The Elevation of the Holy Cross ( el, Ύψωση του Τιμίου Σταυρού; also known as the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. Unlike Good Friday, which is dedicated to the passion of Christ and the crucifixion, these ...
) is one of the
Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter), is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it in importance, there is a group of Twelve Great F ...
, celebrated on September 14. It is one of the two feast days which is held as a strict fast. The other is the commemoration of the Beheading of
John the Forerunner
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
on August 29.
See also
*
Feast of the Cross
In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. Unlike Good Friday, which is dedicated to the passion of Christ and the crucifixion, th ...
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070404001644/http://www.antiochian.org/1420
* http://www.goarch.org/archbishop/demetrios/messages/2005/holycross2005
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070903084533/http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/feastcross.htm
Eastern Orthodox liturgical days
Constantine the Great and Christianity
September observances
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