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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.
The Old Catholic Church celebrates the Transfiguration typically on 6 August, according to the Roman rite calendar; however, every local Old Catholic Church throughout the world has the option to celebrate this major feast on a different day. The Old Catholic theological view of the Transfiguration shares much in common with the Eastern ...
Matthew 17 is the seventeenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final journey to Jerusalem ministering through Galilee. William Robertson Nicoll identifies "three impressive tableaux" in this chapter: the transfiguration, the epileptic boy and the temple tribute. [1]
The Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ on the Mount is a modest, single-room, hand-built wooden church near the summit of Meads Mountain in Woodstock, New York, originally constructed c. 1891 by George Mead, his son, William Mead and his son's wife, Anna Della Mead.
In the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church this Sunday is known as Transfiguration Sunday and is the last of the "Sundays after Epiphany". The liturgical color used will typically be white, and some churches may observe the practice of burning the previous year's palms to create the ashes for Ash Wednesday. [5]
Mount Hermon (2,814 metres or 9,232 feet high) was suggested by J. Lightfoot (1602–1675) and R. H. Fuller (1915–2007) [2] for two reasons: It is the highest site in the area [given that the Transfiguration took place on "a high mountain" (Matthew 17:1)], and it is located near Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), where the previous events reportedly took place.
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.
The church was built in 1934–36, designed by Tullio Rossi. [5] Behind the altar is a reproduction of Raphael's Transfiguration. The martyr Fr. Andrea Santoro (1945–2006) was priest at Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo in 1971–81. [6] On 21 February 2001, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. Cardinal ...