Transfiguration of Christ, Feast of the

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• Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ —     Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ     Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by St. Matthew (Chapter 17).     Origin. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Feast of the Cross — Russian icon of Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (icon from Yaroslavl by Gury Nikitin, 1680. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Liturgical year Western Advent …   Wikipedia

• Transfiguration, Feast of the — ▪ Christianity       Christian commemoration of the occasion upon which Jesus Christ took three of his disciples, Peter, James, and John, up on a mountain, where Moses and Elijah appeared and Jesus was transfigured, his face and clothes becoming… …   Universalium

• Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg) — Transfiguration Cathedral (official name: ru. собор Преображения Господня всей гвардии, i.e., The Cathedral of the Lord s Transfiguration of all the Guards ) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral belonging to the Diocese of St. Petersburg. It is… …   Wikipedia

• Transfiguration of Jesus — The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon a mountain (), and the three Apostles are described as interpreting Jesus statement as a reference to John the Baptist.(Christian… …   Wikipedia

• The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist —     The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist     In this article we shall consider:     ♦ the fact of the Real Presence, which is, indeed, the central dogma;     ♦ the …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) —     The Rite of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople     (Also BYZANTINE RITE.)     The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms …   Catholic encyclopedia

• transfiguration — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a change in form or appearance ; metamorphosis b. an exalting, glorifying, or spiritual change 2. capitalized a Christian feast that commemorates the transfiguration of Christ on a mountaintop in the presence of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• The Tennyson Brothers — (1807 1898), Frederick, Turner Charles and Lord Alfred    The three poet brothers were the sons of the Rev. Dr. George Clayton Tennyson, rector of Somersby, a village in North Lincolnshire, between Horncastle and Spilsby. Frederick, Charles (who… …   British and Irish poets

• transfiguration — The account in the synoptic [[➝ synoptists]] gospels (Mark 9:2–8; Matt. 17:1–8; Luke 9:28–36) of the supernatural transformation into glory of the appearance of Jesus. There is no mention of the event in the gospel of John, but there is a… …   Dictionary of the Bible