Orthros and Divine Liturgy for the Universal Elevation of the Holy Cross
Wed, Sep 13
|St. John the Baptist GOC
Universal Exaltation or Elevation of the Holy Cross is commemorative of the finding of the True Cross outside of Jerusalem in the 4th Century by the Empress and Queen Mother St. Helen.
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2023, 4:30 PM
St. John the Baptist GOC, 5300 El Camino Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89118, USA
About The Event
Saint Helen, the mother of Saint Constantine the Great, when she was already advanced in years, undertook, in her great piety, the hardships of a journey to Jerusalem in search of the cross, about the year 325. A temple to Aphrodite had been raised up by the Emperor Hadrian upon Golgotha, to defile and cover with oblivion the place where the saving Passion had been suffered. The venerable Helen had the statue of Aphrodite destroyed, and the earth removed, revealing the Tomb of our Lord, and three crosses. Of these, it was believed that one must be that of our Lord, the other two of the thieves crucified with Him; but Saint Helen was at a loss which one might be the Wood of our salvation. At the inspiration of Saint Macarius, Archbishop of Jerusalem, a lady of Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain…