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The Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross - (Sunday of the) Fourth Week after the Holy Cross: Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (The Second Council of Nicaea)

 

Ikons Ikonostasis 1st
Sunday
Great
Lent

Triumph
of
Orthodoxy
(Sun.
of the)
4th
Week
After
Holy Cross

Fathers
of
7th
Ecumenical
Council
7th
Ecumenical
Council

Nicaea
II

 

 

Holy
Cross
Cycle
Sun-
days
Sunday
Before
Holy
Cross
Feast
Sun.
After
(Sun.
of the)
1st
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
2nd
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
3d
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
4th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
5th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
6th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
7th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
8th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
9th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
10th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
12th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
13th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
14th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
15th
Week
After
(Sun.
of the)
16th
Week
After

Triodion
1st Sun.
Pharisee
Publican
(Sun.
of the)
17th
Week
After

Triodion
2d Sun.
Prodigal
Son
Last
Sun
before
1st Sun.
of
Triodion
Pharisee
Publican

 

Celebration
DayCommemorateDateApostolosGospel
(Sunday
of)
4th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Fathers
Seventh
Ecumenical
Council

Second
Council
of
Nicaea
Sunday
during
11-18
Oct.
Tim.
3:8-15
Lk.
8:5-15

The Sunday of the Fourth Week after the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross is theoretically the fifth Sunday following the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross.
This Sunday is commonly called "(Sunday of the) Fourth Week after the Holy Cross" or "Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross".
From the Monday after the Great Feast of Pentecost to Great and Holy Saturday, Sunday is the last day of the Liturgical week.
The Sunday of the Fourth Week after the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross is also named "Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (The Second Council of Nicaea)".

The (Sunday after) The Fourth Week of the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross honors the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787. The Second Council of Nicaea was convoked by Emperor Constantine VI and his mother Irene, under Pope Adrian I, and was presided over by the legates of Pope Adrian. Between 300 and 367 bishops attended. The Seventh Ecumenical Council is also named "The Second Council of Nicaea". The accomplishment of the Second Council of Nicaea is the regulation of the veneration of ikons.

Ikons

In 787, the Seventh Ecumenical Council declared that we worship only Holy God, but we venerate or reverence the person being depicted on the ikons, not the wood or paint of the ikons. The reason was that Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ took on human flesh, a part of the earth's matter; therefore it is possible to depict Him through material symbols. A symbol, which has verbal images, is a Gospel. A symbol, which has material images, is an ikon. Holy ikons portray the divine Sonship and actions of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ by means of paints and colors. Thus, we remember and experience Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ when we prayerfully read the Gospels and when we prayerfully behold him in ikons.

The Seventh Ecumenical Council declared that ikons are proper in churches and homes, because they help Christians pray by reminding us of the presence of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and the Saints.

Kontakion, Troparion, Exapostilarion, and Vespers Sticheron or Doxastikon

KONTAKION (TONE 8)
The preaching of the Apostles and the teachings of the Fathers established in the Church a single and unified faith. Wherefore this Church, robed in the truth of theology inspired by heaven, explains and declares with certitude the great mystery of Christ.

TROPARION (TONE 8)
Christ our God, You are infinitely glorified, for You established our Fathers as radiant stars on earth. Through them, You led us to the true faith. O Most Merciful One, glory to You!

Date

The Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross - (Sunday after) The Fourth Week: Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (The Second Council of Nicaea) occurs on the Sunday during the period of 11 to 18 Oct.

 

Liturgical Cycle

From the Monday after the Great Feast of Pentecost to Great and Holy Saturday, Sunday is the last day of the Liturgical week.
From Holy and Glorious Pascha to the Great Feast of Pentecost, Sunday is the first day of the Liturgical week.

Sundays
DayCommemorateDateApostolosGospel
Sunday
Before
 15 - 21 Sept.Gal.
6:16-18
Jn.
3:13-17
Exaltation
of Precious
and
Lifegiving
Holy Cross
ºSt Helena
finding
Holy Cross

ºRecovering
Holy Cross
from
Persians,
returning
It to
Jerusalem,
and
raising
It up
(exalting).
14 Sept.1 Cor.
1:18-24
Jn.
19:6-11a,
13-20
25-28a,
30-35a
Sunday
After
 15 - 21 Sept.Gal.
2:16-21
Mk.
8:34-9:1
(Sunday
of)
1st Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Miraculous
Catch
22 - 28 Sept.2 Cor
6:1-10
Lk.
5:1-11
(Sunday
of)
2nd Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Love
Your
Enemies
?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
6:31-36
(Sunday
of)
3d Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Widow's
Son
?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
7:11-16
(Sunday
of)
4th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Fathers
of
7th
Ecumenical
Council

(2d
Council
of
Nicaea)
11-18 Oct.Tim.
3:8-15
Lk.
8:5-15
(Sunday
of)
5th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Rich Man
and Lazarus
30 Oct.-
5 Nov.
A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
16:19-31
(Sunday
of)
6th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Gerasene
Demoniac
?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
8:27-39
(Sunday
of)
7th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Daughter
of
Jairus
?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
8:41-56
(Sunday
of)
8th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Good
Samaritan
?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
10:25-37
(Sunday
of)
9th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Fool?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
12:16-21
(Sunday
of)
10th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Crippled
Woman
4-10 Dec.A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
13:10-17
(Sunday
of)
11th
Week
of
Great
Feast
Holy Cross
29th
Sun.
after
Great
Feast
Pentecost
11-17 Dec.Col.
3:4-11
Lk.
14:16-24
(Sunday
of)
12th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Ten
Lepers
14-20 Jan.
when
Pascha
is
8-25 April
A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
17:12-19
(Sunday
of)
13th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Rich
Young
Man
24-30 Nov.A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
18:18-27
(Sunday
of)
14th Week
after
Great Feast
of
Holy Cross
Blind
Man
?A Sun.
after
Pente-
cost
Lk.
18:35-43
(Sunday
of)
15th Week
after
Holy Cross
Sunday
Zacchaeus
when
1 to 4
Sundays
between
Sunday
after
Great Feast
of
Holy
Theophany

and
1st Sunday
of
Triodion
Pharisee
and
Publican


Last Sunday
of Cycle
except
when
3 or 4
Sundays
between
those
2 Sundays
Heb.
13:7-16 or
32rd Sun.
after
Pentecost
1 Tim: 4:9-15
Luke
19:1-10
(Sunday
of)
16th Week
after
Holy Cross
Triodion
1st Sun.
Pharisee
Publican
10th Sunday
before Pascha
2 Cor.
4:6-15
Lk.
18:10-14
(Sunday
of)
17th Week
after
Holy Cross
Triodion
2d Sun.
Prodigal
Son
9th Sunday
before Pascha
Heb.
7:26-8:2
Lk.
15:11-32

 


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