The Elevation of the Holy Cross ( Greek : ?ψωση του Τιμ?ου Σταυρο? ; also known as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ) is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church , 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 on August 29.

See also [ edit ]

• Feast of the Cross

External links [ edit ]

• 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

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