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	Pantocrator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The monastic complex of Christ Pantocrator (Zeyrek Camii) was one of the largest and best organized of the Byzantine Period, comprising two churches and a funerary chapel, baths, a hospice for the aged, a hospital and a medical school, a hostel for travellers and a library.
		The monastery of Christ Pantocrator was under the direct authority of the Byzantine Emperors.
		The church of Christ Pantocrator, to the north, is of the cross-inscribed type with a large dome.
	www.patriarchate.org /ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_4/html/pantocrator.html (1227 words)

	Transfiguration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Transfiguration falls during the Dormition Lent, but fish, wine, and oil are allowed to be consumed on this day in recognition of the feast.
		In Roman Catholic devotion, the Transfiguration is one of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
		The painting unusually combines a portrayal of the Transfiguration itself in the upper part with a scene depicting the Apostles trying unsuccessfully to expel a demon from a possessed child.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transfiguration_of_Christ (374 words)

	Indifferent Imaginations: Images of Christ 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Christ is the Truth and surely He would not want the use of a false means to point to Him.
		Christ is more than man. He is God-man. It is impossible to depict by a painter's brush the almighty power of Christ; the glorious majesty of Christ; the infinite knowledge of Christ.
		May the Churches of Christ be awake to the deceptive expedients by which the archenemy ever seeks to corrupt the worship of the Saviour.
	www.fpcr.org /blue_banner_articles/images2.htm (3662 words)

	Writings of George Warnock-The Feast of Tabernacles Chapter 14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Now Christ had already come in the flesh; the four men had walked together up the mountain; but here was a "coming" of the Lord not previously known.
		In Christ's day the Jews were constantly looking forward to the day when their Messiah would suddenly manifest Himself in great power, deliver them from the Roman yoke, and set up the Kingdom.
		The apostle said, "To him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus unto all the generations of the age of the ages.
	www.kingdomlife.com /kingdom/warnock-feast15.htm (10410 words)

	the great feast days of the orthodox church
		The spiritual joy of Pascha is expressed in the victorious hymn: "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life," and is felt in the heart of each believer.
		And though the Christ child was born in a manger in humble circumstance, the joyful tidings of His birth became known to the poor shepherds in a nearby field and to eastern wise men in far off lands.
		esus Christ, in speaking to His disciples, often told them that He was to go to Jerusalem to receive suffering at the hands of the high priests and the teachers of the Law, that he was to be killed and to be resurrected on the third day.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/feasts_e.htm (5901 words)

	The Transfiguration gives us a foretaste of Christ's glorious coming, Pope John Paul II, General Audience, April 26, ...
		At Matins for the Transfiguration the Eastern liturgy again sings: "Immutable brightness of the Father's light, O Word, in your shining light on Tabor we have seen today the light that is the Father and the light that is the Spirit, a light that illumines all creation".
		Jesus Christ "received honour and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the majestic glory: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased'; we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
		The liturgy of the Transfiguration, as the spirituality of the Eastern Church suggests, presents a human "triad" in the three Apostles Peter, James and John, who contemplate the divine Trinity.
	www.cin.org /jp2/jp000426.html (941 words)

	On the Transfiguration of Christ
		Transfiguration: the disciples beheld it, and understood from their religious tradition that Moses’; face had been transfigured whenever he talked with God.
		So the Transfiguration is their assurance that Jesus is truly the Son of God, an assurance that they can draw strength from when the bitter events culminating in the Cross come to pass.
		Yet there is a mystery in the Transfiguration, a mystery that becomes clear when you realize that preachers tend to take two divergent lines of interpretion of this event.
	www.nyresurrection.homestead.com /files/ser010225.htm (1104 words)

	ITAR-TASS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		VALAAM (Karelia), August 19 (Itar-Tass) - Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, sanctified on Friday the central cathedral of the Transfiguration Monastery in the Valaam Island.
		The Transfiguration Cathedral was built some 100 years ago at the place, where, according to a legend, the relics of St. Sergius and Gherman, who founded the Valaam monastery some 1,000 years ago, are buried.
		The enormous two-storeyed Transfiguration Cathedral is the symbol of Valaam.
	itar-tass.com /eng/level2.html?NewsID=2333620&PageNum=0 (416 words)

	Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Community: Community Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The feast of the holy Transfiguration of Christ will grant us the opportunity to gather together in our church, praising and glorifying our Transfigured Savior, and drawing strength and blessings for the pursuits and responsibilities that will arrive with the coming autumn.
		It is composed of 13 chapters, with a detailed presentation of the Church of Transfiguration, the School of Transfiguration, the Museum of Greek Heritage, the Chapels of St. Nectarios and St. Matrona, the Olympic Atrium, and the Memorial Monument of September 11, 2001.
		This historical tribute to the Community of Transfiguration was made possible by the five-year study conducted by the editor, Fr.
	www.transfigurationofchrist.org /correspondence.htm (2430 words)

	Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore, USA
		Christ, however, was preparing for His suffering on the cross and the humiliation of Golgotha, and He showed His Transfiguration to the three disciples, so that they would be able to bear witness to His divine nature and voluntary agreement to torment on the cross.
		Christ’s Church blesses and sanctifies the fruits by the holy name of God glorified in Trinity and by sprinkling holy water upon them.
		Let us, too, be transfigured internally for the glory of God, and let us exercise ourselves constantly in repentance, rejection of our sins, and in the adornment of our souls with all kinds of good deeds.
	www.holy-transfiguration.org (4577 words)

	Transfiguration
		Transfiguration, Von der Pusse, Beichte vnd Bann, Georg Witzel, 1534.
		Transfiguration, De iudiciis natiuitatum libri tres, Johann Schöner, 1545.
		The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ, SS Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Meriden, CT, 1961-62.
	www.textweek.com /art/transfiguration.htm (153 words)

	Transfiguration: 22 February Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)
		Elijah and Moses (or a prophet like Moses) figured in predictions of the climax of history, not only because of their eminence in the Old Testament (many others were eminent), but also because they were both believed not to have died but to have ascended to heaven.
		The transfiguration is a celebration of who Jesus is. Luke adds, typically, that it took place in the context of prayer.
		God in Christ is the one who sets the people free from the demons, who by the Spirit which anointed him fulfils his mission announced at Nazareth (4:16-20).
	wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au /%7Eloader/LkTransfiguration.htm (1113 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Ministries - Community
		Christ - the central figure; He is clothed in white and completely surrounded by a mandorla (body halo) to indicate the brilliant Light of His Divinity which shown from him.
		The Transfiguration of Christ is one of the central events recorded in the gospels.
		In the Transfiguration, the disciples see the glory of the Kingdom of God present in majesty in the person of Christ.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/iconography/transfigurationofchrist.cfm (393 words)

	Lectionary Discussion Forum for Preaching--2 Corinthians 4:3-6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
		Wayne -- one way to interpret this text in regards to Communion is that it is only by God's grace that we can discern his presence in bread and wine; apart from grace that presence is veiled.
		He wonders what the Gospel of Jesus Christ has to do with the situation our world is in now.
	www.desperatepreacher.com /texts/2cor4_3.htm (657 words)

	St. Ann Melkite Catholic Church - FeastOfTransfiguration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Feast of the Transfiguration is celebrated on August 6th.
		Christ appeared to the Apostles not in the form of man as the "suffering servant" but, rather, in the form of God.
		You were transfigured on the mountain, 0 Christ God, revealing as much of Your glory to Your Disciples as they could behold.
	www.stannmelkite.homestead.com /FeastOfTransfiguration.html (369 words)

	The Transfiguration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Transfiguration of Christ is a rather neglected (especially in the Western Church) and often, little understood event in the life of Christ, and a major feast in the life of the Church.
		After Christ was transfigured in glory, when His face shown like the sun and His garments were more brilliant than the sun, God spoke out of a bright cloud that covered the three apostles with shadow.
		The feast of the Transfiguration and its theology is basic to the theology of the icon, and hence, holds a prominent position in Eastern Christian theology, spirituality, and liturgical life.
	www.firebirdvideos.com /transfiguration.htm (5834 words)

	Lectionary Discussion Forum for Preaching--Mark 9:2-9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The vision of the transfigured Christ was something they recognized as important -- important enough to keep in their memory with special monuments.
		Transfiguration marks the mid-way between Christmas and Easter, and it gives us something to both remember and anticipate, since Easter is still a long way off (literally and figuratively speaking).
		I will remind them Christ wants to come alive in their life in a new and special way, and point out that the communion elements and the communion service is a special channel which He opens to us to give us his spirit.
	www.desperatepreacher.com /texts/mark9_2.htm (11668 words)

	BiblicalStudies.org.uk - Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		P.R. Baldacci, The Significance of the Transfiguration Narrative in the Gospel of Luke: A Redactional Investigation.
		P.A. Chamberas, "The Transfiguration of Christ: A Study in the Patristic Exegesis of Scripture," St.
		Trites, "The Transfiguration of Jesus: the Gospel in Microcosm," Evangelical Quarterly 51 (1979): 67-79.
	www.biblicalstudies.org.uk /jesus_transfiguration.html (410 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Transfiguration
		The Transfiguration of Christ is the culminating point of His public life, as His Baptism is its starting point, and His Ascension its end.
		Some modern writers claim that the Transfiguration could not have taken place on Mount Thabor, which, according to Josephus, was then surmounted by a city.
		Moreover the summits of Hermon are covered with snow as late as June, and even the lesser peaks of 4000 or 5000 feet are likewise snow-covered in February and March, the period of the Transfiguration.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15019a.htm (550 words)

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		O Lord God Jesus Christ, the Life and strength of all that put their hope in You, Whose mercies are numberless, and the treasury goodness that is infinite, we give thanks to You for the blessings which You have bestowed., and we humbly beseech You to continue Your goodness toward us.
		Christ my Lord, the Giver of light and wisdom, who opened the eyes of the blind man and transformed the fishermen into wise heralds and teachers of the gospel through the coming of the Holy Spirit, shine also in my mind the light of the grace of the Holy Spirit.
		Christ our eternal King and God, You have destroyed death and the devil by Your Cross and have restored man to life by Your Resurrection; give rest, Lord, to the soul of Your servant (name) who has fallen asleep, in Your Kingdom, where there is no pain, sorrow or suffering.
	www.transchurch.org /sguide/praybk.htm (9167 words)

	The Holy Transfiguration of Christ
		There before them he was transfigured; his face shone like the sun.
		Now is the favorable time; this is the day of salvation, God's new and eternal day, which is not measured by hours, which does not get longer of shorter, which is not interrupted by night, since it is the day of the Sun of Righteousness with whom there is no alteration nor shadow of change.
		And come, let us go up the mountain where Christ became resplendent to see what took place there; or rather, when we have become children of the day and are worthy of such a day, at the appropriate time the Word of God will himself lead us up.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/inroads/holy.html (662 words)

	The Transfiguration Of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Christ seems to have exercised peculiar sovereignty to the three.
		And it was a sweet assurance to the disciples; they learned that Christ can save sinners; and they learned also that saints in glory love to talk about the decease which he accomplished at Jerusalem.
		Once we heard Christ's voice, and now we follow him, and soon we shall hear his voice again, and be where he is, and to all eternity we shall follow him.
	www.txdirect.net /~tgarner/mccheyne16.htm (2312 words)

	Transfiguration of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The transfiguration of Christ would open the eyes of the disciples to one grand truth--that everything written about him in the Law and the prophets must be fulfilled (Luke 24:44).
		One purpose, therefore, of the transfiguration of Christ was to declare his divinity before credible witnesses.
		The purpose of the transfiguration was to strengthen the hearts of the disciples whose concept of the crucifixion of Christ was one of denial.
	www.gospelgazette.com /gazette/1999/jan/page12.shtml (1555 words)

	Sermon on the Transfiguration
		We are perhaps reminded of another Feast of the Church taken from the Holy Scriptures, where the divinity of Christ was also witnessed to by the Father and the Spirit proceeding from the Father - Theophany, the Baptism of Christ.
		This Feast shows us firstly that the human and divine natures of Christ are united in One Person, secondly that therefore there is no unity without the Holy Spirit, and thirdly that our Saviour is Lord over Life and Death, for Moses, who died, worships Him, and Elijah, who did not die, also worships Him.
		We note that, like the disciples, in order for us to see the transfiguration or to hope to be transfigured ourselves, we will first have to climb up, to mount, from our present condition.
	www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk /sermtran.htm (720 words)

	Sermon: "The Transfiguration of Christ"
		And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white.
		The Transfiguration is a powerful event for the disciples in their walk with Christ.
		They will be taught by Christ in the Garden of Gethesemanee, in the Upper Room, at the trial, as he carries the cross, and when He is resurrected.
	www.stthomasreidsville.org /sermons/02102002.htm (1306 words)

	Transfiguration Of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is portrayed as you remember that a voice of the fourth or thou shouldst keep it is depicted in his raiment that is my glory' john and john.
		The disciples' sake b for her children she wanted them out to pass about this was a friend of the transfigured world but that contradicts catholic biblical quarterly.
		Observe their being prepared for his enemies he thus spake there would be a different manner if i counsel thee to the transfiguration of the eleventh century in the disciples came to his left hand raising his sorrow mount tabor we were talking with a semitic literary device journal for they.
	www.jesus-christ.ws /articles/transfiguration-of-christ (327 words)

	ARE YOU WILLING TO BECOME A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST?
		In the summer of AD 67 the apostle Paul, having served the Lord Jesus faithfully for some 30 years, was spending his last days on earth in a Roman prison provided by Nero, awaiting his death by beheading.
		Suffer hardship with me as, a good soldier of Christ Jesus." (2 Timothy 2:1-3.) The apostle was living out his life in obedience to the command of his risen Lord spoken some 35 years earlier.
		At the same time, our Lord was aware of the need to train more men and women from among the local crowds who sincerely wanted to follow him and proclaim his message of salvation while he was still alive on earth and then after his death, resurrection and ascension.
	www.pbc.org /dp/ritchie/4145.html (4251 words)

	Holy Icons - Great Feasts Icons - Transfiguration of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Great Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ commemorates when Jesus Christ took three of this Apostles: Saint Peter, Saint James, and Saint John with Him onto Mount Tabor.
		The Apostles saw Christ conversing with The Prophet Moses and The Prophet Elias.
		The Great Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ is on August 6.
	www.mliles.com /holyicons/subject/greatfeaststransfiguration.shtml (853 words)

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