According to Gospel texts, on this day Jesus Christ revealed to three of his disciples that he was the Son of God. “You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, insofar as they could bear, beheld Your glory...
The Dormition Fast precedes the Assumption of Mary, marked on 15 August. On the first day of the fast, 1 August, water is blessed in church. In Eastern Orthodoxy the Dormition Fast is connected with veneration of the Mother of God and is very..
