"Lord, weapon against the devil, Your Cross is a daedoka, φρίττει γαρ και τρέμει…»
Sunday of the Holy Cross / The glory of the Church and the symbol of victory of Life over death, the Holy and Living Cross of our Lord, commemorate the Third Sunday of Lent, of the Pilgrimage of the Cross "Aviola", 19 Of March 2023, the Holy Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia, in Mykonos Town.
The Orthro and then the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Holiness Fr. Petros Maragos, co-officiant of the elder Fr. Georgios Kousathanas with the congratulatory presence of Mykonian Believers.
"Lord, weapon against the devil, Your Cross is a daedoka, it is frittering and trembling, not bearing the power of this" and "Now appearing the Cross, provide strength in the midst of fasts, to them theion skamma, they willingly ignore him with grace , we are busy ».
Gospel Reading
The Reading is from the Gospel According to Mark 8:34-38; 9:1
Gospel Reading, Κατά Μάρκον Η’ 34-38, Θ’ 1
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In the gospel passage of the day our Lord calls us to take up our own cross and follow him. According to Synaxari, our church appointed in the middle of Holy and Great Lent the veneration of the Holy and Life-giving Cross of our Lord, so that we Christians who are going through the crusade of fasting and abstinence may draw strength from it.
The Great Entrance / Η Μεγάλη Είσοδος – The Cherubic Hymn / The Cherub
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Before the end of the High Priestly Divine Liturgy according to the standard, the procession and the Adoration of the Holy Cross took place, in the presence of a multitude of pious Mykonians, who with feelings of overwhelm, attended to worship and receive the Grace and Blessing of the Cross of our Lord.
"The Cross now appearing, provide strength in the midst of fasts, to them theion skamma, ανύουσι προθύμως ΄ αυτόν μετ ‘ ευάβείας , we are busy ».
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The Divine Liturgy was attended by the Vice-Provincial Stelios Brygos and the Municipal Councilors Antonis Kousathanas, Spyros Apostolou and a multitude of pious Mykonian believers.
