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“The Cross has dissolved hatred towards man, has brought reconciliation, has made the earth heaven, has mingled men with the angels, has conquered the bastion of death, has neutralized the strength of the devil, has dismissed the power of sin, has rid the earth of error, has restored the truth, has driven away the demons, has torn down pagan temples, has upset sacrificial altars, has dispelled the smell of burnt offerings, has planted virtue, has founded churches.” (Synaxarion, cf. Sacred Symbols that Speak, pg. 55.)

“The Cross is the proof of the love of God, the unshaken wall, the unconquered weapon, the security of the rich, the richness of the poor, the weapon of the threatened, the rebuke of the passions, the kingdom of virtue, the wonderful and strange sign. The Cross has opened paradise, has admitted the thief, and has guided the human race from impending disaster to the kingdom of God.”

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