Exodus 24.12-18 (Vespers)

12I reèe Gospod Mojsiju: popni se k meni na goru, i ostani ovdje, i daæu ti ploèe od kamena, zakon i zapovijesti, koje sam napisao, da ih uèiš. 13Tada usta Mojsije s Isusom, koji ga služaše, i izaðe Mojsije na goru Božiju. 14A starješinama reèe: sjedite tu dok se vratimo k vama; a eto Aron i Or s vama; ko bi imao što, neka ide k njima. 15I otide Mojsije na goru, a oblak pokri goru. 16I bijaše slava Gospodnja na gori Sinajskoj, i oblak je pokrivaše šest dana; a u sedmi dan viknu Mojsija ispred oblaka. 17I slava Gospodnja bješe po viðenju kao oganj koji sažiže na vrh gore pred sinovima Izrailjevim. 18I Mojsije uðe usred oblaka, i pope se na goru; i osta Mojsije na gori èetrdeset dana i èetrdeset noæi.

Composite 15 - Exodus 33.11-23; 34.4-6, 8 (Vespers)

1The Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as one speaks to one’s friend. Then he would return to the camp; but the young servant, Jesus, son of Navi, did not leave the tent. Moses said to the Lord, ‘See, you say to me, “Bring up this people”; but you have not shown me whom you will send with me. Yet you have said to me, “I know you above all others, and you have also found favour in my sight.” Now if I have found favour in your sight, show yourself to me, so that I may see you and find favour in your sight, that I may know that this great nation is your people.‘ And the Lord said to him, ‘I myself will go before you, and I will give you rest.’ And he said to him, ‘If you will not go with us yourself, do not carry me up from here. For how shall it be truly known that I have found favour in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be glorified, I and your people, more than all the nations.’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘For you I will do this word that you have spoken; for you have found favour in my sight, and I know you above all others.’ Moses said, ‘Show me your own glory.’ And he said, ‘I will pass by you in my glory, and will proclaim before you my name, “The Lord”; and I will be have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on those on whom I will have pity.’ And he said, ‘You cannot see my face; for no human shall see my face and live.’ And the Lord said, ‘See, there is a place by me; stand on the rock. And while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen by you.’ So Moses rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sina, as the Lord had commanded him. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name, ‘The Lord. The Lord passed before his face, and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord, God compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and full of mercy and true’. And Moses quickly bowed to the earth, and worshipped the Lord.

Composite 23 - 3 [1] Kings 19.3-9, 11-13, 15, 16 (Vespers)

1And Elias heard and was afraid; he arose and fled for his life, and came to Beersheba, in the land of Juda; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly someone touched him and said to him, ‘Arise and eat and drink, for you have a long journey.’ Elias looked, and there at his head was a cake of flour and a jar of water. He arose, ate and drank, and slept again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, ‘Arise and eat and drink, for you have a long journey.’ He arose, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to mount Horeb. There he entered a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord will pass by.’ And a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire the sound of a gentle breeze. And when Elias heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood by the cave. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Go, return to your way and you will come to the desert way of Damascus; and you shall anoint Elissaios son of Shaphat as prophet in your place.’

Luke 9.28-36 (Matins Gospel)

28A kad proðe osam dana poslije onijeh rijeèi, uze Petra i Jovana i Jakova i iziðe na goru da se pomoli Bogu. 29I kad se moljaše postade lice njegovo drukèije, i odijelo njegovo bijelo i sjajno. 30I gle, dva èovjeka govorahu s njim, koji bijahu Mojsije i Ilija. 31Pokazaše se u slavi, i govorahu o izlasku njegovu koji mu je trebalo svršiti u Jerusalimu. 32A Petar i koji bijahu s njim bijahu zaspali; ali probudivši se vidješe slavu njegovu i dva èovjeka koji s njim stajahu. 33I kad se odvojiše od njega reèe Petar Isusu: uèitelju! dobro nam je ovdje biti; i da naèinimo tri sjenice: jednu tebi, i jednu Mojsiju, i jednu Iliji: ne znajuæi šta govoraše. 34A dok on to govoraše doðe oblak i zakloni ih; i uplašiše se kad zaðoše u oblak. 35I èu se glas iz oblaka govoreæi: ovo je sin moj ljubazni, njega poslušajte. 36I kad se èujaše glas naðe se Isus sam. I oni umuèaše, i nikom ne javiše ništa u one dane od onoga šta vidješe.

2 Peter 1.10-19 (Epistle, Transfiguration)

10Zato, braæo, postarajte se još veæma da svoju službu i izbor utvrdite; jer èineæi ovo neæete pogriješiti nikad; 11Jer vam se tako obilno dopusti ulazak u vjeèno carstvo Gospoda našega i spasa Isusa Hrista. 12Zato se neæu olijeniti opominjati vam jednako ovo, ako i znate i utvrðeni ste u ovoj istini; 13Jer mislim da je pravo dokle sam god u ovom tijelu da vas budim opominjanjem, 14Znajuæi da æu skoro tijelo svoje odbaciti kao što mi kaza i Gospod naš Isus Hristos. 15A trudiæu se svakojako da se i po rastanku mojemu možete opominjati ovoga; 16Jer vam ne pokazasmo sile i dolaska Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista po pripovijetkama mudro izmišljenijem, nego smo sami vidjeli slavu njegovu. 17Jer on primi od Boga oca èast i slavu kad doðe k njemu takovi glas: ovo je sin moj ljubazni, koji je po mojoj volji. 18I ovaj glas mi èusmo gdje siðe s neba kad bijasmo s njim na svetoj gori. 19I imamo najpouzdaniju proroèku rijeè, i dobro èinite što pazite na nju, kao na vidjelo koje svijetli u tamnome mjestu, dokle dan ne osvane i danica se ne rodi u srcima vašima.

2 Corinthians 1.1-7 (Epistle)

1Od Pavla, apostola Isusa Hrista po volji Božijoj i brata Timotija crkvi Božijoj u Korintu, sa svima svetima koji su u svoj Ahaji: 2Blagodat vam i mir od Boga oca našega, i Gospoda Isusa Hrista. 3Blagosloven Bog i otac Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista, otac milosti i Bog svake utjehe, 4Koji nas utješava u svakoj nevolji našoj, da bismo mogli utješiti one koji su u svakoj nevolji utjehom kojom nas same Bog utješava. 5Jer kako se stradanja Hristova umnožavaju na nama tako se i utjeha naša umnožava kroz Hrista. 6Ako li smo pak u nevolji, za vašu je utjehu i spasenije, koje postaje u trpljenju tijeh istijeh stradanja koja i mi podnosimo. 7I nadanje naše tvrdo je za vas. Ako li se utješavamo, za vašu je utjehu i spasenije, znajuæi da kao što ste zajednièari u našemu stradanju tako i u utjesi.

Matthew 17.1-9 (Gospel, Transfiguration)

1I poslije šest dana uze Isus Petra i Jakova i Jovana brata njegova, i izvede ih na goru visoku same. 2I preobrazi se pred njima, i zasja se lice njegovo kao sunce a haljine njegove postadoše bijele kao svijet. 3I gle, ukazaše im se Mojsije i Ilija, koji s njim govorahu. 4A Petar odgovarajuæi reèe Isusu: Gospode! dobro nam je ovdje biti; ako hoæeš da naèinimo ovdje tri sjenice: tebi jednu, a Mojsiju jednu, a jednu Iliji. 5Dok on još govoraše, gle, oblak sjajan zakloni ih; i gle, glas iz oblaka govoreæi: ovo je sin moj ljubazni, koji je po mojoj volji; njega poslušajte. 6I èuvši uèenici padoše nièice, i uplašiše se vrlo. 7I pristupivši Isus dohvati ih se, i reèe: ustanite, i ne bojte se. 8A oni podignuvši oèi svoje nikoga ne vidješe do Isusa sama. 9I silazeæi s gore zapovjedi im Isus govoreæi: nikom ne kazujte što ste vidjeli dok sin èovjeèij iz mrtvijeh ne ustane.

Matthew 21.43-46 (Gospel)

43Zato vam kažem da æe se od vas uzeti carstvo Božije, i daæe se narodu koji njegove rodove donosi. 44I ko padne na ovaj kamen razbiæe se; a na koga on padne satræe ga. 45I èuvši glavari sveštenièki i fariseji prièe njegove razumješe da za njih govori. 46I gledahu da ga uhvate, ali se pobojaše naroda, jer ga držahu za proroka.

The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ

Second “Feast of the Saviour” in August.

Read the account of Christ’s holy Transfiguration (Metamorphosis in Greek) in Matthew ch. 17, Mark ch. 9, and Luke ch. 9. Appearing clothed in Light on Mt Tabor, the Savior fulfilled his promise to His disciples that “there are some standing here who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom” (Mt 16:28). Christ’s Transfiguration is the image of the future state of the righteous, of which He spoke when He said “Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun” (Mt 13:43). According to the Church’s tradition, the Transfiguration occurred forty days before His Crucifixion; for this reason the Transfiguration is celebrated forty days before the Exaltation of the Cross.