The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the Lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ’s redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality by which man must live to be saved… to read more, click https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/04/07/14-3rd-sunday-of-great-lent-veneration-of-the-cross