That We Would Never Cross Ourselves Mechanically
Marina Biryukova
Fr. Sergei, to be honest, we very often cross ourselves mechanically, or just because at the moment in the service one ought to cross oneself, or ...
Following Christ to the End: A Homily For the Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Cross by Archpriest Alexei Uminsky
The Exaltation of the Lord’s Cross: The Mystery of Golgotha by Archpriest Andrei Tkachev
Fr. Stephen Freeman, The Cross as the Way of Life
Why Does the World Reject the Cross of Christ? by Protopresbyter Themistokles Mourtzanos
The Largest Piece of the True Cross Of Christ—Holy Monastery of Xeropotamou, Mount Athos
In the Catholicon (Main Church) of the Holy Monastery of Xeropotamou, thirteen pieces of the True Cross of Jesus Christ are treasured, four large pieces in ancient reliquaries and nine smaller pieces which are also housed in reliquaries with other relics of saints.
St. Theophan the Recluse, The Spiritual Exaltation of the Cross