The Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

Feast · cross

  • Pascha − 28 (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Mid-Lent: the Cross is brought out into the middle of the church for the faithful to venerate, as a traveller is shown the end of the road.

After The Typikon, ch. 49, the Triodion — the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, «Недѣ́лѧ тре́тїѧ ст҃ы́хъ постѡ́въ, поклоне́нїе пра́зднꙋемъ чⷭ҇тна́гѡ и҆ животворѧ́щагѡ крⷭ҇та̀», p. 855.

Where this is recorded

  • Eastern Orthodox Church — the day, after The Typikon, ch. 49, the Triodion — the Third Sunday of the Fast, «Недѣ́лѧ тре́тїѧ ст҃ы́хъ постѡ́въ», p. 855