{"id":12477,"date":"2016-08-15T22:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/?p=12477"},"modified":"2016-09-10T22:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T12:44:20","slug":"procession-of-the-honourable-wood-of-the-life-giving-cross-of-the-lord-first-of-the-three-feasts-of-the-savior-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/?p=12477","title":{"rendered":"Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three \u201cFeasts of the Savior\u201d in August)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"highslide img_1\" href=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/precious_cross_strathfield_2016_8.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-12484\" src=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/precious_cross_strathfield_2016_8-92x160.jpg\" alt=\"precious_cross_strathfield_2016_8\" width=\"92\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/precious_cross_strathfield_2016_8-92x160.jpg 92w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/precious_cross_strathfield_2016_8-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/precious_cross_strathfield_2016_8.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of August 2016, His Grace Bishop George served the All-Night Vigil and Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral Strathfield NSW.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Divine Liturgy, His Grace performed the Lesser Blessing of the Waters as it is practiced in the Russian Orthodox Church. Because of the Blessing of Waters, this first Feast of the Savior in August is sometimes called \u2018Savior of the Water&#8217;. 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