Posted on September 14, 2020
This feast day revolves around the story of Helen, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine I. In the year 326 CE, she is said to have gone to Jerusalem to find all the holy sights and sites, including the cross that Jesus was supposed to have died on. The story tells us that she found three crosses and didn't know which was Jesus's cross and which were the crosses of the two thieves who were also put to death that day. However, according to the story, a dying woman was cured by touching one of the crosses, and so Helen knew which was the "true cross."
As with many holidays in the Greek Orthodox church, there are services, processions, prayers, and of course a feast with family and friends!
Like other Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Greek Orthodox Church has a legacy visible in its architecture and customs from the Byzantine architecture of the Eastern Roman Empire. Here are some Greek Orthodox churches:
The church below, found on the island of Corfu, is unusual, because it was built (in the 1800s, by the way) to look like an ancient Greek temple!
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