The Monastery of the Transfiguration, also known as the Abbey of the Transfiguration, is a Roman Catholic monastery complex in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines, run by the Benedictines.[1]
Background
Established in 1983, the complex is noted for the Transfiguration Church, a pyramid structure designed by National ArtistLeandro Locsin.[2] The church, which was inspired from Ifugaonipa huts, was inaugurated on August 6, 1996.[3]
It also has a two-storey museum, which hosts the vestment collection of Dom Martin Gomez,[b] a monk who served as a couturier for Fist LadyImelda Marcos in the 1970s.[2][4] It opened on August 6, 2008.[3]