Orthodox theology sees in the Transfiguration a prefigurement of our Lord’s Resurrection and His Second Coming, and more than this – since every event of the Church calendar has an application to the individual spiritual life – of the transformed state in which Christians shall appear at the end of the world, and in some
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Transfiguration 2018 – A New Hand Painted St Nino Icon From Georgia
St Nino Mission Parish – Transfiguration 2018. A New Hand Painted St Nino Icon, All The Way From Georgia (the country). The “Ox Blood” colored vestments, also new and from Georgia. We are so grateful 🙂 THEOSIS – THE TRUE PURPOSE OF HUMAN LIFE – Part 1 of 10 The Jesus Prayer – A
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St Ephrem of Syria – On Paradise
A person who has acquired good health in himself and is aware in his mind of what sickness is, has gained something beneficial, and he knows something profitable; but the person who lies in sickness; and knows in his mind what good health is like, is vexed by his sickness and tormented in his mind.
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‘The Saviour Has Transfigured Disfigured Man’
Today we celebrate the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ. I don’t intend to offer my own comments on this Great Feast of the Church, as the awesomeness of Christ’s manifest glory is so far beyond my experience. I will confine myself to offering a few appropriate texts, in
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