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  2. Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art - Wikipedia

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    The Transfiguration of Jesus has been an important subject in Christian art, above all in the Eastern church, some of whose most striking icons show the scene. The Feast of the Transfiguration has been celebrated in the Eastern church since at least the 6th century and it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy , and so is widely ...

  3. Transfiguration of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    12th-century icon of the Transfiguration. The theology of the transfiguration received the attention of the Church Fathers from the earliest times. In the 2nd century, Saint Irenaeus was fascinated by the transfiguration and wrote: "the glory of God is a live human being and a truly human life is the vision of God". [21]

  4. Tabor Light - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Depiction of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The Transfiguration of Jesus was a major theme in the East and every Eastern Orthodox monk who had trained in icon painting had to prove his craft by painting an icon of the Transfiguration. [60] However, while Western depictions increasingly aimed at realism , in Eastern icons a low regard for perspective and alterations in the size and ...

  6. Category:Paintings of the Transfiguration of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Paintings of the Transfiguration of Jesus" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *

  7. Our Lady of the Sign - Wikipedia

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    The icon of Our Lady of the Sign (Greek: Παναγία Ορωμένη; Church Slavonic: Икона Божией Матери, "Знамение", romanized: Ikona Bozhey Materi, "Znamenie"; Polish: Ikona Bogurodzicy "Znamienie") or Platytera (Greek: Παναγία Πλατυτέρα, romanized: Panagia Platytera) is the term for a particular ...

  8. Transfiguration (Rubens) - Wikipedia

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    Transfiguration is an oil-on-canvas painting of the Gospel episode the Transfiguration of Jesus, painted in 1604–1605 by Peter Paul Rubens and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. [ 1 ] References

  9. Transfiguration (religion) - Wikipedia

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    The Transfiguration of Jesus is a key event in Christian tradition, described in the Gospels of Matthew [3], Mark [4], and Luke [5].It recounts the moment when Jesus, accompanied by three of his disciples — Peter, James, and John — ascends a mountain.