Hallelujah!This word, many people pronounce without thinking about its meaning.Indeed, what does "Hallelujah"?So they say when they want to emphasize the gratitude to God for a favorable way out of the problem, whether it's a crisis or illness, family problems or work.
Praise God in the Psalms of the Bible
Starting and ending the service in the church, the priest sang a solemn song and says: "Hallelujah!" And what is it?The word comes from the Aramaic language remained untranslated, as well as the "Amen," which means "so be it."The literal translation of it does not have, and the value can be understood by reading the Psalms, where praise of God used more than 24 times.This word begins almost every Psalm, he also ends.
According to Jewish interpretation, the word can be divided into two: "allyl" and "me."The first means "praise" and the second - "Yahweh" (God).Now it becomes clear what it means, "Hallelujah."This cry of "praise God": "to praise God in song, praise God with his life, to praise God with thanksgiving, praise God in obedience."
grand exclamation has many translations.This "Praise the Lord", "Bless the Lord", "Great is our God", "Thank God," and many others.
«Hallelujah" in Orthodoxy
To deal with what is a "hallelujah" in Orthodoxy, it is enough to visit the service in the church.At the mention of the Holy Trinity priest says three times, "Hallelujah!", Praising and glorifying the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
special significance of the Liturgy, Small accompanying course, reading the Gospel, Communion, it is impossible to imagine without the majestic "Hallelujah."When the emphasis is on what is dedicated to the service of, say, "Praise God."
Vigil repeatedly interrupted praise.Inexhaustible power of the word "Hallelujah" gives hope to the righteous get into the New Heaven and a New Earth, enter into the eternal kingdom.It is like a golden thread that runs through the whole of Scripture, through prayer and praise to God, as a confirmation of faith in the greatness of the Triune God.
last book of the Bible "Revelation" and to praise God through the Apostle John, who was taken back to heaven and heard a voice saying, "Hallelujah!Lord God Almighty is the King! »
Many theologians believe that God himself commanded to leave untranslated two words," Hallelujah "and" Amen "to emphasize their divinity, people often thought about what it means.
«Hallelujah" as a cause of division in the Church's centuries 15-17
Until the 15th century, the Orthodox Church sang, but did not think about the fact that such a "Hallelujah."The meaning remains mysterious.Collegiate diploma sent Pskov clergy, was directed to Metropolitan.The cause of the dispute was that singing "Hallelujah" once or thrice.1454 was a turning point when Efrosin Pskov went to great Constantinople to get the answer to the question of what a "Hallelujah," and how many times he should sing.Rev. Efrosin argued that the answer he received from the Mother of God the most, and it is necessary to sing purely, ie once.
In 1551, during the Hundred Chapters Council introduced the singing double "Hallelujah."In the 17th century the Greek Church had sung or triple Tregub, "Hallelujah."Not to be outdone by the Greek Church, the innovation caught Russian Patriarch Nikon.
1656 was a year of visiting Russian Old Believers who did not accept the innovations of Nikon.They believed Tregub "Hallelujah" and the baptism three fingers heresy.After the Great Moscow Council, held in 1666, specifically "Hallelujah" was finally banned.
prayer and praise to God
Daily prayer of the believer must also begin and end with praise to God, then man in repentance to thank him for the gift of faith, of the promises of the forgiveness of sins."Hallelujah" in prayer is that God is always with us, He guides us through life, and we are grateful to him.Every believer must understand that it means "Hallelujah."
This word is a hymn to love, faith, hope.His singing, when thanks to God for the promise of eternal life.Even in death, you can find joy, because the promise of resurrection from the dead gives the pleasure of meeting with Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Spirit in Heaven.
love Hallelujah - praise of eternal love on earth
What is "Hallelujah Love"?The song with the same name became a hymn of love for more than 30 years ago, when first performed the rock opera "Juno and Avos".At the time, while the pro-Soviet Union, any mention of God was punished, it was forbidden to baptize the children were forbidden to visit churches open, and the emergence of controversial rock opera blew the minds of ordinary people.
opera "Juno and Avos" was written based on real events, but shrouded in the majesty of the temple chant, stressing that real love is under the cover of the Mother of God.And now, 30 years sounds undying hymn "Hallelujah love."
real story of eternal love
«Juno" and "Avos" - the name of two sailing ships, which sailed handsome nobleman Nikolai Ryazanov, a favorite of the Catherine the Great.With 14 years dedicated his life to a military career, a handsome soldier did not come to the court and as a result of intrigues has been sent to the Irkutsk Region, where he married for the calculation of a rich Anna Shelikhov.However, the marriage was not blessed by Heaven, the wife of Count dies young Ryazanov sent to Japan.Then he gets to Petropavlovsk, and then sent to California, where their money becomes the vessel "Juno" and "Avos".
Here heart warriors wins 15-year-old daughter of the commandant Konchitta.Between them the love breaks, but there is a real obstacle: Ryazanov was Orthodox, Konchitta - Catholic.Graf went to Russia to get a marriage license, but the road to die.Gentle Konchitta remained true to his first love, every morning she went to the stone cape, looking at the ocean and waiting for her future husband, and when she learned of his death, went to the monastery, where he spent 50 years long.That's the story gave birth to rock song "Hallelujah love."
