Chrysostomos of Eleftheroupolis: For the Christian, the Cross is a way of lifetranslated

On Monday, September 14, 2026, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Living Cross was celebrated with ecclesiastical splendor and according to the Byzantine standard in all the Parishes and Holy Monasteries of our Metropolis. The celebratory Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Georgiana Pangaios did not particularly celebrate. On the evening of the holiday, the Solemn Vespers was held with the participation of the priests of the Metropolis, the pre-eminent of the Protosignal of the Holy Metropolis, Archimandrite Chrysostomos Benou, who also preached the divine word.

In his speech, the Prime Minister, on the theme "The Cross, the sign of love", referred to the deeper meaning of the great Despotic holiday, stressing that the Cross, from being an instrument of dishonorable death, became through Christ's sacrifice a sign of salvation, hope and life and a manifestation of God's infinite love for man. Referring to the word of the Lord "praise his cross and follow me", he underlined that the honor to the Cross is not exhausted in its worship, but calls the Christian to live with the spirit of the Cross, crucify his selfishness, selfishness and stubbornness and learn to forgive, ask for forgiveness and do the first...