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Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross

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Stichera on the Lord I cried, voice 1, similar to: Heavenly ranks The cross is raised and the demons are driven away, but the thief opens the gates of Eden; death is mortified and has now appeared insignificant. Therefore, rejoice, all you people, the curse is broken. Come, all lovers of God, seeing the precious Cross lifted up, let us all glorify and give glory to the only Savior and God, crying: Crucified on the tree of the cross, do not despise us who pray. Moses in ancient times sweetened the bitterness (of the waters) through the type of the cross. And we, always mysteriously depicting this (cross) in our hearts, are saved by its power. Today a planting is growing from the unattainable depths of the earth; (it) confirms the resurrection of Christ nailed on it and, erected by the hands of the priests, announces His ascension into heaven, through which our frailty 801 is transmigrated 802 from falling to earth into heaven. Therefore, let us exclaim with gratitude: Lord, who ascended on him and through him lifted us up with him, honor (us), as the Lover of Mankind, with Your heavenly joy. Stichera on the verse, tone 2, similar to: House of Euphraths With God-creating water 803 and Your blood, the Word, the Church, 804 brilliantly adorns 805 like a bride, praising 806 the glory of the Cross. Praising 807 the spear with the cross, the nails and (all) other things with which the life-giving body of Christ was nailed, let us worship (them). When Moses defeated Amalek, holding his hands up in a cross shape, he showed the image of Christ’s most pure 808 suffering. Now the tree has appeared, now the Jewish people perished, now faith is manifested by faithful kings; Adam fell because of the tree, and the demons were also trembled by the tree. Almighty Lord, glory to You. Pre-Feast Service, September 13 The life-giving Cross of Your goodness, which You, Lord, gave to us unworthy, we bring to You for supplication 809: save, O only Lover of Mankind, the Emperor 810 and Your city, praying 811 through the Mother of God. Canon, creation of Joseph (9th century hymn writer) I beg 813 You, Born of the Virgin, drown in the depths of dispassion the strong tristats - the three-component (being) of the soul - so that, in the mortification of the body, I, as on a tympanum, sing to You a victorious song. Rejoice, heaven, and rejoice, earth, for the 814 Holy Cross appears, sanctifying with grace us who kiss 815 it, as the source of sanctification and the reason for the deification of all. Strengthen us, O Most Holy Cross, who worship you with faith, for the pious procession along the heavenly path, so that we, having evaded the abysses of our opponents, become sharers of divine glory. We boast not in wisdom, nor in strength, nor in wealth, but in You, the Hypostatic 816 Wisdom of the Father, O Christ: for no one is holy except You, O Lover of Mankind. By faith we glorify you, Glorious Cross of the Lord, as being 817 the glory of Christ, ourselves glorified and enlightened by the reverent 818 embrace of 819 you. Having come in joy, faithful ones, let us draw, as from a pure source, the fresh water 820 of the Cross and, being saved 821, glorify God. Being 822 life, Jesus is killed, hanging on the tree of the cross, which we embrace with faith and drive away passions, (these) mediators of 823 death. You, the Merciful One, 824, out of love for your image, stood on Your Cross, and the pagans melted away; for You, O Lover of Mankind, are my strength and praise. Sun-like is the 825 Cross of the Lord, which receives worship 826 from the faithful, kissing which we enlighten our souls. God the Lord appeared incarnate and, exalted on the tree, enlightens those who worship him, always 827 delivering from disasters 828. Grant, O Word of God, purification 829 and remission of sins 830 to us, who with faith now worship Thy precious Cross before us. Send Thy enlightenment, O Lord, to us and free us from the darkness of 831 sins 832, O Good One, giving Thy peace. Against destructive passions 833 strengthen 834, precious Cross, us who honor and kiss you, the most holy sign 835 of holy suffering. With our hearts and souls now enlightened, let us, faithful ones, in good form 836 venerate the sacred and divine tree of the Cross. Moses sweetens 837 the waters of Marrah, prefiguring 838 you as a tree, precious Cross, that You exuded 839 saving sweetness to people. I descended into the depths of the sea, and a storm 841 of numerous sins drowned me, but You, Most merciful as God, bring my life 842 out of the depths. The Creator, pierced in the rib, is on you, the Cross, voluntarily crucified 843, exudes 844 blood and water, with which we, who kiss you with faith, are recreated 845. Life-giving tree of the Lord, source of immortality, deliverance of the whole world, save us, who kiss you as the saving one, our guardian 846. You, the divine Cross, have become 847 for us an indestructible 848 weapon with which we, sacredly kissing you in 849 spiritual sincerity, defeat all the slander 850 of our opponents. Three young men in Babylon, having turned the commandment of the tormentor into recklessness, 851 in the midst of the flames cried out: Blessed are You, O Lord, God of our fathers. Jacob once destined you, precious Cross, in blessings of his children; therefore we now honor you, worshiping 852 (and) drawing enlightenment. Now the words of the divine prophets have received healing, the most sacred Cross, for the Lord of all has risen upon you, delivering everything from corruption 853. Now kissing you, reverently revered Cross, with our lips and hearts, we always draw sanctification, health and salvation of soul and body. You, the all-powerful Savior 854 of all, having descended, watered those who held themselves piously 855 in the midst of the flames and taught them to sing: bless all the works of the Lord, sing praises to the Lord. Now let us bow to the Cross of the Lord lying before everyone, a saving and indestructible weapon, ready help and strong protection of the faithful. Moses hung the serpent high across the tree, as it is written, prescribing 856 you, a reverently revered tree, through which we are delivered from the deception of spiritual serpents. Giver of light, reverently revered Cross, you are the enlightenment of our souls; for, kissing you, we, with your divine power, reflect the principles and powers of darkness. Thy Nativity appeared immaculate, God passed from Thy loins 857, just as the flesh-bearer appeared on earth and lived 858 among people; Therefore, we all magnify You, Mother of God. Hanging 859 on you, the Cross truly of the Lord, Christ raised up the world that had fallen into the depths of destruction; Therefore, with love 860 we now bow to you, and honor, and glorify. Let us cleanse our souls and hearts with constant 861 good works 862 and, looking at the saving tree of the Cross lying before us, with faith and love we will worship it with God-minded thoughts. Like the great sun, You, most beautiful 863 Cross, illuminate 864 with your rays those in darkness and scorch 865 demons; Therefore, we cry: enlighten all who worship you with faith. Stichera on praise, ch. 3 Christ our God! You, who voluntarily accepted your crucifixion for the general restoration 866 of the human race and the reed of the Cross, dipped with your fingers in the red paint 867 of Your chest, who humanely and royally signed for us the liberation 868 (letter), do not despise us, who suffer 869 a new distance from You, but have mercy, the only Long-suffering One, over Your people, those in danger 870, and rise up, overcome 871 those who fight against us, like the Almighty. I cried out the verses to the Lord, ch. 4 Today, as radiant as the sun, Your Honest Cross, O Christ, has shone, erected on the glorious Place of Skull and exalted on Your most holy mountain, Savior, very clearly showing that You, the All-Powerful One, have elevated our nature to heaven as a Lover of Mankind. Now the heavens have proclaimed to people Your glory, Incomprehensible One, for the image of the Cross, shining brightly with an unapproachable light, exposed the frantic and cruel nature of the deicides. Therefore, we glorify Your loving providence, O Jesus Almighty, Savior of our souls. On the Matins poem, ch. 6 Let us sing with mysterious songs the Cross of the Lord on which the Savior was crucified, the resurrection of all. Come, many monastics, in the assembly let us divinely sing the life-giving tree on which Christ prostrated himself. When You, Master, ascended to the cross, You lifted up the fallen 872 Adamic nature; therefore, lifting up Your most pure Cross, O Lover of Mankind, we ask Your power from above, crying: save, O Most High, as a merciful God, those who honor the holy and luminous divine ascension of Your Cross. As an invincible weapon, as an invincible shield and as a divine scepter, we worship, O Christ, Thy Most Holy Cross, through which the world was saved and Adam triumphs; We, the assemblies of the earth, praising with songs, honor him and, performing his divine exaltation, ask for cleansing. Once upon a time, the cross depicted by Moses, the saint and true seer of God, the divine prophet, put to flight the militia of foreigners; now, depicted through the divine ascension performed by the sacred hands, he drives away the regiments of demons and the assemblies of the Jews, and denounces the insolence of the atheists. Your cross, our Savior, is an invincible force for us Christians; they conquered many foreign peoples and gave peace to Thy Church, the good Orthodox; Even now, kissing him, we beg You, Lover of mankind: grant us the fate of Your saints. Poems at Matins, ch. 6 Having mortified the passions of the flesh and spirit, let us, God-thinking ones, try to rise from the earthly to the heavenly dwelling by the erection of the Cross, crucified with Christ the Master. The flowing source clearly flowed from the divine ribs of the Savior, watering the souls with faith of those who worship His divine passion, the Cross and the resurrection. Table of voices and similar ones in the service of the pre- and post-exaltation celebrations “Everything has been put aside” - the stichera of St. unmercenary Cosmas and Damian (November 1). “Thou gavest a sign” – stichera of Octoechos 4th chapter. at Matins poems; “Three days” – stichera of Octoechos 6th chapter. per week at Matins the 4th is praised. “House of Ephrath” – stichera on December 24, if it falls on a Sunday. “Heavenly ranks” - Theotokos on Monday for Chapter 1. at the end of the Menaion. “Joseph was surprised” - the Mother of God of the Sunday Sedals, chapter 4. “To the Beauty of Virginity” – Theotokos of the Sunday Sedals, Chapter 3. “Sobenialnoe” – Sunday troparion, chapter 5. “Like a doble” - stichera of the Great Martyr. George; in ancient manuscripts there was such a stichera and martyr. Theodore (Stratilat or Tyrone - unknown) and it was she who served in a similar way (cf. similar to “Rejoice”). “The Face of an Angel” – Sedal of the Presentation according to the 1st department. “Your Sepulcher” – Sunday sedalene 1 ch. “Rise from the Dead” (according to the current books “Thou art risen”) - Sunday sedalene 8 chapters. “Wisdom” – kontakion of the Triodion of the Cheese Week. “He who ascended” is the kontakion of the Exaltation. “Blessings of the essence”, “Hope (now “Hope”) of the world” and “Soon to come” - the Theotokos Octoechos everyday according to kathismas and troparia (last and at the 1st hour). The Feast of the Exaltation, like the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, has special Saturdays and weeks (Sundays) before and after it. These Saturdays and especially weeks constitute the pre-celebration and post-celebration of the holiday for those who cannot attend weekday services. But in contrast to the Nativity of Christ, which has a whole special service for these weeks, the Exaltation, like Epiphany, marks these weeks only with special apostolic and gospel readings. Sometimes with special prokeemnas and alleluaries. On the Saturday before the Exaltation, the Sunday Prokeimenon, Chapter 3. “Sing to our God,” the verse “All the nations clasp their hands,” praising with special solemnity God as King, since Christ received all power in heaven and on earth through his suffering. Apostle 1 Cor. 5:6–9 (conception 126) - about the wisdom of God, in the hidden mystery, from the lack of understanding of which people crucified the Lord. Alliluary – Sunday 5th chapter. “I will sing of Your mercy, O Lord, forever,” indicating the fruits of redemption. Gospel Matthew 10–11 (conception 39) – about self-sacrificing love for Christ and about following Him in sacrifice and, in general, about complete devotion to Him. In the week before the Exaltation, the prokeimenon is Sunday, chapter 6. “Save, O Lord, Thy people”, the verse “To You, O Lord, I will cry”, speaking about the upcoming holiday from the same side as its troparion. Apostle Gal. 6:11–18 (beginning 215) – about praising the Cross alone. Alleluary 1 chapter. “He lifted up the chosen one,” covertly indicating the ascension of Christ on the cross and through the cross above everything. Gospel John 3:13–17 (conception 9) - about the ascension of the Son of Man like the serpent of Moses. On Saturday after the Exaltation, the Apostle 1 Cor. 1:26–29 (conceived 125 from the floor, that is, from half) - about the lack of external splendor among Christians, created by the Cross. Gospel John 8:21–30 (beginning 30) – Christ’s conversation about his imminent death and its difference from ordinary death both in nature and in method (through the ascension, it is implied, to the cross). This Saturday does not have any special prokeemna or alleluaria, being inferior in this respect to the Saturday before the holiday, just as in general the forefeast is placed above the afterfeast. On the week of the Exaltation, Apostle Gal. 2:16–20 (conception 203) - about justification by faith apart from the law and circumcision and the associated co-crucifixion with Christ. Gospel Mark. 8:34–9 (beginning 37) – about bearing the cross. This week does not have any special prokeemna or alleluaria, but it repeats the holiday ones. Mixture φύραμα – confusion, lump, frailty. Lives πολιτεύεται - lives with the rights of citizenship. Communicating deification; θεουργός – performing divine deeds, for example, prayers; the word later (hence theurgy). στολίζω - to dress, decorate, arm. Singing - from μέλπω to sing, combining a song with a dance, to glorify with a round dance song, to have fun, to play. Greek “In songs we will worship the copy...” See the holiday service, approx. 39. "In prayer"; πρεσβεία – embassy, ​​petition. ἱκεσία - petitionary prayer, in Greek. plural number. Although these irmos are not sung at the service, we present them here because they speak about the Cross with very skillful secrecy; among the Greeks they are sung, since their canon of pre-festival precedes the canon of Renewal. δέομαι - need, ask. Occur - see holiday service, approx. 677. Kissing - from κατασπάζομαι to hug, kiss. Hypostasis – ἐνυπόστατος (from ἐνυφίστημι to insert) – existing in something; late Sl.; in church glory language: existing as a Hypostasis, the Person of the Holy Trinity. I happen - from χρηματίζω to do things, to have a deal, an attitude. Honest - from σεπτός revered, sacred, holy. See the holiday service, approx. 69. See the holiday service, approx. 59. πρόξενος – position among the ancients, resp. to our consul; hence - intercessor, intercessor. See the holiday service, approx. 495. Greek “being... receives worship”, see note. 694. Worshiped - προσκυνούμενος. Ever - ἑκάστοτε every time. Fierce - from δεινός terrible, terrible; Wed r. pl. h. – disasters. πταισμάτων – falls; poetic name for sin (αμαρτία). Darkness - from ἀχλύς darkness, darkness; other poet. word, in prose later. Noxious - see note. 369. ενίσχυσον – see holiday service, approx. 212. See the holiday service, approx. 160. Kind views καλών ἰδέαις – lit. “views of beauty” - with all the good that we have; ἰδέα – appearance, appearance, image, method, idea; τὰ καλά – beautiful, good, wonderful things (deeds, qualities). So in Greek, slav, the participle “sweetening” is a mistake. "First (πρότερον) signifying." See the holiday service, approx. 535 καταποντίζω - throw into the sea. καταιγίς – storm; poet. sl. (from αἰγίς goat skin, aegis - the shield of Zeus, from the shaking of which, according to myths, storms occur). From the depths - φθορά damage, corruption, death. Hanged - from ἀναρτάω to hang on something; in the service of the holiday about the crucifixion it is not used. Exudes - from ἀποκενόω to make empty, to empty; "bleeds with blood and water." Let’s give up - from ἀναπλάττω to create anew. Guardian - see holiday service, approx. 191. Strong - ἄρρηκτος indestructible, indestructible. Rightness - εὐθύτης straightforwardness, honesty, justice; the opposite of "slander". ἐνέδρα - malice, intent, ambush. φλήναφος - chatter, nonsense; rare word. Greek “we worship”, and instead of “we honor” - πάντοτε - at all times, always. Greek another troparion: “In ancient times, the divine Moses prefigures you, Cross, dividing the sea with a rod; We now, bowing to you, are passing through the sea of ​​passions on dry land.” Pious - from εὐσεβέω to live and act piously, fearing God. The expression (instead of “pious”) indicates that the youths did not abandon their piety even in the hot furnace. From the side - λγόνων, λαγών - emptiness, softness, sides, gorge. Live - from συναναστρέφομαι to be together, to treat someone. Hanged - see above note. 840. See the holiday service, approx. 181. Edinemi – επίμονος enduring, solid, permanent. Acts - ἐργασία business, work, labor, occupation. Reddest - ὡ ραιότατος; ὡ ραίος (from ὥ ρα – season, hour, time) – mature, blooming, beautiful; see holiday service, approx. 646. καταυγάζω (αὐγή radiance, shine, ray, especially solar) – illuminate. Popalaeshi - from φλέγω to burn, burn, burn. Resurrection ἐξανάστασις (strengthening ἀνάστασις - resurrection) - resurrection from the dead. Engraving - βαφή - immersion in liquid, coloring, paint (in modern language it should be translated: “red ink”). Forsaken - from ἀφέσμιος released, released. κινδυνεύω – to be in danger; from Greek the whole expression: “do not despise us, who are in danger of moving away from You again.” In situation – ἐ v περιστάσει – external state, adventure, danger. Fallen - from ἐκπίπτω to fall out, to fall. Shield – θυρεός – a huge stone for closing the entrance to the coffin, a shield. You might be interested in:
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