ICXC NIKA Light/Dark Bright Orange & Red Ornate Cross | Orthodox Christian Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtGazing now upon Thy footstool where Thy most pure feet stood, and chanting psalms, O Master, we honor with love today Thy most precious Cross, and elevating it with piety we beseech Thee, crying aloud: Having sanctified all by Thy divine Cross, O Most High, show us forth as partakers of Thine ineffable compassion and grace. Lord I Have Cried, Stichera for Elevation of the Precious Cross, September 18, Tone 4

Romans 9:29

To face our criminal record一which every man has before God一and to observe all our sins being enumerated in complete detail

The day of death is a bitter day

and the ruler of the kings of the earth

For it was only after enduring all this that He finally mounted the Holy Cross

’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman

and I find myself free… For the faithful the Cross is a mighty power which delivers from all evils

after all the other things

We will lower our head in shame because we did not do the will of God

doth now dwell in the heavens

It is good to set from the world unto God

Orthodox Christians seeing this design very likely heard the prokeimenon melody in their heads when reading the verse