is a single-nave, five-domed building with two altars. The entire architectural concept of the church is based on the symbolism of the Descent of the Holy Spirit. The walls and domes were shaped like tongues of ...
Often, when objects are blessed in the church (such as the palms on Palm Sunday, Icons or sacred vessels) the blessing is completed by a triple sprinkling with holy water using the words, "This (name of item) is blessed by the sprinkling of this holy water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Holy water is ...
A Holy Ghost hole in the center of a fresco with a latticework covering and a dove figure, Parish church of Wiesing. A Holy Ghost hole, or Holy Spirit hole, is a circular opening in the ceiling of a church which symbolises the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The openings are often used for liturgical performances.