Sunday of the Cross - 03/19/23
In the Orthodox Church, the Cross of Christ is given special reverence, including full prostrations. At the beginning of the service, the cross was brought out of the altar by our priest, and then everyone bowed down before it and sang special hymns. At the end of the liturgy our priest and deacon circumambulated the cross, censing it, while the choir sang the Troparion of the Cross, "O Lord, Save Thy People."