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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. 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 ...

  4. Transfiguration of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Transfiguration (Bellini, Venice) - Wikipedia

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    The Transfiguration is a tempera-on-panel painting by Italian painter Giovanni Bellini, created c. 1454–1460. It depicts the Gospel episode the Transfiguration of Jesus . It is held in the Museo Correr in Venice .

  6. 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 ...

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

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  8. 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 ...

  9. Transfiguration (religion) - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the works of Franz Kafka, particularly The Metamorphosis, the protagonist undergoes a physical transfiguration, turning into a giant insect. This transformation, while fantastical, is symbolic of his alienation and internal struggle, reflecting the way people can experience deep existential crises and personal transformations.