Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ-on-the-Mount Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ-on-the-Mount The Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ on the Mount is a modest, single-room, hand-built wooden church near the summit of Meads Mountain in Woodstock, New York, originally constructed c. 1891. Services in the Sarum Rite of the Western Orthodox (Catholic) tradition are held each Sunday morning. It is purported to be the repository of a Marian weeping Icon. In the 1960s, Father Francis, the much-beloved "hippie priest", here welcomed hippies who had congregated in town during those years that culminated in the famous art and music festival. Fr. Francis began the
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Caravaggio) Roman soldiers, and Christ's pointing finger seems to indicate their approach. The other two figures are St John (centre) and St James. "Christ on the Mount of Olives" forms part of a group of works on orthodox Christian subjects painted for Cardinal Benedetto, and including "The Crowning with Thorns" (Vienna), "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas", and paintings of Saint Jerome, St Augustine and Mary Magdalene, now lost. At the same time as these works were being produced, Caravaggio was busy with "Amor Victorious" for the Cardinal's brother, the banker Vincenzo. Christ on the Mount of Olives (Caravaggio) Christ on the