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In Eastern Orthodox Christian theology, the Tabor Light (Ancient Greek: Φῶς τοῦ Θαβώρ "Light of Tabor", or Ἄκτιστον Φῶς "Uncreated Light", Θεῖον Φῶς "Divine Light"; Russian: Фаворский свет "Taboric Light"; Georgian: თაბორის ნათება) is the light revealed on Mount Tabor at the Transfiguration of Jesus, identified with the ...
The Taborites (Czech: Táborité, Czech: singular Táborita), were a faction within the Hussite movement in the medieval Lands of the Bohemian Crown. The Taborites were sometimes referred to as the Picards [ 1 ] , a term used for groups which were seen as extreme in their rejection of traditional Catholic practices and societal norms, for ...
The crusaders cannot take the Muslim fortress on Mount Tabor. [470] [478] 1218. Early. Andrew II, Hugh I and Bohemond IV leave the crusaders' camp. [479] Spring. Caesarea is fortified. Château Pèlerin is built on the coast near Acre. [480] May 29. The crusaders, along with troops from Jerusalem and Cyprus, lay siege to Damietta under John's ...
In the period between 1927 and 1940, the number of Orthodox Churches in the Russian Republic fell from 29,584 to less than 500. Between 1917 and 1940, 130,000 Orthodox priests were arrested. The widespread persecution and internecine disputes within the church hierarchy led to the seat of the Patriarch of Moscow being vacant from 1925 to 1943.
The history of Eastern Orthodox Christian theology begins with the life of Jesus and the forming of the Christian Church.Major events include the Chalcedonian schism of 451 with the Oriental Orthodox miaphysites, the Iconoclast controversy of the 8th and 9th centuries, the Photian schism (863-867), the Great Schism (culminating in 1054) between East and West, and the Hesychast controversy (c ...
Theoria is obtained according to Eastern Orthodox theology by way of contemplative prayer called hesychasm and is the vision of God as the uncreated light i.e. the light of Tabor. [45] [46] [47] Palamas himself explicitly stated that he had seen the uncreated light of Tabor and had the vision of God called theoria. [48]
Gregory Palamas (Greek: Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς; c. 1296 – 1357/1359) [1] [2] was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period.
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