+Cyril is universally Commemorated today on both the Orthodox and Catholic sanctoral calendars.
From his Catechetical Homilies on the [Paschal] Liturgy:
O strange and wonderful event!
We were not really put to death,
we were not really buried,
we were not really crucified,
we were not really brought back to life.
But, though the imitation was symbolic,
the salvation is very real!
Christ was truly crucified,
truly buried,
truly raised up.
And all this was given to us by a grace
in order that we might share his sufferings by imitating them,
and thus truly obtain salvation.
How vast God’s love for humanity.
Christ had his utterly pure hands pierced by the nails
he suffered;
and yet it is to me,
who share in his sufferings without suffering or experiencing pain,
that he gives the grace of salvation.
A model of faith and the image of gentleness,
the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance.
You obtained thus through being lowly,
gifts from on high,
and riches through poverty.
Cyril, our father and priest of priests,
intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.
Kontakion of Cyril, Abp. Of Jerusalem
First Tone
Thy speech inspired of God hath enlightened thy people to honour the One God, undivided in essence,
yet known and distinguished in His Three Persons, the Trinity.
Wherefore, with great joy we keep thy holy remembrance,
and we have thee as our intercessor, wise Cyril,
to pray unto God for us.