Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross

September 13

Apolytikion in the Second Tone

We offer Thee in mediation the life-giving Cross which, of Thy goodness, Thou hast given unto us, the unworthy, O Lord. Save Thy hierarchs and Thy flock, and grant Thou peace through the Theotokos, O only friend of man.

Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery