The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit
In the morning of the 7th of January the first pilgrim in the Temple of Jesus Christ's Birth, which had been consecrated on the 5th of January and which is situated on the territory of the Donetsk State Institute of Artificial Intelligence, was Vasili Pantelyuk, who conducted a worshipping service. A new day of the 2007th year after birth of Christ was coming. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit filled the new Christ's Abode up to its vault. The temple, which is situated in the prospect of Bogdan Khmelnitski, 84, was filled with God's blessings, peace, as if Jesus Himself was passing the cup of the Last Supper. This cup is surely present in the holy Temple of the DonSIAI, where for all of us Jesus Christ has been born again! He will be born every January - till Doomsday.
"His service on this land was aimed at giving us the Word of the Truth - New Testament, the Testament of Love. His death on the cross and his Resurrection have reconciled us with the Lord, and His life is an eternal example for each of us". These words were pronounced before the pilgrims, students of the professional lyceum, the institute students and workers, teachers of the institute and members of the All-Ukrainian Party of Spirituality and Patriotism, representatives of the Ukrainian Registered Cossacks, clergymen and official representatives of various religious confessions by the leader of the APSP, Hetman of the URC, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Ph. Doctor of Theology and Technical Science, Rector of the Donetsk State Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Full Professor Anatoli Shevchenko.
Of course, a ceremony of consecrating the Temple of Jesus Christ's Birth took place. After the words, pronounced by Anatoli Shevchenko, the first to step into the Temple were Archbishop Donetski and Mariupolski of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchy Uri, Bishop Donetski and Kharkovski of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Stephan, representatives of other religious confessions. Their joint prayer sounded in the temple.
It is for the first time that at the Donetsk State institute of artificial Intelligence, we stress upon the word "state", that since now a state Temple has started its existence. It is for the first time that a study laboratory of spiritual hardening of the youth and Cossacks - the Ukrainian Registered Cossacks- has started acting.
For multiple pilgrims, students, teachers, employees, leaders of the DonSIAI with Anatoli Shevchenko at head, and representatives of various religious confessions the first official worshipping service was conducted by Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchy Vladyka Uri on the 7th of January.
As Ph. Doctor of Theology Anatoli Shevchenko noted in his thank you letter, addressed to the participants of the consecration of the Temple of Jesus Christ's Birth, "He (Jesus) has shown us the Way to God, which we all should follow. This is the Way of Love. In the plain words "love to God" and "love to your brother" the Eternal and unperceivable Truth are embodied, which He has gifted us. Understanding of this truth in our everyday life is His goal, because he gives us the light of love and virtue, concord and unity, fills us with its deep content". Every participant of the consecration has been presented with the book "Christ", an orthodox calendar and an icon lamp.
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