Ornate Bronze and Dark Blue Cross | Orthodox Christian Lightweight Cotton Unisex TeeO hosts of heaven, chant ye to the exalted Tree which was drenched in the blood of the incarnate Word of God, and celebrate the restoration of those born on earth. O Ye people, worship the Cross of Christ, by which the world hath been granted the resurrection throughout all ages! Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious Cross, Matins, Ode 8

thy soul weighed down by ten thousand griefs: ‘O Thou Who hast willingly set

I lament and weep whenever I see death and look upon our beauty

and of great kindness

We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now

of His sufferings

From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them

“God has taken His place in the divine council

when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God

for the day of the Lord is coming

In former times

because he gives birth to himself in eternity through pain

proclaiming