St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Las Vegas, NV
Orthros and Divine Liturgy for the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
Mon, Sep 14
|Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Ch
This day commemorates the finding of the True Cross that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was crucified upon on Golgotha. The Empress Helen and mother of St. Constantine the Great unearthed it and it was taken and placed in the Church she built over the tomb of Christ, the Holy Sepulchre.
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2020, 8:00 AM
Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Ch, 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…