Not only the Third Sunday of Great Lent, but the week that follows, are devoted to welcoming the Precious Cross of Christ. This adoration of the Cross does not have a penitential character, but rather the opposite: “through the Cross joy has come to the whole world.” Having reached the midpoint of Lent we take…
March 23, 2014 Third Sunday of the Great Fast – The Adoration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Octoechos 3
Published on: March 1, 2014