Announcement of the service of Metropolitan Eugene on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lordtranslated

On Sunday, September 27, 2026, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. The solemn celebration on this day will be held in all Orthodox churches of the Yekaterinburg diocese.

On the eve of the celebration of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, on Saturday, September 26, 2026, Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy will celebrate the All-Night Vigil at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the city of Yekaterinburg. According to tradition, during the service, the rite of carrying the Cross and Crucifix will be performed from the altar while prayers are chanted. Starts at 17:00.

On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, September 27, the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated in the church in the name of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord in the city of Nizhnye Sergi. Starts at 9:00.

Let us remember that the Church has been honoring this day since 335, when the majestic church erected in Jerusalem in honor of the Resurrection of Christ, which included both the Holy Sepulcher and Golgotha, was consecrated.

The very discovery and erection of the Lord's Cross took place nine years earlier. Queen Helen, Equal to the Apostles, mother of Emperor Constantine, Equal to the Apostles, found in Jerusalem...