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god in all piety and purity of the eyes of all.

in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit, the cross in the literal sense of the word is the punishment that was imposed on people in those ancient times so that they would atone for their crimes with their suffering. the idea of ​​redemption, crime, punishment. persists throughout

human history, of course, this fundamental truth is superimposed on various cultural features related to how humanity develops and what parallels, philosophical teachings associated with crime and punishment arise, but the very fact that crime is followed by punishment has never been rejected by anyone. all jurisprudence and judicial practice are based on this. well, probably, if this had not happened, our life would have turned into chaos. into chaos, as they say now. it is the fear of punishment that stops many from crime. in this sense, the cross, it reflects some kind of... deep

ontological truth, the essence laid down by god himself in the lives of people, if it were not for punishment, after a crime, then probably, indeed, human society would not be viable. but today we glorify the cross of christ, this is the case when the punishment was unjust, when the lord, who did not do anything wrong, including against the state laws of the customs of his people, was killed through the greatest suffering, not because he was a criminal, not at all because , but because his word did not correspond to the prevailing ideals, including the falsely understood

ideal of religious life, because the lord connected with faith in god, with what we call religion today, he connected the internal changes of a person, a person who enters the path of god of communication, praying to god, first of all thereby undertakes to change the inner sim, to respond to god’s call, to god’s laws, to god’s commandments, and if this inner work is not accomplished , then according to the word of the apostle we are like brass ringing against the breaking shaft, that is, emptiness, nothing significant, including in our religious life, therefore the memory of christ, lord and savior, of each of us

should also inspire a lot, but firstly, so that we understand that the presence of suffering in human life, no matter how people try to get rid of it, is, as philosophers say, that is, an essential part of human life, these sufferings themselves can change, it really depends on the culture of people, on the development of social relations and much more, but suffering itself will never disappear until the very last day of human history, this suffering can be a cross, or it can be... death, it all depends on how we perceive grief, how we perceive our own suffering, if we feel despair, and even more so if we are excited by hatred, a readiness to take revenge for something

that seems to us to be the cause of our suffering, then by this we only multiply and add suffering, we contribute to this general madness, to this kind of devilish logic, liberation from suffering can only be in the holy spirit, we know that great ascetics imposed suffering on themselves, well, what does it mean to go into the desert without a piece of bread or with a small piece that ran out literally in a day or two, which meant without food and even... without drink to be there in the sand and pray to god, not a single human punishment is associated with that labor , with the trials that people and ascetics imposed on themselves in order

to get closer to god through these sorrows, and mary of egypt was approaching, she crossed the jordan as if on dry land, becoming not only a human being, but also an angelic being, and through what? through the fact that she imposed such vows, such self-restraint, following which she actually overcame the physical gravity of human flesh, and became an equal angelic being, here is the cross of the lord: this, on the one hand, is the measure of righteousness, which is especially clearly reflected in the russian image of the cross, with the lower crossbar, on the right ascended to heaven, on the left, lowered to the bottom, which symbolically means

the justified thief who recognized the lord as the savior on calvary and the condemned man who blasphemed him along with his detractors, but at the same time, this is not only a symbol of the fact that was on calvary, this is a great symbol of the truth of human existence, our whole life. between good and evil, everyone chooses in which direction his life trajectory rises , his crossbar, towards the sky or down into the devilish abyss. every time we look at the cross of the lord, we, of course, pray to the lord about our own, that’s how we are built, looking at the sufferer, we often pray even about everyday things, from what is depicted on the cross, but the lord

covers this weakness of ours with love and answers our prayer, but at the same time we must never forget that that the cross is the world of truth, the world of righteousness, if we want to be truly christians, then we must be aware of what in our life is turned to heaven, and what is turned down to the bottom, and what attracts us to the destruction of soul and body. the cross of christ is, if you like , a compass, a guideline for spiritual life. that is why the worship of christ began from ancient times, the discovery of the cross

is associated with the deeds of the empress her son, and of course, these wonderful deeds of the imperial family, which laid the foundation for the universal worship of the cross of the lord, today we are also grateful in our memory, and we worship, as those who showed the cross of the lord to the world, but also each of us, putting the cross in the form of a life guide, with our life, which goes either towards god towards heaven, or in the opposite direction , he himself either glorifies christ crucified, with an unreasonable thief and this screaming crowd at golgo takes the side who

rejects the great saving sacrifice, or neglects it, even being a formally believing person, once again i would like to say that looking at the cross, we really must actualize your faith, connect it with ours. life, asking ourselves hard-hitting questions about where we are in this system of values, trusting in the will of god and his mercy, strengthening our faith and fervent prayer to the lord, doing good deeds, we really gain the ability, together with prudent robbers, to choose the right hand of the country , which is the path to our salvation. amen. today, on this wonderful

day of the exaltation of the cross of the lord, for this holy temple, i would like to present this precious cross that was given to me donated by benefactors, but when i opened this cross and looked at it, i... realized that it was so majestic, beautiful, so dear that it had no place in the patriarchal body, and decided on the day of the erection of christ to transfer it to our cathedral church christ the savior, may he overshadow you with divine mercy and love; in response to the overshadowing of this cross, remember your patriarch in your prayers. christte, christ.

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