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The Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit (Russian: Церковь Святого Духа; Lithuanian: Vilniaus Šv. Dvasios vienuolyno katedra ) is a Russian Orthodox church in the Vilnius Old Town , capital of Lithuania , rebuilt 1749–1753 in the Vilnian Baroque style. [ 1 ]
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 ...
The Holy Spirit Cathedral or the Holy Ghost Cathedral (Belarusian: Кафедральны сабор Сашэсця Святога Духа) is a cathedral in Minsk, Belarus. Consecrated in honour of the Holy Spirit , it the mother church of the Belarusian Orthodox Church .
The Holy Spirit is believed to eternally proceed from the Father, as Christ says in John 15:26, and not from the Father and the Son, as the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches claim. The Greek Orthodox Church teaches that the Holy Spirit proceeds through the Son, but only from the Father.
Interior of the Holy Spirit Monastery church Facade of the church. The Monastery of the Holy Spirit is an Orthodox monastery in Vilnius that has been continuously operating since 1609. In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was one of the most important centers of Orthodoxy. [1]
Monastery of the Holy Spirit. The Diocese of Vilnius and Lithuania (Lithuanian: Vilniaus ir Lietuvos vyskupija; Russian: Виленская и Литовская епархия), also known as the Lithuanian Orthodox Church (Lithuanian: Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčia; Russian: Литовская православная церковь), is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church whose ...
The construction of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Białystok began in 1982 and was completed in 1996, due to the efforts of pastor Serafin Żeleźniakowicz. [18] In 1980, there were only four parishes in Białystok, while in 2000 there were already eleven.
The Oriental Orthodox Churches believe in Monotheism, the belief that there is only One God, who is transcendent and far beyond human comprehension. [1] The church affirms the doctrine of the Trinity: God is One in Essence (Gr: οὐσία Ousia) but Three in Persons (Gr:ὑπόστασις Hypostasis) — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, sharing One Will, One Work, and One Lordship.