Holy Trinity

The Mystery of the Church that we believe in One True God who is of one essence and in Three Divine Persons, namely, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit

Teacher Training and Resources

• Holy Trinity, Scripture and Tradition, DSWA TTC Training (September 21, 2020)
  • Slides
  • Holy Trinity Notes
  • Scripture Notes

Reference Materials

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Articles

1. The Holy Trinity by HG Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios [Gregorios, P. M. (n.d.). The Holy Trinity. Https://Www.Bangaloreorthodoxdiocese.Org. Retrieved July 5, 2021, from https://www.bangaloreorthodoxdiocese.org/orthodoxy/the-holy-trinity/]

Videos

1. The Holy Trinity, (Be The Bee, Greek Orthodox Church)

Podcasts

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Scripture

In order to help our children grow in the Orthodox Faith in North America, a decision was made to standardize all materials to the Orthodox Study Bible (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/016/2010, October 28, 2010). Please continue to pray and support the development of a fully approved translation based on the Peshitta, and our textbooks will educate on the various translations and historic development of Scripture.

• [Genesis 1:1-2]

  In the beginning God made heaven and earth. The earth was invisible and unfinished; and darkness was over the deep. The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.

• [Mathew 3:16-17]

  When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

• [Luke 3:21-22] When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
• [John 1:14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
• [John 10:30] I and My Father are one.”
• [John 14:9-11] Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
• [John 14:16-17] And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
• [Ephesians 5:31-32] “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
• [2 Corinthians 13:14] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
• [1 John 5:7-8] For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth:a the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
• [1 Peter 1:1-2] Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Liturgical Resources

The Ministry of Liturgical Resource Development (LRD) was created in July of 2015 (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/10/2015, July 24,2015) to promote the translation, versification, and publication of vital English liturgical resources. Today most of our Sacramental offices are available and the "Service Book of the Holy Qurbono" and "Shehimo: Book of Common Prayer" are available in print. Wherever possible references will be made using LRD resources given the easy access to these materials to the faithful in North America.

Holy Qurbono

• Ma'nitho of Mor Severus (Service Book of the Holy Qurbono, pg. 158)

And He is one of the Holy Trinity; Worshipped and praised equally

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• Benediction, pg. 204

May the grace and mercies of the Holy and Glorious Trinity, uncreated, self-existent, eternal, adorable, and of one essence be with you all my brethren, forever.

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• Elevation of the Holy Mysteries

The One Holy Father, the One Holy Son, and the One Holy Spirit, alone is holy. Amin.

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• Procession of the Holy Mysteries

Praised and adored are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be praise from the beginning, for generations and generations. Halleluyah.

Other Hymns

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Other Prayers

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Promion and Sedro

• Promiyon of the blessing of the rings, Sacrament of Holy Matrimony: "Glory to the self-existent one...examine His Being."

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• Promiyon - first service during the feast of Pentcost.

Quotes

Patristic Quotes

• [St. Gregory of Nazianzus] “This I give you to share, and to defend all your life, the one Godhead and power, found in the three in unity”
• [St. Gregory of Nazianzus] “No sooner do I conceive of the one than I am illumined by the splendor of the three; no sooner do I distinguish them than I am carried back to the one.”

Other Quotes

• [HG Geevarghese Mar Osthathios] “The basis of our Christian theology is in the Holy Trinity""

Syriac and Greek Words

• Shubho l'abo w'l'abro walruho qadeesho (Syriac) - 'Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit'

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