"The Transfiguration stated Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople, in his message to the monastic community of Bose for the opening of the XV International Ecumenical Meeting, "The Transfigured Christ in the Orthodox spiritual tradition" (16th to 19th September) takes centre stage in the life of our Church, and its spiritual exploration can be decisive to the understanding of the truth of our faith". According to Bartholomew I, two are the dangers one might bump into: "The desire to delve deep into the mystery of the Transfiguration as if the latter were an object of scientific understanding and intellectual knowledge" and "considering the manifestation of the radiance of the divinity on Mount Tabor as a fate that is exclusive to the chosen ones". Although: "If we want to follow in the footsteps of the three disciples of Mount Tabour, we must also follow in the footsteps of the Master who walks up the Golgotha"; however, "all of us, with no exception, regardless of our age, gender, social status, inherited wealth or background, have been called to the same perfection as that to which the Lord called the three apostles".
