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From the Gospel: A cross-shaped paradox
Feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross. Today’s readings: Numbers 21:4b-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 Every year on this date, the Church celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a feast whose very title contains a striking paradox. In the ancient world, the cross was an instrument of humiliation and death, reserved for the...
The Day of the Cross is honored every year with strict fasting - Which names are included in the holiday calendar today?
On 14 September, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Mount of the Holy Cross, one of the oldest and most important Christian festivals. The festival is marked by sunset, regardless of the day of the week in which it is held.
The Precious and Life-Giving Cross: Story and celebration of its Exaltation | Orthodox Times (en)
The Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross is celebrated each year on September 14. The Feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Saint Helen, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. Background In the twentieth year of his reign (326), the Emperor Constantine sent his mother Saint Helen to Jerusalem to venerate the holy places and to find the site of the Holy Sepulchre…
Collaboration of the Missionaries of the Immaculate, Father Kolbe This feast of the Cross has its origin in Jerusalem, commemorates the discovery of the true cross by St. Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine. It is celebrated the day of the dedication of the two Constantinian basilicas built – after the discovery of the Vera Cruz – in the Golgotha (ad Martyrium), and in the Holy Sepulchre (Anastasis), which took place on September 14, 335, …
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