August 19 – Transfiguration of the Lordtranslated

On August 19, the Holy Church celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord. Festive services - the All-Night Vigil on Tuesday evening and the Divine Liturgy on Wednesday morning will be celebrated on the patronal feast of churches in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord: in the Transfiguration Convent in Kirov and in the Transfiguration Church in Slobodskoye. Festive services will be held in all churches of the Vyatka diocese. On this day, which in the popular calendar is also called the Apple Savior, according to pious tradition, the consecration of grapes and fruits is performed. We invite believers to share the joy of prayerful communication during divine services on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord! Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov talks about the spiritual meaning of the holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord, about our ascension after Christ, about the event of the holiday and why exactly Moses and Elijah appeared to the Savior, about how to prepare for this day and how to spend it. “Thou art transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God...” Who does not remember the opening words of the troparion of the twelfth feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord!

Then on Mount Tabor the Savior, still in the dead of night, ascended with three of His most devoted and zealous disciples: John, the apostle of love, brother...