Metropolitan Theodosius led the service in the St. Sophia Cathedral of Samaratranslated

On September 27, on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuibyshevsk led the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Sophia the Wisdom of God in the city of Samara. His Eminence was served by the clergy of the cathedral and the clergy of the Samara Metropolis. The Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is one of the twelfth holidays of the Orthodox Church. It was erected in memory of the discovery of the Cross on which the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified by Equal-to-the-Apostles Queen Helen, the mother of the holy Emperor Constantine the Great. The celebration of the Exaltation is also associated with the consecration in 335 of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, erected through the labors of Saints Constantine and Helen. In memory of this event, the holiday is celebrated on September 14 according to the old style - September 27 according to the new style. During the Divine Liturgy, Metropolitan Theodosius ordained Nikolai Avdonin, a fourth-year student at the Samara Theological Seminary, as a deacon. At the end of the service, a festive religious procession took place around the cathedral.

Then the bishop addressed the parishioners with an archpastoral word. On this day, clergy, parishioners and workers of St. Sophia Cathedral also celebrate the seventh anniversary...