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are destroyed, all things are subjected to the wood of the cross through the power of the one crucified on it.

And not only now does the type of the cross conquer the adversaries, but also before this it conquered and prevailed. And know the power of the type. The rod of Moses bore the type of the cross; and the rod was the cross. See the type of the cross, how many wonders and signs it worked, evil things for the adversaries, but good things for the faithful. And the rivers of the Egyptians Moses through the rod changed into blood, and locusts and cankerworms and hail, a palpable darkness and a tempest, and the death of the firstborn through this very rod he brought on; for wherever the rod struck, there also a trophy was set up. Through the rod God called back the race of the Hebrews from bitter slavery, and it was the type of the cross that saved them. You have known, O beloved, the strength and the power of the type of the cross; worship the truth of Christ, having heard the declaration of the prefiguration; revere the manifestation of the truth.

Great therefore is the word of the cross, and inexpressible its power. Those who worship the cross with desire and faith, have known the strength in it, and they put the devil to flight. For the all-powerful cross, benefiting all, is worshipped by all. For the Lord is the true God and savior of our souls who was nailed to it, and saved the world; to whom from us all honor, glory and thanksgiving is fitting and owed, with the beginningless Father, together with the all-holy and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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ὀλέσκονται, πάντα ὑποτάσσονται τῷ ξύλῳ τοῦ σταυροῦ διὰ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ σταυρωθέντος.

Καὶ οὐ μόνον νῦν νικᾷ ὁ τύπος τοῦ σταυροῦ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸ τούτου ἐνίκα καὶ ὑπερίσχυε. Καὶ γνῶθι τοῦ τύπου τὴν δύναμιν. Ἡ ῥάβδος Μωϋσέως τύπον ἔφερε τοῦ σταυροῦ· ἡ δὲ ῥάβδος ἦν ὁ σταυρός. Ὅρα δέ μοι τὸν τύπον τοῦ σταυροῦ, πόσα τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα εἰργάσατο, τοῖς μὲν ὑπεναντίοις κακὰ, τοῖς δὲ πιστοῖς καλά. Καὶ τοὺς μὲν ποταμοὺς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὁ Μωϋσῆς διὰ τῆς ῥάβδου εἰς αἷμα μετέβαλε, καὶ ἀκρίδα καὶ βροῦχον καὶ χάλαζαν, σκότος ψηλαφητὸν καὶ θύελλαν, καὶ θῖνα τῶν πρωτοτόκων διὰ τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτῆς ἐπήγαγεν· ὅπου γὰρ ἐπένευσεν ἡ ῥάβδος, ἐκεῖ καὶ τρόπαιον ἵστατο. ∆ιὰ τῆς ῥάβδου ἀνεκαλέσατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸ γένος τῶν Ἑβραίων ἐκ πικρᾶς δουλείας, καὶ σταυροῦ τύπος ἦν αὐτοὺς ὁ σώζων. Ἔγνως, ὦ ἀγαπητὲ, τοῦ τύπου τοῦ σταυροῦ τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν· προσκύνησον τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἀκούσας τῆς προτυπώσεως τὴν δήλωσιν· σεβάσθητι τῆς ἀληθείας τὴν φανέρωσιν.

Πολὺς οὖν ὁ τοῦ σταυροῦ λόγος, καὶ ἀνέκφραστος ἡ τούτου δύναμις. Οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὸν σταυρὸν πόθῳ καὶ πίστει, ἔγνωσαν τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ ἰσχὺν, καὶ τροποῦνται τὸν διάβολον. Παντοδύναμος γὰρ ὁ σταυρὸς τοὺς πάντας εὐεργετῶν, ὑπὸ πάντων προσκυνεῖται. Κύριος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς καὶ σωτὴρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν ἐν αὐτῷ προσηλωθεὶς, καὶ σώσας τὸν κόσμον· ᾧ παρ' ἡμῶν πᾶσα πρέπει καὶ ἐποφείλεται τιμὴ, δόξα καὶ εὐχαριστία σὺν τῷ ἀνάρχῳ Πατρὶ, ἅμα τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ζωοποιῷ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.