At First Things, Dale Coulter has a lovely short reflection on the meaning of the Transfiguration: The glory of Christ on Mount Tabor embodies a joy that is unspeakable. In order words ...

Egypt is planning on developing a mega tourist city near the Greek Orthodox Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai.

As amazing as it seems, the Voice that spoke to Peter, James and John on the Mount of Transfiguration still speaks out of the cloud to you and me every single time we listen to the readings from ...

A highly contentious Egyptian court ruling has transferred ownership of the historic St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai to ...

Asked what mountain the Transfiguration took place on, Caywood said it could have been Mount Herman but was probably the Mount of Olives, where Jesus will go when he comes again to judge mankind.

especially associated with Moses’ encounter with God at Mount Sinai. The transfiguration also echoes other parts of Luke’s Gospel. For instance, during Jesus’ baptism a voice declares Jesus ...

During Lent, we spiritually accompany Jesus on his “death march” from Mount Tabor (the site of the Transfiguration) to Mount Calvary. Our first reading continues our progress through salvation ...

The cloud that we caused to overshadow Hiroshima, unlike the luminous, numinous glow of God’s presence on the mount of the Transfiguration, was a giant, dark mushroom of death. It carried deadly ...

[Psalms 89:12]. Mount Tabor is the traditional site of the Transfiguration, in which Jesus, Peter, James and John climbed a high mountain. “There he was transfigured before them. His face shone ...

and his arrest follows a final agonising time of prayer on the Mount of Olives (Luke 4.1-4, 6.12, 22.39-46). On the unidentified mountain of the transfiguration, he prepares for the journey to ...

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