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With solemnity and awe , our Church celebrates and celebrates the global rise of the Holy
and Life-giving Cross and invites spiritual children to come with reverence to embrace
the True Cross on which He shed His blood for our sins, the God-man . Joy and fear we
feel in the heart as we approach Trismakaristo Cross. Joy for the salvation brought to the
world , fear of sin that still nest in our being .
True, you can approach the Cross of Christ without awe ? Him whom the Angels reverence
we humans how to scratch ? " But with the faith that the Holy Cross is a" Christian
hope is " timidly approaching the mystery and genuine devoutly kneeling in front of
pselizoume : " in my umbrella mighty belongings ... sanctify tῇdynamei with you. " Today's
feast which we celebrate with much pomp was reminiscent of a great event that took place
in 326. In Synaxaristis of our Church we read that
when the first Christian king Constantine marched against Maxentius Caught in trouble
and risk being defeated by the numerous troops of the enemy , where the Tiber River , in
broad daylight , he saw in the sky the figure of the Holy Cross with the inscription in
Roman "in toutῳ do not." Considering this point blessing of God and
foretells victory he ordered his soldiers to hang military banners on the schchima of
the Cross with the divine words. With the power of the Cross defeated by Constantine
as a proof of gratitude to Christ preached religious tolerance . So hoisted the Cross
at domes of the churches . Christians worshiped freely in Sstafromeno and the Cross of Christ
became the symbol of the Empire. Again, in the zeal to worship the same wood on which
Christ was crucified , he sent the Mother of Saint Helena in Jerusalem maids and lot
money in order to retrieve the land buried in Holy Cross. After painstaking research
claimed Saint Helena to find the hill of Calvary Three Crosses . The two robbers and Christ
. The question of who we were Cross ' Christ
the solved the miracle of the resurrection of a dead woman who touched first in both
crosses without the miraculous happened , and when it touched the third immediately resurrected
dead . Then the Queen realized that was the Cross of Christ and with the Senate to Thrill
bowed . Because asking the people to worship the Holy Cross and could not reason Turma
begged St. least to see him. Then the Blessed Patriarch of Jerusalem , ascended
the pulpit of the Church and raised the Holy Cross. And under the people with teary eyes
kneeling sang , "Lord have mercy ." Since then prevailed against the euro feast of the
Exaltation . Today for many modern people the Cross of Christ is " foolishness ," now
that the so-called Jehovah's Witnesses lure unsuspecting brethren in denial of the Cross
of Christ, now that most of the so-called Orthodox Christians typically only superficially
venerate the Cross of Christ, now that the technological progress made man to disregard
for the power of the cross. Now that the Cross and the Crucifixion were removed
from the shrine of our soul , who we still moved by the passion of Christ , those who
still believe in the power of the Cross , to deepen the mystery and theology , and to lead
from the outside kiss the inner union with the Crucified . Then only the feast of the
Exaltation will exalt our own soul into heavenly experience. The fact is that our people are
very deferential today's feast . Runs in the churches to hear the nice hymns , waiting
patiently to get out of hand the priest the king, who then puts on the icon for amulet
and otherwise manifest feelings of piety . But how many of these good Christians tried
to deepen the meaning of the feast ? How many speculated that behind the sign there is a
whole theology ? Really how many know that Cross means passion , pain, affliction , martyrdom
? We are full of crosses. In our churches , in our homes , on the streets, on buses,
everywhere one sees dominating the Cross. Our chest over our bed , on our flags at the
top of erecting the building , the foundations of any building, in our car , the crowns of
the newlyweds , the tomb of the dead, the masts of ships, everywhere, in every facet
of life dominates the Holy Cross. And while we live among so many crosses, unfortunately
, we are strangers to the Cross of Christ. If anyone tried to give any man the eastern
atheistic countries a small cross will Marveling the longing with which we embrace and embrace
the Cross of Christ. You see tears flowing and divine alteration be painted on his face.
And this because in the spiritual deprivation and pain in the lives of theologia Cross.
The cross of Christ reminds us of the divine passion. There he suffered for our sins.
There was the battle against wear . From the Cross of Christ sprouted the fruit of immortality
. The Cross torn manuscript of our sins. Contemplating the Cross remember that Christ wore a crown
of thorns to cleanse us their thoughts . Rapisthike to teach us patience. Chlefasthike to teach
us the value of meekness . Lonchefthike side , emptysthike , propilakisthike , watered
vinegar and bile, abandoned , what happened to one of the people to save the world and
each of us from the tyranny of the devil and death.
So the Cross of Christ is a "Christian hope is , errors of driven, ridden port , in polemois
Nikos , Ecumenical Insurance , Doctors diseased , dead or resurrection ." The Cross reminds
us of our redemption and our salvation. For us Orthodox Greeks Cross reminds National
Games in which no power was impossible to survive. " Cross faithfully support ' sing
triumphantly . The Holy Cross was and is our national symbol WTO encouraging more our militants
. The Byzantine troops in the battlefields brought the banners of the Cross with which
enhance their fighters. The Sacred company with boasting proclaimed
"In toutῳ tῷ simeiῳ nikomen ." And marine fighter Kanaris raised frigate of
the Cross with the words "cross type echthrois terror ." Let's not stay, my dear brethren
only spectators of this great mystery today . As we embrace 'The Vivifies wood . " Let
our thinking to embrace the crucifix and reminds us every minute incidents of great Passion
of Jesus Christ. And yet, when we look to the Holy Cross let's bring in our memory the commandments and mortgages of the Crucified Christ. Then the Cross will not be for us a lifeless wood, but will become "life
and resurrection " will not be a precious heirloom , but will become the unique value
of which will take meaningful lives. Amen .