The 16th Week after Pentecost, before the Exaltation — The sermon of Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov on the Sunday before the Exaltation, delivered in 2003translated

Today is the Sunday before the Exaltation. Already the Holy Church begins to celebrate one of the most important feasts of the church year – the Exaltation of the Cross – due to the great significance for the Christian of the crucifixion sacrifice of Christ the Savior.