On August 6, the Catholic Church celebrates one of the 12 main church holidays, which show the main stages of the earthly life of the Son of God, – Transfiguration of the Lord.

Shortly before the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ told the three closest apostles – Peter, John and James, that he must go through the path of Calvary suffering for people, accept a martyr’s death and be resurrected.

As a sign of confirmation of his words, Jesus went with the disciples to the high mountain Phagor. During prayer, he showed the apostles a combination of divine and human nature: his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white and shiny like snow. At that moment, Moses and Elijah appeared, who were the personification of the Law and the prophets of the Old Testament, and God’s voice rang out from heaven, which testified that Jesus is his beloved son.

By the Transfiguration on a high mountain, the Savior sought to strengthen the faith of his disciples in him as the Only Son of God, which would not be shaken during his thorny path to the resurrection itself.