As has become a fixed tradition in the monastery, many Serbian pilgrims, mainly from New York, but also from other parts, joined the brotherhood in celebrating the Veneration of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord on the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent.  For us it is a great joy to share this mid-Lenten commemoration with our brethren in the faith.  

The Veneration of the Cross was established by our fathers to strengthen the faithful in their Lenten struggles of repentance and purification.  Gazing upon the Cross we are reminded of Our Lord’s saving Passion, which awaits us in a few weeks.