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Icon of The Transfiguration of Our Lord |
Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God,
revealing Thy glory to Thy Disciples as far as they could bear it.
Let Thine everlasting Light also shine upon us sinners,
through the prayers of the Theotokos!//
O Giver of Light, glory to Thee!
(Troparion of Transfiguration)
We sing this every year, but this year I started thinking about what “Let thine everlasting Light also shine upon us sinners” means in relation to “Thou wast transfigured … revealing Thy glory to Thy Disciples as far as they could bear it.” The Disciples could barely endure the little of Christ’s glory that He did reveal to them. Yet, to be outside His Light is to be in darkness and death. So, to ask Christ to shine His everlasting Light upon us is to ask Him both to warm us and to burn us. The older I get, the more I realize how scared I am of truly letting Christ burn away all in me that doesn’t belong to Him. But He is Love, and His burning away of my sin is also an act of His Love. And so, “Let Thine everlasting Light also shine upon us sinners, through the prayers of the Theotokos! O Giver of Light, glory to Thee!”
An Orthodox Christian Monastery for Women
From its home on the banks of the Napa River in Calistoga, California,
Holy Assumption Monastery welcomes faithful pilgrims and visitors of all backgrounds.
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Holy Assumption Monastery is part of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of San Francisco and the West,
under the omophorion of His Eminence, Archbishop BENJAMIN.
$50,000.00
Can we raise $300,000 towards the New St. Nicholas House in 2022? God willing, we can! Generous friends have already pledged $50,000 as a matching-donation challenge for the month of May. Every dollar raised this month, up to $50,000 will be doubled!
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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Psalm 122:1
August 2022 Newsletter
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Online Retreat
Sept. 10 - Fr. Anthony Roeber - Reflections on The Cross
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