When the date Aug. 6 made its annual return this month, I was struck like never before by the incongruity of two observances associated with that date. We in the Santa Barbara’s Beatitudes community ...

The Transfiguration is a unique event in the life of Jesus, and appears in all three of the Synoptic Gospels. I call it unique for a number of reasons: 1) It is the one event in Jesus’ earthly ...

The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated each year on August 6. The feast commemorates the transfiguration or metamorphosis of Christ on Mount Tabor, ...

Both Roman and Eastern rite Catholics will soon celebrate the Church's feast of the Transfiguration on its traditional date for both calendars, August 6. The feast commemorates one of the pinnacles of ...

The Basilica of the Transfiguration, a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor, December 31, 2016. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90) Firefighting services forbade Christians from gathering on Mount Tabor in ...

Celebrating its 41st anniversary on August 11, Eternal Gardens carries on with its self-appointed task of promoting awareness of and devotion to the Image of the Transfiguration of Jesus. Last Sunday ...

The Сhristian Orthodox Churches celebrated Prophet Elijah on August 2 according to the Julian calendar. The next day, they commemorated Prophet Ezekiel. We are in a time that unfolds pages and pages ...

The word metamorphosis comes from the Greek word metemorphothe, which means a striking alteration in appearance, character or circumstance. August 6, the 218th day in the Gregorian Calendar, has been ...

A well known short story dating from 1916 is Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis. In it, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up one morning and finds that during the night he has been somehow transformed ...