“the bishop explained the spiritual significance of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord and emphasized the need for every Christian to undergo spiritual transformation
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“the Feast of the Transfiguration as a call to personal spiritual transformation, beginning with their relationships with others
“the Transfiguration revealed to the Apostles the primordial beauty of humanity before the Fall and pointed to the possibility of regaining it in Christ
“all the Lord’s feasts, with the exception, of course, of the Resurrection of Christ (which stands apart), are about the earthly life of the Savior. But the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord is about the mystery of the age to come.
“Science cannot explain a mystery of the cloud that every year descends on Mount Tabor where, according to the Bible, the Transfiguration of the Lord took place...The miraculous phenomenon happens on the Orthodox feast of Transfiguration. A glaring sphere rushes over believers, then the cloud appears above the cross of the Transfiguration Church, it grows in dimensions and descends on believers, covering them and pouring life-giving moisture over them.
“Science cannot explain a mystery of the cloud that every year descends on Mount Tabor where, according to the Bible, the Transfiguration of the Lord took place...The miraculous phenomenon happens on the Orthodox feast of Transfiguration. A glaring sphere rushes over believers, then the cloud appears above the cross of the Transfiguration Church, it grows in dimensions and descends on believers, covering them and pouring life-giving moisture over them.
“His Beatitude explained that the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God calls every Orthodox Christian to prepare for the passage, or translation, to heavenly life.
“every bishop, like every layman, is a witness to Christ crucified and risen, and that this witness has to be everywhere and always—among one’s own flock and among the people outside the bounds of the Church.
“every bishop bears witness to Christ Crucified and Risen both among his own flock and among those outside the Church