The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord on August 6, one of Christianity's most significant holy days. The feast symbolizes spiritual transformation, ...

The Gospel of the Second Sunday of Lent always features Jesus’ Transfiguration. Why the Transfiguration is so important in the context of Lent is suggested at the end of today’s Gospel from Mark ...

The Transfiguration of Our Lord is hard to understand. Why did it happen? What did it mean? Here are 10 things you need to know. 1. What does the word “transfiguration” mean? The word “transfiguration ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

Did you ever wonder how the image of God as an elderly man with white hair got started? The Book of Daniel has probably inspired lots of artists, the most influential being Michelangelo. Interestingly ...

For Western Christians and Orthodox who follow the New Calendar (that is, most American Orthodox, but not us Old Calendar people), today is the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. Here, from ...

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I haven’t stopped thinking about an essay I read 15 years ago when I was in seminary. My pastoral life has been a decadelong conversation with Peter Dula’s “Fugitive Ecclesia,” a chapter from his ...

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