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[[Image:St Tikhons Cross.jpg|right|frame|A wooden cross at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]]]]
The '''cross''' is the fundamental symbol for [[Introduction to Orthodox Christianity|Christian]]s, seen as the instrument of the world's [[salvation]] by the crucified [[Christ]].
==Emblem of victory==
===Third Sunday of Lent===
The Third Sunday of [[Lenten Triodion|Lent]] is that of the [[Sunday of the Holy Cross|
Veneration of the Cross]]. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the Lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ's redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality by which man must live to be saved. ''He who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me'' ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 10:38). For in the Cross of Christ Crucified lies both ''the power of God and the [[Holy Wisdom|wisdom ]] of God'' for those being saved ([[I Corinthians]] 1:24).
==Crosses==
*[http://www.saintvladimir.com/article.php?id=52 The Cross] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=25&SID=3 The Russian Orthodox Cross] (OCA)
*[http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/index.html The Cross]
[[Category:Arts]]
