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The Coptic Orthodox Church Celebrates the feast of transfiguration on the 13th of Mesri according to the Coptic calendar (i.e. 6 August O.S. or 19 August N.S.). The Transfiguration always falls during St Mary's Fast so it is observed as a fasting feast. The feast is considered one of the seven minor Feasts of the Lord, and is celebrated in the ...
The Transfiguration of Jesus, 6 August [O.S. 19 August] The Dormition of the Theotokos , 15 August [ O.S. 28 August] With the exception of the Presentation/Entrance of the Theotokos, appointed hymns for all of the Twelve Great Feasts are found in the Georgian Iadgari (Chantbook) of Jerusalem [ 2 ] which was compiled in approximately the middle ...
The Transfiguration of the Lord, celebrated on 6 August The Exaltation of the Holy Cross , celebrated on 14 September The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica , celebrated on 9 November (this is a feast of the Lord because the basilica is dedicated to him under the title of the Most Holy Saviour ).
August 6 / August 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). August 19 / August 6. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). August 6. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St.
The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event described in the New Testament, where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. [1] [2] The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–13, Luke 9:28–36) recount the occasion, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it.
August 6 is the 218th day of the year ... Transfiguration of Jesus [116] Anna Maria Rubatto; Hormisdas; Justus and Pastor; August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Ecclesiam Suam is an encyclical letter of Pope Paul VI on the Catholic Church given at St. Peter's, Rome, on the Feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August 1964, the second year of his Pontificate. In the opening words of the letter, Pope Paul refers to the Church founded by Jesus Christ as "a loving mother of all men". [1]
On August 6, which is the "day of the Transfiguration" in some church calendars, the sun strikes a glass plate set into the floor so that the golden mosaic is briefly illuminated. Barluzzi created a roof built of alabaster panels, meant to let in as much light as possible in accordance to the biblical event celebrated here.