• The Universal Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious and Life Giving Cross
  1 Cor. i.18-24. St. John xix.6-20, 25-27, 30-35.
• "Lesna" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
• Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
• Repose of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (407)
• Martyr Papas same as March 16
• St. Placilla the Empress, wife of Theodosius the Great (400)
• Martyr Macarius of Thessalonica (1522)
• Martyr Theocles and Child-martyr Valerian
  Strict Fast

Troparion Tone 1

O Lord, save Thy people/ and bless Thine inheritance./ Grant victory over their enemies to Orthodox Christians,/ and protect Thy people with Thy Cross.

Kontakion Tone 4

O Christ our God,/ Who wast voluntarily lifted up on the Cross,/ grant Thy mercies to Thy new people named after Thee./ Gladden with Thy power Orthodox Christians/ and give them victory over their enemies./ May they have as ally/ that invincible trophy, Thy weapon of peace.

• S. V. Bulgakov, "Handbook for Church Servers"
• Feast of the Holy Cross Iconogram
• The Elevation of the Cross by Orthodox Family Life
• Feast of the elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross
• The Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord By Archpriest Leonid Kolchev
• The Exaltation of the Cross by Met. GEORGE Khodr
• on the Exaltation of the Cross by St John Maximovitch
• Exaltation of the Cross by Orthodox America
• Mother of God of Lesna
• The Lesna Icon
• Russian Icons
• Prologue From Ochrid by St Nikolai Velimirovich
• OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
• OCA - Troparia and Kontakia
• Mesyatseslov of Saints Lives (Russian)