The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Sep 14th, 2011 | By Andrew Preslar | Category: Blog PostsThe Byzantine Liturgical Year kicks off with two feasts that are also observed, on the same dates, in the Roman Rite: the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The latter, which we observe today (September 14), is an appropriately paradoxical feast, being also a fast.