September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross. ==Saints==

• Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305) (see also: March 16) • Martyr Theocles, by the sword. • Child-martyr Valerianus, by the sword. • Saint Placilla the Empress (Aelia Flaccilla), wife of St. Theodosius the Great (400) • Saint Maria of Tarsus (607) ==Pre-Schism Western saints==

• Saints Caerealis and Sallustia, martyred in Rome (251) • Saints Crescentian, Victor, Rosula and Generalis, martyrs in North Africa who suffered at the same time and place as St Cyprian (c. 258) • Saint Crescentius of Rome, child-martyr, martyred in Rome (c. 300) • Saint Maternus II, Bishop of Cologne in Germany (c. 325) • Saint Cormac, probably the first Bishop of Cashel in Ireland (908) ==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==

• Venerable New Martyr Macarius of Thessaloniki and Mount Athos, disciple of St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople (1527) • Saint Gerasimos the New, founder of the sacred monastery of the Holy Trinity in Sourvia, near Makrinitsa (1740) ==Other commemorations==

• Repose of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (407) • Holy Fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681) (see also: January 23) • Lesna Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1683) • Uncovering of the relics (2000) of Sts. Alexandra (1789), Martha (1829), and Helen (1832), of Diveyevo Monastery. • Repose of Bishop Arsenius (Zhadanovsky) of Serpukhov (1937) • Repose of Archpriest Sergius Siderov of Kiev (1937) • Repose of Priest Michael Shik of Moscow (1937) ==Icon gallery==

File:Olsztyn zamek muzeum 04.jpg|Elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross. File:Menologion of Basil 045.jpg|Elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross. File:Крестъ.PNG|Orthodox Schema Cross. File:Orthodox Cross--Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life Giving Cross.jpg|Orthodox Cross set for veneration on the feast of The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life Giving Cross. File:Papas of Lyconia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Martyr Papas of Lycaonia. File:Dublin St. Patrick's Cathedral North Transept Window King Cormac of Cashel Detail King Cormac 2012 09 26.jpg|King Cormac of Cashel as bishop, warrior and scribe. ==Notes==