Feast of the Transfiguration
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The Feast of the Transfiguration is celebrated by various churches, celebrating the transfiguration of Jesus and the testimony of Christ as the one in whom the law and the prophets are fulfilled. The
Icon of the Transfiguration by Theophanes the Greek, 15th century
First Fruits brought to be blessed on the Feast of the Transfiguration (Japanese Orthodox Church)
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha, is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it i
Feast of the Transfiguration
…the Julian Calendar, 6 August falls on 19 August of the Gregorian Calendar. The Transfiguration is considered a major feast, numbered among the twelve Great Feasts in Byzantine Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In all these churches, if the feast falls on a Sunday, its liturgy is not combined with the Sunday liturgy, but…
Wing from a Byzantine micromosaic diptych of the 12 Great Feasts, c. 1310. From top left: Annunciation, Nativity, Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Raising of Lazarus.
Wing from a Byzantine micromosaic diptych of the 12 Great Feasts, c. 1310. From top left: Entry into Jerusalem, Crucifixion of Jesus, Harrowing of Hell, Ascension of Christ, Pentecost, Dormition of the Theotokos.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB