The Most Holy Trinity is the greatest Mystery we, as Christians, believe in and celebrate. If it were not revealed to us by the Lord Himself, there would be no way for us to know anything about the Oneness and Threeness of God. The Old Testament gives us very little allusions about it; but the fullness of its revelation is given to us by Jesus.

The first hidden revelation of the Triune God in the New Testament comes to us in the form of the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to Mary. In the Annunciation account, the Father is revealed as the Most High, Jesus – as the Incarnate God to be born of the Virgin Mary, and the Holy Spirit – as the Power of the Most High Who overshadows the Virgin Mary. All the members of the Blessed Trinity play great roles according to their respective personalities within the Trinity.

The second visible and audible revelation of the Blessed Trinity is given to us at the baptism of the Lord. Here, the Father revealed Himself in His word as the Father, and revealed His Son as His Beloved Son, and the Holy Spirit is revealed in the form of the dove that descended upon Jesus. During His public ministry, Jesus repeatedly spoke about His relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He made it clear that the Father and Him are equal which offended many of His listeners.

In the Gospels, Jesus promises His apostles that He will send His Spirit to them which He fulfilled at Pentecost. But the final and definitive revelation of the Holy Trinity was given us ten days before Pentecost, when Jesus ordered His disciples to make many followers teaching them and by baptising them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

We might say that the great revelation of the Holy Trinity has to do something with baptisms; first at Jesus’ baptism and then at ours. At Jesus’ baptism, the Three Divine Persons were revealed; and in the end Jesus taught us that there is no baptism outside of the Holy Trinity.


With blessings & prayers from Fr Richard, Fr Ephrem & all the parish team
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