We will begin with a procession carrying a relic of the True Cross immediately at 6PM outside the Sycamore Center.

Troparion of the Feast
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(BDW 450, ED 1035, PLC p.252)
As modified by our Synod:

O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting peace to the world. And preserve Your community by the power of Your Cross.

Kondakion of the Feast
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(BDW p. 450, ED p. 1035, PLC p.252)

O Christ God, who chose by Your free volition to be elevated upon the holy cross, grant Your mercies to Your new people who are called by Your name. In Your power gladden the hearts of our public authorities. Strengthen them in every good deed so that Your true alliance may be for them a weapon of peace and a standard of victory.

Epistle of the Feast
1 Corinthians 1: 18-24

Prokimenon
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(Tone 7) Ps 98:5,1

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool, for He is holy.

Gospel of the Feast
John 19: 6-11/13-20/25-28/30-35

Hymn to the Theotokos
Hirmos of the 9th Ode of the Feast
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(BDW p. 455, ED p.1046)

O Mother of God, you became a mystical paradise when without tilling you brought forth Christ our God by Whom the life-giving tree of the Cross was planted on earth. Wherefore we deeply bow before this Cross which is exalted today, and we magnify you.

Kinonikon

Let the light of your Face shine on us, O Lord. Alleluia.