By the end of the 4th century, pilgrims were traveling to Jerusalem, where they could visit Golgotha and venerate a relic of the "true cross," supposedly discovered by the Roman Empress Helena.

View An Apparition of the Empress Helena holding the True Cross and a flaming heart at the death bed of a young woman by Antonio Canova on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Antonio ...

Rachael Kohn: In mediaeval times fragments of the true cross were the most sought-after relics in Christendom, but most were fakes. Today, one scholar believes he's found the real thing. Hello ...

Related video Empress Helena discovers the 'True Cross' The historian Rufinus (c. 340-410) reveals that in order to discern which cross was Jesus’, Helena had a dying local woman brought to the ...

HOW THE TRUE CROSS WAS FOUND. Ayon sa mga religious websites, ang True Cross ay natagpuan ni St. Helena, ang ina ni Constantine the Great at at anak ng Roman Emperor na si Constantius I. Habang nasa ...

The celebration of Meskel signifies the presence of the True Cross at the mountain of Gishen Mariam Monastery in Ethiopia and also symbolises the events carried out by Empress Helena. According to ...

The legend of the True Cross began with the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine, the first Christian Emperor of Rome, who traveled to the Holy Land in 326–28, founding churches and ...

Meskel is a Geez word; which literally means Cross. The holiday is celebrated in commemoration with the discovery of the true cross of Jesus Christ by the Roman empress Helena (St. Helena).

Empress Helena then gave a piece of the True Cross to all churches, including the Ethiopian Church. This piece was then brought to Ethiopia. According to the Ethiopian legend, when people get ...

Related video Empress Helena discovers the 'True Cross' The historian Rufinus (c. 340-410) reveals that in order to discern which cross was Jesus’, Helena had a dying local woman brought to the ...