27 September 2027, Monday (14.09 according to the old style)
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
This is the only one of the Twelve Great Feasts kept as a strict fast day. The joy of it is of a particular kind: what is celebrated is an instrument of execution. By the fourth century the place of the Crucifixion had been buried …
More about Exaltation of the Holy Cross →Saints commemorated
- Hieromartyr Anthim the Iberian (Antim Ivireanul) ок. 1650–1660 — 14 сентября 1716
- Hieromartyr Hieromartyr Cornelius, Pope of Rome †253