Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Veneration of the Holy Cross on Sunday. Services include a special veneration of the Cross, which prepares the faithful for the commemoration of ...

Orthodox liturgical forms keep Calvary and the empty tomb together in joyful and grateful praise. In the matins ser­vice of the Sunday of the Adoration of the Cross (the third Sunday in Lent), the ...

As a traveller weary from a long journey rests under a broad, leafy tree, so do Orthodox Christians ... so also does the Cross of the Lord precede Christ’s victory over death—His Bright Resurrection.

Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we actually adore the material image, of course, but rather what it represents. In kneeling before the ...

These are the solemn orations and the veneration of the cross. The solemn orations are ... Muslim armies, or the Greek orthodox Byzantine Empire. Other religious wars in the 14th through 16th ...

Good Friday. It’s the ultimate day of forgiveness for Christians. According to the faithful, the dark specter of Jesus’ crucifixion and death is overcome by the “good news” spurred by the ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America kicked ... Using Emperor Constantine’s famous vision of the cross, he presented Trump with a holy cross, calling it a symbol ...