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SUMMARY:Monday\, September 21\, 2026\; Leave-taking of the Feast of the Exa
 ltation of the Cross
DESCRIPTION:The Holy Apostle Codratus of Magnesia. (Transferred to Septembe
 r 22)\n\nAT VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThere are no 
 psalms appointed this evening.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 6\n\nIf You mark in
 iquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may
  be revered.\n\nBy its elevation the Cross is like an appeal to the whole 
 creation.* We adore the blessed passion of Christ our God* who was suspend
 ed on it.* By this Cross\, Christ destroyed the one who had destroyed us.*
  In His great goodness\, He brought us back to life after we had been dead
 .* In His mercy He clothed us with beauty* and made us worthy of heaven.* 
 Therefore\, we exalt His Name with great rejoicing* and glorify His infini
 te condescension.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul
  patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nBy
  its elevation the Cross is like an appeal to the whole creation.* We ador
 e the blessed passion of Christ our God* who was suspended on it.* By this
  Cross\, Christ destroyed the one who had destroyed us.* In His great good
 ness\, He brought us back to life after we had been dead.* In His mercy He
  clothed us with beauty* and made us worthy of heaven.* Therefore\, we exa
 lt His Name with great rejoicing* and glorify His infinite condescension.\
 n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO 
 precious Cross of the Lord\,* Moses prefigured you when he stretched out h
 is arms to heaven* and thus defeated the haughty Amalek.* You are the prid
 e of the faithful* and the strength of those who struggle\,* the glory of 
 the apostles\, the courage of the just\,* and the salvation of the saints.
 * Therefore\, at the sight of your elevation\,* the whole creation rejoice
 s\, exalts\, and glorifies Christ* whose goodness joined together those wh
 o had strayed.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is
  plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquitie
 s.\n\nO precious Cross of the Lord\,* Moses prefigured you when he stretch
 ed out his arms to heaven* and thus defeated the haughty Amalek.* You are 
 the pride of the faithful* and the strength of those who struggle\,* the g
 lory of the apostles\, the courage of the just\,* and the salvation of the
  saints.* Therefore\, at the sight of your elevation\,* the whole creation
  rejoices\, exalts\, and glorifies Christ* whose goodness joined together 
 those who had strayed.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim Hi
 s glory\, all you people.\n\nO most venerable Cross of the Lord\,* the ang
 els surround you with joy at your elevation today.* You raise up those who
  had fallen and had been delivered to death* for having eaten of the forbi
 dden tree.* Therefore\, we praise you with our lips\,* begging for sanctif
 ication\, saying:* Exalt Christ our gracious God\, O you nations\,* and ad
 ore His divine footsteps forever.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us
 \;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO most venerable Cross of the Lord
 \,* the angels surround you with joy at your elevation today.* You raise u
 p those who had fallen and had been delivered to death* for having eaten o
 f the forbidden tree.* Therefore\, we praise you with our lips\,* begging 
 for sanctification\, saying:* Exalt Christ our gracious God\, O you nation
 s\,* and adore His divine footsteps forever.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n
 \nCome\, all you people\,* let us venerate the blessed Cross of the Lord* 
 through which eternal justice came to us.* He who deceived Adam\, the firs
 t man\,* was conquered by a tree\,* and the same who fettered the royal cr
 eation by his cunning* has been cast down into nothingness.* The venom of 
 the serpent has been washed away* by the divine blood of Christ.* The curs
 e of the rightful sentence was lifted* when the just Christ was condemned 
 unjustly.* By God’s plan\, death that had come from a tree* would be con
 quered by a Tree\,* and suffering would be healed by the suffering of the 
 Lord.* Glory to the active presence of Your providence in our lives\, O Ch
 rist\, our King.* Through it You have brought salvation for all\,* for You
  are gracious and the Lover of mankind.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 5\n\nJoy to y
 ou\, life-bearing Cross of the Lord\,* invincible triumph of the true fait
 h* You are the gate to Paradise\,* the strength of the faithful\, and the 
 stronghold of the Church.* Because of you\, corruption no longer has meani
 ng nor power.* By you we have been lifted up from earth to heaven.* You ar
 e an invincible weapon against evil\,* a glory indeed for saints and marty
 rs\,* and a haven for salvation.* You are the source of mercy to the world
 .\n\nExtol the Lord our God and worship at His footstool\, for He is holy.
 \n\nJoy to you\, most honourable Cross of the Lord.* Through you the human
  race has been delivered from the curse.* In your exaltation you are a sig
 n of true joy.* O Cross all-venerable\, you scatter all our enemies.* You 
 are the help of Christians\, the glory of kings\,* the strength of the jus
 t\, and the splendour of priests.* All who sign themselves with you are fr
 eed from peril.* You are the strength under which we are tended like sheep
 .* The angels gather around you in awe as the source of peace.* You are th
 e glory of Christ* who grants great mercy to the world.\n\nGod is our King
  from time past\, the giver of help through all the land.\n\nJoy to you\, 
 precious Cross of the Lord\,* guide to the blind and physician to the sick
 \,* and resurrection to the dead.* You raised us out of corruption and rem
 oved the curse.* Through you we have been made divine\,* and the power of 
 Hades has been destroyed in full.* Therefore\, seeing you today lifted up 
 by our priests\,* we exalt Christ who was suspended on you\;* and we bow d
 eeply before you\,* seeking forgiveness and great mercy.\n\nTone 8\, Glory
 … Now…\n\nOf old\, Moses prefigured Your Cross* while vanquishing Amal
 ek and obtaining victory over him.* David the psalmist called it Your foot
 stool* and directed us to adore it.* We sinners indeed venerate Your Cross
  today\, O Christ our God.* With our unworthy lips we extol You\,* for You
  deigned to be crucified on it\;* and we entreat You\, O Lord:* Together w
 ith the thief\, make us worthy of Your kingdom.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 1\n\n
 Save Your people\, O Lord\, and bless Your inheritance\,* grant victory to
  Your faithful people against enemies\,* and protect Your community by You
 r Cross.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nO God\, m
 y God\, hear me\; why have You forsaken me? The words of my transgressions
  put salvation far from me.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, 
 O Saviour\, save us.\n\nO God\, I will call to You by day but You will not
  listen\; and by night\, yet it will not be foolish of me.\n\nThrough the 
 prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nBut You\, the prais
 e of Israel\, dwell in the holy place.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mothe
 r of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n\
 nAntiphon 3\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim Go
 d\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing
  to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\, and acclai
 m Him in psalms.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing
  to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\, and the great king over 
 all the earth.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing t
 o You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship and fall down before
  Christ.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You:
  Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Save Your peopl
 e\, O Lord\, and bless Your inheritance.* Grant victory to Your faithful p
 eople against enemies\,* and protect Your community by Your cross.\n\nGlor
 y be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for eve
 r and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: By Your own choice\, O Christ our
  God\,* You were lifted on the cross.* Grant Your mercies to Your new comm
 unity* that bears Your Name.* By Your power gladden the faithful people\,*
  and grant them victory against enemies.* May they have the help of Your i
 nstrument of peace\,* the invincible sign of victory.\n\nProkeimenon\, Ton
 e 7\n\nExalt the Lord our God\,* and bow in worship at the footstool of hi
 s feet\, for it is holy.\n\nverse: The Lord reigns\, let the people trembl
 e. (Psalm 98:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nEphesians 4:25-32\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\
 nverse: Remember Your congregation which You acquired from the beginning.\
 n\nverse: But God is our king before the ages\; He has wrought salvation i
 n the midst of the earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 3:19-22\n\nHy
 mn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the most precious cross of the 
 Lord.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 8: You are a mystical Paradise\, O Mother of
  God\, who though untilled\, have brought forth Christ. He has planted upo
 n earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross. Therefore today as we raise it 
 on high we bow low and we magnify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nLet the light 
 of Your countenance\, O Lord\,* shine upon us.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* all
 eluia. (Psalm 4:7)\n\nAt the end of Liturgy we sing:\n\nTo Your Cross\, O 
 Master\, we bow in veneration\, and we glorify Your holy Resurrection. (3)
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