Ὁ ὑψωθείς ἐν τῶ Σταυρῶ ἐκουσίως...

Τόν Σταυρόν Σου προσκυνοῦμεν Δέσποτα

καί τήν Ἁγίαν Σου Ἀνάστασιν δοξάζομεν.

 

Lifted up on the Cross of Your own will…

We venerate Your Cross, O Master,

and we glorify Your Holy Resurrection

 

 Σταυρός, ὁ φύλαξ πάσης τῆς οἰκουμένης, Σταυρός, ἡ ὠραιότης τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, Σταυρός, Βασιλέων τό κραταίωμα, Σταυρός, πιστῶν τό στήριγμα, Σταυρός, Ἀγγέλων ἡ δόξα, καί τῶν δαιμόνων τό τραῦμα.

 

The Cross is the guardian of the whole world; the Cross is the beauty of the Church; the Cross is the strength of Kings; the Cross is the support of believers; the Cross is the glory of Angels and the wound the wound of demons. 

Ὁ Μητροπολίτης Σωτήριος κατά τήν τελετή τῆς ὑψώσεως τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ στόν Ἱ.Ν. Τιμίου Σταυροῦ στό Laval.

 Metropolitan Sotirios during the service of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at Holy Cross Church in Laval.