August
20, 2009
The Transfiguration of the Lord in the monasteries of the Eastern
American Diocese
On
Tuesday, August 19, the Orthodox Church celebrates the great feast day
of the Transfiguration of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
"The Lord transfigured before His chosen disciples - Peter,
James, and John - so that he might fortifiy their faith in Him as the
true God, and in His willful sufferings on the Cross for our
salvation, and so that through these three disciples he might
make this faith the inheritance of His Church. At the same time,
through his Transfiguration the Lord gave us an example for our own
personal transfiguration, the achievement of which is necessary for
our entry into His Kingdom" (Archbiship Nikon, Sermon on the
Transfiguration, 1970).
We offer
our visitors photographs from the feast day in the monasteries of the
Eastern American Diocese. His Grace, Bishop George, led the festive
divine services in Holy Cross Monastery, co-served by the brethren of
the monastery and guests. In Holy Trinity Monastery, divine services
were officiated by the abbot, Archimandrite Luke, co-served by
monastery clergy. Present during the services was the Hawaiian
myrrh-streaming Iverion icon of the Mother of God
