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The First Convention. Baptism in Devnya River


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The First Convention

Again favourable conditions were created for a meeting with the first three disciples. This time Dr. Mirkovich promised to attend. On the 18th of July 1900, Penyu Kirov and Todor Stoimenov arrived in Varna. Again they were the first to get to the appointed place. Penyu Kirov was impatient and wrote to Dunov in Novi Pazar: "Brother Dunov, Todor and I are waiting in Varna; tomorrow, on Wednesday, the doctor will arrive also; should you be late, please let us know." Then he added concernedly: "Did you receive them. the doctor sent you?" The event is known as the First Convention of the Fellowship finally took place in Varna from the 19th to the 23rd of July. During these days the three disciples realized how important their attendance had been. What the Spirit expected from them was to grasp the need to observe the commitments they had made and sealed with their signatures. Their obedience and readiness was the supporting point for the spiritual change God wanted to achieve in people's minds. Dunov told them about the "seven conversations with the Spirit". They were the most important subject of the First Convention, investing it with meaning and killing it with the special atmosphere of the Spiritual Presence.

 

Baptism in Devnya River

The most important event in a Christian's life is the sacrament of baptism. Penyu Kirov wrote in his diary: "On the 23rd of July 1900, Sunday, at 5 a.m., I was purged of sin and was baptized in Christ in the river Devnia near the railway bridge in Varna, by brother Peter K. Dunov." This was the single occasion on which Peter Dunov performed this sacrament.

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