Saints and Feasts of the Sunday Before September 14

Epistle and Gospel for the 
Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable Cross

 

Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable Cross: Epistle and Gospel Reading  

 

Galatians 6:14 in Light of the Fathers of the "Philokalia" 

 

Gospel Commentary for the Sunday Before the Holy Cross (St. John Chrysostom) 

 

Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross (Theophanes Kerameus)

 

Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable Cross (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily on Being a Servant and Child of God (St. Luke of Simferopol) 

 

Homily on the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Cross (Metropolitan Augoustinos Kantiotes)

 

Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable Cross (Archim. George Kapsanis)

 

Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable Cross - The Thrice-Blessed Cross (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna and his Fellow 
Holy Hierarchs Gregory of Kydonia, 
Ambrose of Moschonisia, Prokopios of Iconium, 
Euthymios of Zilon and the Clergy and Laity 
Massacred During the Asia Minor Catastrophe

Verses

Protomartyr Chrysostomos was wickedly sacrificed,

Followed by the evil death of the multitude of fellow contestants.

 

St. Chrysostomos of Smyrna and the Hierarchs with Him, Together With Clergy and Laity, Massacred in the Asia Minor Catastrophe

 

Metropolitan Chrysostomos and the Tragedy of Smyrna in 1922

 

The Icon of Crucified Asia Minor 

 

Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna: An Ecclesiastical and National Martyr 

 

How Were the Vestments of St. Chrysostomos of Smyrna Saved? 

 

Holy Hieromartyr George Karastamatis (+ 1922) 

 

Holy Ethno-Hieromartyr Euthymios, Bishop of Zela (+ 1921) 

 

Ernest Hemingway on the Catastrophe of Smyrna in 1922 

 

HELLENIC GENOCIDE: "Catastrophe" or "Devastation"?