The Exaltation is one of the great church events. To avoid troubles and failures, follow the traditions and signs of the holiday.
Every year on September 27, the Orthodox Church remembers an event that happened many years ago in Jerusalem - the miraculous discovery of the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified.
In addition to the Exaltation of the Cross, this day is also celebrated folk holiday- the end of Indian summer, or the Third Autumn. Therefore, many traditions and signs of the holiday are not only religious, but also folk in nature.
Traditions of the Exaltation of the Cross
Like any other church holiday, main tradition for the Exaltation is visiting temples and churches, listening divine liturgies. It takes place in many cities procession. On this day they prayed for the healing of loved ones, for a rich harvest next year, and asked for deliverance from sins.
The cross is a special Orthodox relic symbolizing suffering. Therefore, strict fasting should be observed on this day. Previously, it was believed that God punishes the one who neglects this tradition with seven sins, and removes seven sins from the one who did not taste the humble food.
It was believed that prayers on this day have special power. If you sincerely pray or ask for something on this day, it will definitely be fulfilled.
It was forbidden to serve any food on the table on this holiday. meat dishes. It was believed that a person who tasted the meat of a killed animal on this day killed all the prayers he said.
According to folk traditions, On September 27 it was forbidden to go into the forest. It was believed that on this day the Leshy walks through the forest and counts all the forest inhabitants, and if a person gets in his way, the traveler will not find the way back from the forest.
The cross symbolizes divine protection. In ancient times, those who wanted to protect their home and their loved ones painted a cross on the door of their home on September 27th. This tradition still exists today.
For peasants, this day was considered the final end of Indian summer and the onset of autumn. Already at this point, all matters relating to Agriculture, must be completed.
Signs for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Signs were very important on this day both for believers and for those who are far from religion. And many random things acquired sacred meaning.
September 27 is the last day of Indian summer. It was believed that autumn was beginning to move towards winter.
In Rus', on this day they celebrated a national holiday - cabbage. Women who served cabbage pies were considered good housewives. Young girls and boys gathered on this day for festivities, the girls set the table, and the boys chose their brides.
On September 27, many signs foreshadowed the onset of cold weather: birds flew south, bears lay down in a den, and snakes hid in a hole.
Believers always attach spiritual meaning to Orthodox holidays. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, along with Easter and the Nativity of Christ, has special significance for Christians. If you also honor this great event, do not forget to observe the traditions and signs of the holiday, and then happiness will not pass you by. Peace to you and your home, and don't forget to press the buttons and
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One of the main church holidays, called the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, has rich history and many traditions...
Exaltation of the Holy Cross associated with the end of the persecution of Christians when the Roman Emperor Constantine appeared. On the eve of a very important battle, Constantine saw in the sky the sign of the cross with the inscription “Hereby conquer” (in Greek: NIKA). At night, Jesus Christ himself appeared to him with the Cross in his hand and said that with the cross he could defeat the enemy. Christ advised making a banner with the image of the Holy Cross.
Constantine did as he was asked and managed to defeat the enemy. After this, he declared the faith of Christ to be the main one. He instructed his mother, Queen Helen, to find the place where Jesus was crucified and the Cross was buried. They wanted to build a Temple on this site. Queen Helena put a lot of effort into finding the right place. When she succeeded, after lengthy excavations, three crosses appeared at once. On the advice of the bishop, they began to bring each cross to a seriously ill woman. Nothing has changed from the two crosses. When they brought the third cross, the woman was instantly healed. In this way they recognized the Cross of the Lord.
I congratulate you on the Exaltation,
May the Lord illuminate your path.
May the Cross always save Him from troubles,
And it doesn’t let you take a wrong turn somewhere.
Let Hope always burn in your soul,
May Faith protect and inspire you.
And let life be forever serene,
The love of family and friends adds strength to you.
Happy Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord!
May there be God's grace
Always - both tomorrow and today
To accompany you everywhere!
And may the Lord protect
Fate from sorrows and troubles,
And it will shine brighter than the sun
Love, hope, faith light!
Congratulations on the great holiday of light and joy of the soul - on the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. May this day give grace and health to the family, mercy of the soul and kindness of the heart, light and joy, happiness and peace.
Life-giving Cross of the Lord
Holy Exaltation today.
God's Cross always helps us in life,
Saves us from troubles and diseases!
I congratulate you on your Exaltation,
I wish you salvation with all my heart.
Live on earth with love for God,
Do not sow evil, but only do good!
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
We celebrate together today!
May the Almighty protect you
From troubles, worries, unnecessary anxiety!
Let faith sparkle in your heart
It always burns - both day and night,
Love and appreciate your neighbors.
And live virtuously!
Life-giving Cross of the Lord
He brings us blessings.
He who believes is free,
The Lord will always save him.
I wish you strength of spirit
Today, on a holiday, on any day,
And faith is not for show,
May God always be with you!
I cordially congratulate you today,
After all, Orthodox people celebrate
Exaltation of the Holy Cross,
The bell is ringing and the angels are singing.
May it forever be in your heart
Peace, hope and love reign.
May faith be endless
And joy blooms again and again.
Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord
We are celebrating Orthodox family Today!
We wish you health, joy and strength,
May every day bring smiles.
We wish God's miraculous salvation,
We want to make only the right decisions.
We certainly wish not to sin,
Only live in love and happiness.
Congratulations on the erection of the Cross,
I wish you a lot of happiness and health,
Let your soul be pure like dew,
Let your heart be filled with love!
May the Lord send blessings,
May he protect you from all sorrows!
May luck accompany you,
But in life only peace always reigns!
Today is the holiday, the Exaltation of the Cross,
May he fill life with goodness and blessings,
Your lips will offer a prayer to heaven,
Relatives will always be there.
Jesus endured all the troubles for us
And I was not afraid to give my life,
So may Christ protect you all your life,
Just pray, love and repent!
Congratulations on your Exaltation
I want it from the bottom of my heart now.
May the Lord always help,
Let everything be within your reach.
Don't lose faith in your heart
After all, she will always save.
May my sincere prayer
It will bring relief.
Ask on a glorious holiday
Deliverance from troubles
And hear with your soul
You are the answer to your question.
Congratulations: 24 in verse, 7 in prose.
The Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is a holiday that the Orthodox Church celebrates on September 27. On this day, believers remember how in 326 the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified was miraculously found in Jerusalem. We will talk about the events, meaning and traditions of the Exaltation of the Cross.
The full name of the holiday is the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. On this day, Orthodox Christians remember two events.
- As he writes Sacred Tradition, The Cross was found in 326 in Jerusalem. This happened near Mount Golgotha, where the Savior was crucified.
- And the second event is the return of the Life-Giving Cross from Persia, where it was in captivity. In the 7th century, it was returned to Jerusalem by the Greek Emperor Heraclius.
Both events were united by the fact that the Cross was erected in front of the people, that is, raised. At the same time, they turned it to all directions of the world in turn, so that people could bow to it and share with each other the joy of finding a shrine.
The Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord is the twelfth holiday. The twelfth holidays are dogmatically closely connected with the events of the earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God and are divided into the Lord's (dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ) and the Theotokos (dedicated to the Mother of God). The Exaltation of the Cross is the Lord's holiday.
Exaltation: traditional dishes
If you are wondering what to cook for the Exaltation, keep in mind that this day is a fast day. Moreover, it was believed that those who did not eat eggs, meat, or milk on this day were forgiven seven sins at once.
Since cabbage harvesting was timed to coincide with this day, it was customary to treat everyone to cabbage dishes in the evening.
Lenten pie with cabbage
- Yeast dough: 1.2 kg flour,
- 2 tbsp. warm water,
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil (you can use ¾ tbsp.),
- 30-40 g yeast,
- 1 tsp salt.
- For the filling: 1 small head of cabbage,
- vegetable oil, salt.
How to cook: Dissolve yeast in 0.5 tbsp. warm water and put in warm place. When the yeast foams, knead the dough from the indicated products, cover with a towel and place in a warm place. Knead twice and form into a pie.
Roll out the dough for the bottom to a thickness of 1 cm, transfer to a greased baking sheet vegetable oil, straighten, place the filling. Cover the top with a second layer of dough, rolled out thinner - 7-8 mm, prick with a fork. If the filling is juicy, make a hole in the middle of the pie so that it does not burst from the steam during baking.
If desired, you can leave a small piece of dough, roll it out thinly and cut out various decorations with a knife or mold - stripes, leaves, berries, flowers, etc. The surface of the pie is smeared with strong sweet tea using a brush, decorated with prepared figures on top, greased with tea again and baked at 180o C until cooked.
After baking, lightly brush the cake with boiled water, cover with a towel and let it rest. It is very good to put the dough not in water, but in rice water - the dough then turns out especially white.
Chop the cabbage into strips or cut into squares, simmer in a deep frying pan under a lid in vegetable oil, adding a small amount of water, and add salt. When the cabbage becomes soft, open the lid, let the excess moisture evaporate and lightly brown. Fill the pie with cooled cabbage and bake. Shape the cake into a rectangular shape.
Pumpkin pancakes
Required:
- 1 kg peeled pumpkin,
- 1 cup wheat flour,
- salt, sugar to taste,
- vegetable oil for frying.
Grate the pumpkin on a fine grater, add salt and sugar, add flour and mix everything together. Spoon into a heated frying pan and doused with vegetable oil. Fry on both sides. Serve with honey.
Apples stuffed with beets
Required:
- 4 apples,
- 1 small beet,
- 1 tablespoon sour juice,
- 1 apple celery root,
- 1 teaspoon horseradish,
- a handful of walnuts, salt, sugar, vegetable oil, dill.
Peel apples from seeds and seed chambers. Grate the beets on a fine grater, cut the celery into finely-fine cubes, sprinkle with sour juice, add chopped nuts, horseradish, season with salt, sugar, vegetable oil, chopped dill. Mix everything. Stuff the apples and bake.
Salad “Pre-simple”
Product composition:
- 4 boiled potatoes in their jackets,
- 2 fresh cucumber,
- 1 bunch of dill,
- 1 packet of soy or lean mayonnaise.
Peel and cut the potatoes into cubes, cut the cucumber into thin strips, chop the dill and mix all the ingredients together with soy mayonnaise. Place in a salad bowl and serve with Borodino bread.
When is the Exaltation of the Holy Cross celebrated in 2018?
The Russian Orthodox Church remembers the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 27 according to the new style (September 14 according to the old style).
This holiday has one day of pre-celebration and seven days of post-celebration. Forefeast - one or several days before a major holiday, the services of which already include prayers dedicated to the upcoming celebrated event. Accordingly, after-feasts are the same days after the holiday.
The holiday is celebrated on October 4th. Giving holiday - the last day of some important Orthodox holidays, celebrated with a special service, more solemn than on ordinary days of post-feast.
Traditions and customs for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
What can you do
During the Exaltation, it was customary to harvest and prepare cabbage for the winter. Cabbage parties were held with songs, games and gatherings.
Signs for September 27
- The caftan and fur coat will move, the last cart will leave the field, the birds will fly away, and the cold will approach.
- Whoever fasts on the Exaltation will have seven sins forgiven.
- The erection will take off the caftan and put on a fur coat.
- Exaltation with winters is not a problem, Pokrov-Father will say something (October 14).
- The rise of autumn moves towards winter.
- On Exaltation the reptile and the snake do not move, but the grain from the field will move.
- Know, woman, about cabbage on Vozdvizhen’s Day.
- A good man has a pie with cabbage on Exaltation Day.
- On Zdvizhenye, the good fellow has cabbage on the porch.
- It's winter on Vozdvizhenie - no problem for the peasant.
Name day on September 27 is celebrated by: Ivan
The name of the day is Ivan. Characteristics of a person named Vanya
It means “Yahweh (God) had mercy, had mercy.” A man with this name is distinguished by the fact that a variety of qualities coexist in him - strength and weakness, compliance and firmness, kindness and cruelty.
As a rule, those around him think that he is scattered: he has a very wide range of interests, he takes on a lot and, oddly enough, he manages to do a lot, although there are also many failures.
Ivans, born in September, are distinguished by their openness to the world, they are interested in everything that happens - politics, football, new car models, fishing and much more.
These people are very hospitable, they love big companies, love to receive guests and approach this creatively, with imagination, so they have no shortage of friends.
What not to do on Exaltation?
By folk beliefs, on this day you should not start any serious, responsible affairs, since they will not receive a successful completion. You cannot go into the forest on Exaltation, since bears and snakes were considered especially dangerous on this day.
This is the holiday that all Orthodox Christians celebrate on September 27 - the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the twelfth eternal holiday, always celebrated on the same day.
Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord icon
Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Icon. Prayers.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on September 27. The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross reminds believers of the discovery in 326 in Jerusalem of the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified.
The full name is the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. Orthodox Christians remember two events on this day. As mentioned above, near Mount Golgotha, on which Jesus was crucified, the Cross was found in 326. The second event is also very important, the return from Persia (from captivity) of the Life-Giving Cross by the Greek Emperor Heraclius in the seventh century.
These two events are united by the fact that the Cross was raised (erected) in front of the people, turning it in turn to all directions of the world, so that all people could bow to it and rejoice at the discovery of the shrine.
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord belongs to the twelve feasts, which are connected by the events of the earthly life of the Savior and the Mother of God. They are divided into the Lord's, which are dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Theotokos, which are dedicated to the Mother of God. The Exaltation of the Cross belongs to the Lord's holidays.
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Lord's Cross has a pre-celebration day, when the services include prayers for the coming big holiday, as well as the seven days of after-feast, i.e. after the holiday they are celebrated in the same way.
October 4 is the celebration of the holiday, i.e. the last day of an important holiday, when a special, more solemn service is held than on other days of the feast.
On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Orthodox believers have a strict fast, when they cannot eat fish, meat, eggs, dairy products, food is seasoned with vegetable oil.
On the day of the Exaltation of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, an All-Night Vigil and Liturgy are celebrated. During Matins, the Gospel is read at the altar, and not in the middle of the church. At the climax, the leading priest, dressed in purple vestments, brings out the Cross. All those praying kiss the shrine, and the primate anoints it with holy oil at this moment. When venerating the Cross in the church, the troparion is sung: “We worship Your Cross, O Master, and glorify Your holy resurrection.” Until the day of giving, i.e. until October 4, the Cross lies on a lectern, after which it is taken to the altar.
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The Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is a holiday celebrated in historical churches, one of the twelve.
Since the 7th century, the memory of the return of the Life-Giving Cross from Persia by the Greek Emperor Heraclius (629) began to be associated with this day.
unknown, Public DomainBoth during the acquisition and during the glorification of the Cross returned from Persia, the primate, in order to give everyone gathered for the celebration the opportunity to see the Shrine, erected (that is, raised) the Cross, turning it to all cardinal directions.
history of the holiday
Finding the Cross
The cross was found by the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, Queen Helena, who came to Palestine and the Bishop of Jerusalem Macarius (314-333).
As a result of excavations, the Cave of the Holy Sepulcher was found, and three crosses were discovered not far from it.
The cross of Jesus Christ was determined when a sick woman, on whom they were placed one by one, received healing. According to another legend, a dead person was resurrected from contact with this cross and was carried along the street for burial (hence the name Life-giving Cross).
Holy Queen Helen commemorated places associated with the earthly life of the Savior by the founding of more than 80 churches erected in Bethlehem - the place of the Nativity of Christ, on the Mount of Olives, from where the Lord ascended to heaven, in Gethsemane, where the Savior prayed before His suffering and where she was buried Mother of God after the Dormition. Saint Helena brought with her a part of the Life-Giving Tree and nails to Constantinople.
Vasily Kondratievich Sazonov (1789–1870) , Public Domain Emperor Constantine, Equal to the Apostles, ordered the construction of a majestic and extensive temple in Jerusalem in honor of the Resurrection of Christ, which included both the Holy Sepulcher and Golgotha. The temple took about 10 years to build. Saint Helena did not live to see the consecration of the temple; she died in 327. The temple was consecrated on September 13, 335. The next day, September 14, it was established to celebrate the Exaltation of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross.
Return of the Cross
On this day, another event related to the Cross of the Lord is remembered - his return from Persia after 14 years of captivity back to Jerusalem. The Persian king Khosroes II, in the war against the Greeks, defeated the Greek army, plundered Jerusalem and took captive the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and Patriarch Zechariah (609-633).
The cross stayed in Persia for 14 years and only under Emperor Heraclius (610-641), who, with the help of God, defeated Khosroes and made peace with his son, was their shrine returned to Christians - the Cross of the Lord.
With great triumph, the Life-Giving Cross was brought to Jerusalem. Emperor Heraclius, wearing a royal crown and purple, carried the Cross of Christ to the Church of the Resurrection. Patriarch Zechariah walked next to the king.
At the gate by which they ascended to Golgotha, the emperor suddenly stopped and could not move further. The Holy Patriarch explained to the Tsar that the Angel of the Lord was blocking his path, for He Who carried the Cross to Golgotha to redeem the world from sins, performed His Way of the Cross in a humiliated form. Then Heraclius, taking off his crown and purple, put on simple clothes and freely carried the Cross of Christ into the temple.
unknown, Public Domain In his homily on the Exaltation of the Cross, Saint Andrew of Crete says: “ The Cross is erected, and all the faithful flock together, The Cross is erected, and the city triumphs, and the nations celebrate».
Divine service
Orthodox Church
The day before (that is, September 13) the evening is performed. According to the rules, this all-night vigil must include small vespers. At Little Vespers, the Cross is transferred from the altar to the throne. However, now the celebration of Little Vespers can be found in Russia only in rare monasteries. For this reason, in parish churches the Cross is placed on the altar before the start of the service (the Gospel is placed behind the antimension).
unknown, Public Domain Then the troparion is sung three times “And we glorify Your Holy Resurrection”, during which three times are performed prostrations. Then special stichera are sung, during which the priest performs anointing with oil, and then the august, the usual ending and the first hour.
At the liturgy, instead of the Trisagion, it is sung “We worship Your Cross, Master, and we glorify Your Holy Resurrection”(no prostrations).
According to tradition, on this day it is customary to wear purple vestments.
The cross lies on the lectern until September 21 - the day of the Exaltation. To be given at the end of the liturgy after the prayer behind the pulpit, while singing the troparion and kontakion to the Cross, the Cross is carried away by the priest through.
| In Greek | In Church Slavonic (transliteration) | In Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troparion of the holiday, tone 1 (Ἦχος α") | Σῶσον Κύριε τὸν λαόν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοῖς Βασιλεῦσι κατὰ βαρβάρων δωρούμενος καὶ τὸ σὸν φυλάττων διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου πολίτευμα. | Save, Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victories to Orthodox Christians against resistance, and preserving Your life by Your Cross | Save, Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victories to Orthodox Christians over their enemies and preserving Your people through Your Cross. |
| Kontakion of the holiday, tone 4 (Ἦχος δ") | Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ ἑκουσίως, τῇ ἐπωνύμῳ σου καινῇ πολιτείᾳ, τοὺς οἰκτιρμούς σου δώρησαι, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός. Εὔφρανον ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου, τοὺς πιστοὺς Βασιλεῖς ἡμῶν, νίκας χορηγῶν αὐτοῖς, κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων· τὴν συμμαχίαν ἔχοιεν τὴν σήν, ὅπλον εἰρήνης, ἀήττητον τρόπαιον. | Ascend to the Cross by will, grant Thy bounty to Thy new residence, O Christ God, make us glad with Thy power, giving victories to us as counterparts, benefits to those who have Thy weapons. ra, invincible victory. | Ascended to the Cross voluntarily, grant Thy mercy to the new people named after You, O Christ God; make your faithful people glad with your power, giving them victories over their enemies - may they have help from you, a weapon of peace, an invincible sign of victory. |
| Worthy of the holiday, voice 8 (Ἦχος πλ. δ") | Μυστικῶς εἶ Θεοτόκε Παράδεισος, ἀγεωργήτως βλαστήσασα Χριστόν, ὑφ᾿ οὗ τὸ τοῦ Σταυροῦ, ζωηφόρον ἐν γῇ, πεφυτούργηται δένδρον· δι᾿ οὗ νῦν ὑψουμένου, προσκυνοῦντες αὐτὸν σὲ μεγαλύνομεν. | Thou art the Mystery, O Mother of God, paradise, who uncultivated Christ, Who planted the Tree of the Life-Giving Cross on the earth. Thus, now I exalt, worshiping Him, we magnify You. | You, Mother of God, are a mysterious paradise, who uncultivated Christ, who planted the life-giving tree of the Cross on earth; therefore now, at the erection of it, worshiping it, we magnify You. |
Greatness
We magnify Thee,/ Life-giving Christ,/ and honor Thy holy Cross,/ by which Thou hast saved us// from the work of the enemy.
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Name
Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord
Greek ῾Η παγκόσμιος ὕψωσις τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ
verbatim Worldwide Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross
in Russian vernacular: Zdvizhenye
Celebration
Celebrated Orthodox Church September 14 according to the Julian calendar or September 27 according to the Gregorian calendar.
Some features of worship
Initially, this holiday was established by the Church in memory of the finding of the Cross of the Lord in the 4th century. In the 7th century, the memory of the discovery of the Holy Cross was combined with another memory - the return of the Tree of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord from Persian captivity.
The vigil service of the holiday is being celebrated.
Stichera on the stichera - the holiday, Glory and now - the stichera of the holiday.
After Now you let go and the troparion of the holiday is sung three times.
At matins
For God the Lord the troparion of the holiday is sung (twice), Glory and now - the same troparion
According to the polyeleos, which is traditionally performed at the altar, the magnification of the holiday is sung: We magnify Thee, Life-Giving Christ, and honor Thy Holy Cross, by which Thou hast saved us from the work of the enemy.
Degree - 1 antiphon 4 voices From my youth.
Prokeimenon of the holiday.
According to the Gospel - having seen the Resurrection of Christ once.
According to Psalm 50, the stichera of the holiday is sung. Anointing with holy oil is performed after the removal of the Cross.
Canons: holiday.
The chaos of the holiday is sung, having drawn the Cross.
After the 8th song, we don’t sing the Most Honest, but we sing the chorus and irmos of the 9th song. Chorus: Magnify, my soul, the Most Honorable Cross of the Lord. Irmos of the 9th canto: Mystery art thou, O Theotokos, paradise (You are the mysterious paradise, Mother of God), who uncultivated Christ, Who has planted the Tree of the Life-Giving Cross on the earth. By this (therefore) now lifting up (the Cross), worshiping it, we magnify Thee.
The indicated chorus is chanted at the 9th canto and for each troparion of the 1st canon, and for the troparions of the 2nd canon, which has only one 9th canto, the chorus is sung: Magnify, my soul, the exaltation of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord.
To praise the stichera of the holiday, Glory and now - the holiday.
After the great doxology - the removal of the Cross and veneration.
In cathedral and, with the blessing of the diocesan bishop, parish churches, the rite of raising the Cross is performed
At the Liturgy
The antiphons of the holiday are sung (antiphon 1, antiphon 2).
Entrance Verse: Lift up the Lord our God, and worship His footstool, for He is holy.
Immediately after the entrance verse there is the troparion of the holiday and kontakion.
Instead of the Trisagion, “We bow to Your Cross, O Master...” is sung.
Prokeimenon, tone 7: Lift up the Lord our God, and worship His footstool, for He is holy. Verse: The Lord reigns, let people be angry.
Instead of Worthy, the deserving of the holiday is sung - the chorus: Magnify, my soul, the Most Honorable Cross of the Lord and the irmos of the 9th song of the canon: “Thou art the Mystery, O Theotokos, paradise...” (before giving up).
Participated in the holiday: The light of Your face shines upon us, O Lord.
On the day of the Feast of the Exaltation, a fast is established, similar to the usual fast on Wednesday and Friday (fish is not allowed). It was established in remembrance of the suffering of the Lord, who suffered death on the Cross, and to convey the idea that the veneration of the Cross is associated with the mortification of the flesh.
In the after-feast
At the Liturgy after the entrance it is sung: Come, let us worship with the ending: Save us, Son of God, crucified in the flesh, singing Ti: Alleluia.
The Life-Giving Cross, carried out on the Feast of the Exaltation, lies in the church on a lectern until the day of the holiday. On the day of the Exaltation (September 21/October 4), after the dismissal of the Liturgy, the priest censes around the lectern with the Cross (three times) and, while singing the troparion and kontakion, brings the Cross into the altar, placing it on the Holy Cross. throne.