Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
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Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
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Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by
St. Matthew (Chapter 17).
Origin. The Armenian bishop Gregory Arsharuni (about 690) ascribes the origin of this feast to St. Gregory the Illuminator (d. 337?), who, he says, substituted it for a pagan feast of Aphrodite called
Vartavarh (roseflame), retaining the old appellation of the feast, because
Christ opened His glory like a rose on
Mount Thabor. It is not found however in the two ancient Armenian calendars printed by Conybeare (Armenian Ritual, 527 sq.). It probably originated, in the fourth or fifth century, in place of some pagan nature-feast, somewhere in the highlands of
Asia.
Propagation. The Armenians at present keep it for three days as one of the five great feasts of the year (seventh Sunday after Pentecost); it is preceded by a
fast of six days. Also in the Syriac Church it is a feast of the first class. In the
Greek Church it has a vigil and an octave. The
Latin Church was slow in adopting this feast; it is not mentioned before 850 (Martyrology of Wandelbert, Gavanti, "Thesaurus Liturg.", II, August); it was adopted in the liturgy about the tenth century in many dioceses, and was celebrated mostly on 6 August; in Gaul and England, 27 July; at
Meissen, 17 March; at Halberstadt, 3 September, etc. In 1456 Callixtus III extended the feast to the Universal Church in memory of the victory gained by Hunyady at Belgrade over the Turks, 6 August, 1456. Callixtus himself composed the Office. It is the titular feast of the Lateran Basilica at
Rome; as such it was raised to a double second class for the Universal Church, 1 Nov., 1911.
Customs. On this day the
pope at
Mass uses new wine or presses a bunch of ripe grapes into the
chalice; raisins are also blessed at
Rome. The Greeks and Russians bless grapes and other fruit.
F.G. HOLWECK
Transcribed by Paul T. Crowley Dedicated to Father Edward V. Rutowski
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Nihil Obstat.
1910.
Catholic encyclopedia.
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