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Designation of concept " or" was given the name of the Holy Prophet ELIAS
The legend tells that the prophet Elijah was born 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God . Swaddled fire and fueled a flame of fire . Elijah name means " fortress of the Lord ." Elijah devoted himself to the One God , thinking about God , prayer and prophetic ministry under the Israelite king Ahab . While the people of Israel fell away from the faith of their fathers left the One God and worshiped pagan idols , which led the Israelites to complete moral degradation . Seeing the destruction of his people , the prophet Elijah to convince to come back to the true religion, and offered to build two altars - one of the priests , the other - from the prophet Elijah to serve the true God . " To which of them will drop down fire from heaven , he will be an indication of whose God is true - said the prophet Elijah - and all will have to worship him , and did not recognize him be put to death ." Began priests , but to no avail - the sky was silent . By the evening of the holy Prophet Elijah built his altar of 12 stones , each of the tribes of Israel , and put the victim on the wood, ordered to dig a trench around the altar and sacrifice commanded to pour water and firewood . When the trench was filled with water, fiery prophet turned to God with fervent prayer that the Lord sent down fire from heaven to discipline erring and dehumanised people and turned their hearts to Him. Through the prayer of the Prophet came down fire from heaven and burned up the sacrifice , the wood, the stones and even water . People fell to the ground , crying out : "Truly the Lord is One God and there is no other God but Him " . Later, the prophet Elijah appeared angel of the Lord strengthened him with food and ordered to go on a long journey . Forty days and nights Elijah walked and when he reached Horeb , settled in a cave . Here, after a terrible storm, earthquake and fire the Lord appeared " in a quiet wind " and opened skorbevshemu prophet that He kept seven thousand faithful servants . The Lord commanded the Prophet Elijah to anoint ( devote ) to the prophetic ministry of Elisha. During his fiery zeal for the glory of God the prophet Elijah was taken up into heaven in a fiery chariot alive . Prophet Elisha witnessed the ascent of the prophet Elijah to heaven in a chariot of fire and got together with his fallen mantle ( cloak ) gift of prophetic spirit twice that of the prophet Elijah had . (abbreviated here
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Russian Orthodox Church reveres the prophet Elijah . The first church built in Kiev under Prince Igor , was in the name of the prophet Elijah.
Iconographic tradition depicts the prophet Elijah ascending to the chariot of fiery wheels , which is surrounded on all sides by flames and drawn by four winged horses .
For the uninitiated people , this metaphor is very difficult to uncover . But had been in precarious circumstances easily guess that we are talking about intuition compensatory mind to find the right solutions .
For icons depicting the prophet Elijah characterized by the absence of crosses , but the red color symbolizing the beauty and warmth of intuitive thought , обязателен.