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• n  (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
• n  (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus
• n  a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
• n  the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify

• Kim Jong Il's transfiguration was startling.
• More than in ordinary times, people thought about death, about spiritual fulfillment, and about transfiguration.
• The transfiguration of the snaggletoothed island race is part of a phenomenon taking hold around the developed world: amortality.

• Transfiguration
• Transfiguration Day
• August 6
• Transfiguration of Jesus
• metamorphosis

News & Articles

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• Food among Greek festival highlights
  MASON CITY — Olivia Pappas and Chanel Barlas, both of Mason City, busily assembled gyros on Saturday as a part of the Greek Festival at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Mason City.
  June 16, 2013 - The Globe Gazette
• Slatkin and DSO close season with a musical reflection of Detroit
  The biggest news of the night was the world premiere of the DSO-commissioned 'Rouge River Transfiguration,' by Missy Mazzoli, winner of the orchestra's Elaine Lebenbom Competition for women composers.
  June 14, 2013 - Detroit Free Press
• Grecian Fest this weekend in Lowell
  LOWELL -- The Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church will hold its Grecian Festival this weekend, rain or shine, on 25 Fr.
  June 11, 2013 - Lowell Sun

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in Zenit News Agency
  This,the Pope said, "is the crucial point: The Transfiguration is an anticipation of the Resurrection, but this presupposes death."
• Paul Mariani in Los Angeles Times
  Crane was "willing to pay a month's rent" for a book of Hopkins, Mariani says, unable to get over how words could "come so near a transfiguration into pure musical notation . . . What daring!"
• Robert Plant in Telegraph.co.uk
  There is a difference between people who sing and those who take that voice to another, otherworldly place, who create a euphoria within themselves,said Plant. "It's transfiguration. I know about that. And having met Elvis, I know he was a...