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title: Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross
when: September 14th, 2015
saints:
    - Repose of John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople
    - Venerable-martyr Makarios the New of Thessalonica
    - Venerable-martyr Joseph of Dionysiou monastery on Athos

# Orthros
god_is_the_lord: 1
apolytikion:
    - Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 1
    - Glory/Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 1
    - Both Now/Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 1

kathismata: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
evlogetaria: Polyeleos - Tone 1
prokeimenon: Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 4
canon: Holy Cross - Tone 8
little_ektenia_3: 2
normal_exaposteilarion: false
exaposteilaria:
    - Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 2
praises: 8
doxastikon: Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 6
great_doxology: 6
troparion: Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 1

# Divine Liturgy
antiphon_12: See Sheet
antiphon_3: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
post_entrance:
    - Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 1

ascension: false

kontakion: Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Tone 4
trisagion: Anti-Trisagion Hymn *("Before Thy Cross we bow down...")*
megalynarion: of the feast *("Magnify, O my soul, the most precious Cross...")*
koinonikon: of the feast *("The light of Thy countenance...")*
post_communion: *Instead of singing "We have seen the true light", sing the Apolytikion of the Holy Cross.*

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