"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday inspected progress done on “The Great Transfiguration” project, which aims to develop the tourist area in St. Catherine and transform it into a global ...

Just as the First Sunday of Lent’s Gospel is always Jesus’ Temptation in the Desert, so the Second Sunday’s is always his Transfiguration. The Church officially celebrates the Solemnity of the ...

Sunday, Feb. 28, is the Second Sunday of Lent. Mass Readings: Genesis 22:1-18 (excerpted); Psalm 116:10, 15-19; Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10. It’s the Second Sunday of Lent already. It’s the Sunday on ...

Mount Tabor played an important role in the biblical history of the Land of Israel due to its strategic location on top of the mountain, which overlooks mostly flat terrain in every direction. From ...

Over the years, visitors have traveled up Mount Sinai with a Bedouin guide to watch the sunrise over the pristine, rocky landscape. But now, Mount Sinai, a site held sacred by Jews, Christians, and ...

The first scholar to seriously study flora and fauna in the Holy Land was Henry Tristram Baker, a 19th-century English clergyman with a penchant for natural science. On a journey to the land of the ...