The Life and Passion of the Holy Great-martyr Eustathius [Eustace] Placidas, and of His Wife and Children

From The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Volume 1: September, compiled by St. Demetrius of Rostov

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The Life and Passion of the Holy Great-martyr Eustathius [Eustace] Placidas, and of His Wife and Children

From The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Volume 1: September, compiled by St. Demetrius of Rostov

A most radiant cross appeared between the deer’s antlers, and as Placidas gazed upon it, he beheld the likeness of Jesus Christ, Who was crucified for us. He was astonished by this strange vision, and he heard a voice saying to him, "Why do you pursue Me, 0 Placidas?"

Protection of the Mother of God

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Protection of the Mother of God

St. Hilarion of Optina (1805-1873)

Commemorated September 18/October 1

Olga Rozhneva

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St. Hilarion of Optina (1805-1873)

Commemorated September 18/October 1

Olga Rozhneva

St. Hilarion was a skilled spiritual physician. He taught people who were suffering to go over their whole previous life from the age of seven, to recall forgotten unrepented sins, in which were often hidden the reason for a spiritual illness.

Sermon by His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord in Moscow’s Church of Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

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Sermon by His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord in Moscow’s Church of Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

On September 27, 2014, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Moscow’s Church of the Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome. Upon completion of the service, the Primate of the Russian Church addressed the faithful with a sermon.

The Exaltation of the Cross

September 14/27

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

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The Exaltation of the Cross

September 14/27

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

There is a passage in the Gospel in which the Lord says to us, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (Jn. 15:13). These words resolve the antinomy between the horror of the Cross and the glory of it, between death and the Resurrection.