Feast of the Exalation of the Cross

"As You were voluntarily raised upon the cross for our sake, grant mercy to those who are called by Your Name, O Christ God...granting them victories over their adversaries, by bestowing on them the invincible trophy, Your weapon of peace" (Kontakion, Tone 4). #BlessedFeast pic.twitter.com/24iGxbegz4

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) September 14, 2021

Now the Cross is no longer a sign of fear and humiliation, but the sign of our hope, our faith and God’s power.https://t.co/oPvmUB4MpK

— OCN (@MyOCN) September 14, 2021

Save Your people, o Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross. (Troparion, Tone 1) pic.twitter.com/RRSC0NwUJ8

— Pontifical Oriental Institute (@theorientale) September 14, 2021

Today we celebrate the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross!

Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting our rulers to prevail over adversaries, and protecting Your commonwealth by Your Cross. pic.twitter.com/wKvUMKcH0q

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) September 14, 2021

Today is the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross (Ύψωση του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού)

Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting our rulers to prevail over adversaries, and protecting Your commonwealth by Your Cross. (Apolytikion)

*Strict Fast pic.twitter.com/9j198YAYAv

— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada (@GO_Metropolis) September 14, 2021

The sign of the Cross shows us the forgiving, patient, sanctifying and salvific love of Christ.#TheHolyCross pic.twitter.com/hCOdKfXX7f

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) September 14, 2021

This Feast also gives the Church an opportunity to relish the full glory of the Cross as a source of light, hope and victory for Christ’s people#orthodox_times https://t.co/gIqFCP1K8T

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) September 14, 2021

Rejoice, Holy Cross, protection of Christians! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/4vopSqIq5Y

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) September 14, 2021

The Precious and Life-Giving Cross

Some try to “look” holy, but they are missing something. As the Church moves beyond Mid-Lent toward Holy Week, Fr Schmemann explains why there is no Christianity without the Precious and Life-Giving Cross. #SchmemannSpeaks #YearOfSchmemann https://t.co/OugnspYmmf

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) April 12, 2021

Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

Today we celebrate the elevation of the holy Cross!
On this day The Roman Emperor Heraclius brings back the cross to Constantinople. After a long campaign against the Persians who had captured it from Palestine, the Holy Cross was once again in Christian hands. pic.twitter.com/0Sz5fT5Dgd

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) September 14, 2020

The Cross is proclaimed, and faith in God is confessed and truth prevails in the whole inhabited world#orthodox_times

https://t.co/d6LIeFsAOT

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) September 14, 2020

NLM

The Feast of the Apparition of the Cross

NLM: The Feast of the Apparition of the Cross by Gregory DiPippo

N.T. Wright | The Cross

A Meditation by Dom Pius de Hemptinne

He was a Benedictine (1879–1907), a disciple of Dom Columba Marmion.



NLM

A Latin view, with an emphasis almost solely on our Lord's death and no mention of the Resurrection, and of course the key word is sacrifice, but there is no definition of that word to be found here at least:

THE DEATH OF A GOD, dying for the salvation of men, is the central point in the history of mankind. All ages bear witness to and converge towards it: the preceding centuries point to its coming, the others are destined to harvest its fruits.

The death of Christ is the centre of history, and also the centre of the life of each man in particular. In the eyes of God every man will be great in proportion as he takes part in that deed; for the only true and eternal dignity is that belonging to the divine Priest. The degree of each one’s holiness will be in exact proportion as he participates in that bloody immolation. For the Lamb of God alone is holy.

But although Jesus Christ the divine High Priest appeared only once on earth, to offer up His great sacrifice on Calvary; yet, every day He appears in the person of each one of His ministers, to renew His sacrifice on the altar. In every altar, then, Calvary is seen: every altar becomes an august place, the Holy of holies, the source of all holiness. Thither all must go to seek Life, and thither all must continually return, as to the source of God’s mercies.

Whose Latin Christianity? Which Hermeneutic?

Another essay on... Vatican II.

Reading the Signs of the Times by Douglas Farrow

The Church,” says Gaudium et spes, “has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel.” A few paragraphs later, that duty is parsed in a positive way. The Church, we are told, “labors to decipher authentic signs of God's presence and purpose in the happenings, needs and desires in which this People has a part along with other men of our age” (emphasis added). 

What happened to the Church being the sign of God's presence and purpose to the world?

The Power of the Cross

CSEC Blog

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

The Cross

Fr. Alexander Men on the Cross

Pravmir: The Cross Sweetens the Bitterness of Life by ARCHPRIEST ALEXANDER MEN (+1990)
In the morning, finding at least a minute in the midst of your normal daily tasks to stand before His countenance, you will feel how He is gazing at you lovingly and summoning you to labor. God’s blessing is with you in labor during every minute of life. The Kingdom of God, which is coming in power, is established in the heart, for Christ said: The Kingdom of God is within us – come and drink the living water of the Kingdom of Heaven

"A Stumbling Block to the Jews, Folly to the Gentiles"

OrthoChristian: THE MYSTERY OF THE CROSS by Georgiy Velikanov

The Sign of the Cross as Done by Old Believers

The sign of the cross

OrthodoxWiki



How to use the Lestovka and say the Sign of the Cross

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Eastern Christian Books: Veneration of the Cross in the Medieval Islamic World

Eastern Christian Books: Veneration of the Cross in the Medieval Islamic World

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The Exltation of the Cross

The Tree Heals the Tree

The Feast of Byzantium