1550 · Ikonen-Museum, Recklinghausen

Among the oldest Church feasts of the Christian East is that of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor. This feast was depicted on the mosaic in the apse of St Catherine's monastery on Sinai as early as 565. The iconography here remained binding: the transfigured Christ stands in an aureole between the prophets Moses and Elijah, while the first three apostles to be called, Peter, John and James, throw themselves to the ground in fear, dazzled by the supernatural light.Show more