The Transfiguration The Twelve Great Feasts Japan and Malabar

Japan and Malabar

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was not to preach and convert but to live among the poor Muslims of the region as a friend and brother

The Transfiguration The Twelve Great Feasts Japan and MalabarAugust 6th The feast of the Transfiguration, when Jesus was seen by three disciples as glowing brighter than the sun, is recorded in the Synoptic Gospels and commemorated annually on August 6th. This magnificent event, in which Jesus appeared with Moses and Elijah atop Mt. Tabor, prefigures the journey to Jerusalem in which Jesus was to fulfill the Paschal Mystery of his passion, death and resurrection. Peter, James and John, present at all Jesus