site.btaPatriarch Daniil Officiates at Divine Liturgy for Feast Day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The power of the holy and life-giving cross will be manifested when we begin this struggle with our passions and our sins, His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil said in his sermon after officiating at the Divine Liturgy for the Feast Day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the Exaltation of the Precious Cross church in Sofia's Lozenets residential district.
The Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross lasted more than three hours in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which was celebrated by Patriarch Daniel.
Throughout, the church was filled with many faithful who had come together to celebrate Saturday's Feast Day and pray for health and well-being. There were elderly people as well as families with young children who were waiting to hear the Patriarch's homily.
Metropolitans and clergymen held services on Saturday throughout the country.
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord, called the Feast of the Cross, is one of four feasts during the year dedicated to the Cross of Christ: Palm Sunday (the third of Lent), Good Friday, August 1, and September 14.
Saturday's Feast Day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was established in connection with three events in the life of Christ's Church: the miraculous appearance of the Holy Cross to the Emperor Constantine the Great, the finding of Christ's Cross on Calvary, the return of His Cross from Persian captivity.
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