Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lordtranslated

On Sunday, September 27, 2026, the Divine Liturgy on the patronal feast of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Murygino was celebrated by Metropolitan Mark of Vyatka and Slobodskaya. On September 27, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. On this day, believers remember how in 326 the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified was miraculously found in Jerusalem. These days, the Cross of the Lord is decorated in churches, taken from the altar to the center of the church for the reverent worship of believers, and only at the end of the holiday is it returned to the altar. His Eminence was served at the service by the clergyman of the Trifonov Monastery, Hegumen Veniamin (Veselov), the rector of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Murygino, Priest Alexander Popov, and the rector of the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”, Priest Andrei Petrov. The liturgical hymns were performed by the male bishop's choir of the Vyatka Diocese under the regency of Yulia Skopina. Church parishioners and Sunday school students prayed during the service.

Many believers received the Holy Mysteries of Christ during the Liturgy. At the special litany, special petitions were offered and a prayer was offered for Holy Rus'. Save...