"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. >> Father John “Jack” Nelson, founder of the Woodstock Council for World Peace and spiritual leader of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration on Meads Mountain Road, has died at age 66 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X It began with profound silence. Then smoking incense, and then the din of a distant bell. It was a ...

NEW HAVEN >> Unlike many Eastern Orthodox parishes whose members hail from a particular nation, Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church is notable for its diversity, with members whose roots come from ...

In the church, or liturgical, calendar today, August 6, is celebrated as the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ. The transfiguration is recorded in all three of the Synoptic Gospels ...

As a century-old congregation watched in awe, a 120-ton crane lifted a 14-foot gold-leafed cross and 5-ton copper cupola 120 feet into the air Friday morning and placed it on a perch high above the ...

Guided by its vision to be one of the primary movers in providing a dignified and decent final resting place for Filipinos, Eternal Gardens has been distinct among its counterparts not only because of ...

"But how," I asked Father Seraphim, "can I know that I am in the grace of the Holy Spirit?" "It is very simple, your Godliness," he replied. "That is why the Lord says: All things are simple to those ...

The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on my mother’s 14th birthday: Aug. 6, 1945. My mother, who lived to celebrate another 70 birthdays, did not appreciate the yearly reminder ...