The Lainici Monastery celebrated its patron saint of the Transfiguration: He is the model of divine vision, IPS Irineu saidtranslated

The Lainici Monastery in Gorj County celebrated one of its feasts dedicated to the Feast of the Transfiguration on Thursday. "It is the model of the divine vision," said His Holiness Father Irineu, Metropolitan of Oltenia.

The celebration began with the officiating of the Holy Liturgy by Metropolitan Irineu of Oltenia, together with Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic, Bishops Lucian of Caransebeș, Nicodim of Severin and Strehaia, Sebastian of Slatina and the Romanians, Siluan of Hungary, and Nectaria of Ireland and Iceland.

A feast of light The Metropolitan of Oltenia spoke about the significance of the Feast of the Transfiguration, emphasizing that it reveals the divine glory of Christ and calls the faithful to the renewal of life.

"The royal feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ is a feast of light that we have in our Church, a feast that has a special meaning for us Christians".

His Eminence showed that the apostles then understood Christ's divinity: "The Holy Apostles saw the Savior performing miracles, divine works. But, at the Transfiguration, the Lord...