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The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated every year on 14 September, recalls three events: The finding of the True Cross by Saint Helena. [5]The dedication of churches built by Emperor Constantine on the site of the Holy Sepulchre and Mount Calvary.
Christ Crucified by Giotto, c. 1310. The True Cross is the real cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, according to Christian tradition.. It is related by numerous historical accounts and legends that Helena, the mother of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, recovered the True Cross at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, when she travelled to the Holy Land in the years 326–328.
The Christian cross, seen as representing the crucifixion of Jesus, is a symbol of Christianity. [1] It is related to the crucifix (a cross that includes a corpus (a representation of Jesus' body, usually three-dimensional) and to the more general family of cross symbols.
The feast has its roots in late antiquity, a time when the cross became an important part of Christian art and worship. Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. With the ...
The Congregation of Holy Cross (Latin: Congregatio a Sancta Cruce), abbreviated CSC, [1] is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in 1837 by Basil Moreau, in Le Mans, France.
Prominent feast days include Saint George's Day and the Feast of the Cross. The Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem, while completely independent of the Holy See, is under "ecclesiastical patronage" [1] sui iuris by the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in accordance with the Code of Canons of the Eastern ...
A red Cross of Saint James with flourished arms, surmounted with an escallop, was the emblem of the twelfth-century Galician and Castillian military Order of Santiago, named after Saint James the Greater. Saint Julian Cross: A Cross Crosslet tilted at 45 degrees with the tops pointing to the 'four corners of the world'.
Helena finding the cross. Roodmas (from Old English rood "rod", "cross" and mas, Mass; similar to the etymology of Christmas), is a name for the celebration of the Feast of the Cross. It has been applied to both historical commemoration on May 3 and September 14. It commemorates the finding by Saint Helena of the True Cross in Jerusalem in 326.