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  2. Genetic transformation - Wikipedia

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    This process of the second bacterial cell taking up new genetic material is called transformation. In molecular biology and genetics, transformation is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous genetic material from its surroundings through the cell membrane (s).

  3. Feast of the Transfiguration - Wikipedia

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    The Feast of the Transfiguration is celebrated by various Christian communities in honor of the transfiguration of Jesus. The origins of the feast are less than certain and may have derived from the dedication of three basilicas on Mount Tabor. [1] The feast was present in various forms by the 9th century, and in the Western Church was made a ...

  4. Transfiguration and Monastic Scenes (Klontzas) - Wikipedia

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    Saint Catherine's Monastery. Transfiguration and Monastic Scenes is a multi-themed tempera painting created by Greek painter Georgios Klontzas. Klontzas was a Cretan Renaissance painter. The artist was hired to assess work completed by El Greco. Klontzas was from a wealthy family and owned a successful workshop in the center of Crete.

  5. Annunciation (Fra Angelico, San Marco) - Wikipedia

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    The Annunciation. The Annunciation (c. 1440–1445) [1] is an Early Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico in the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy. When Cosimo de' Medici rebuilt the convent, he commissioned Fra Angelico to decorate the walls with intricate frescos. This included the altarpiece, the inside of the monk's cells, the friar's ...

  6. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia - Wikipedia

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    By 1981, St. Porphyrios had his convent, the Holy Convent of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, recognized by Presidential decree, and although construction work began in 1980, the foundations were not laid until February 1990. Between this time, in 1984, he returned to Mt. Athos, and resumed living in the same cell he occupied prior to his leave.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Kathisma - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Orthodox Church. A kathisma (Greek: κάθισμα; Slavonic: каѳисма, kai-isma), literally, "seat", is a division of the Psalter, used in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches. The word may also describe a hymn sung at Matins, a seat used in monastic churches, or a type of monastic establishment.

  9. Transfiguration of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. 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 9:2–8, Luke 9:28–36) recount the occasion, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it (2 Peter 1:16–18).