Holiday commemorating Jesus Christ - the cross section, or give glory Holy Cross Day

According to Orthodox tradition, the origins of this festival and the Roman Emperor Constantine I's mother related. Constantine I's mother Yelena in the past 80 years birthday, complained that the suffering of Christ the Savior and other holy places have been forgotten. So after I's son Constantius permission to travel came to Palestine in 324 AD, he visited Jerusalem, where to find the Lord crucified. Jerusalem Patriarch Macari boarded Heights, Elena found the cross raised for everyone to see.
With this cross in after localities have built the church in honor of it. There is a church that Elena find themselves in her place of primary Passion Cross foundation, established. After several years of the project, completed in AD 335 years, give glory as Holy Cross Day. Later in the Byzantine Empire and the Persians in the war, the Persians in 614 years of the fall of the Byzantine Palestine, sacked Jerusalem, also stole Jesus crucified. 14 years later, Lee defeated the Persian emperor Iraq, recaptured the Holy Cross. Personally put it back into the church. At this time, held a grand prayer ceremony, the ceremony, the Patriarch once again raised the cross to the people.
The moral significance of this festival are: The Passion of the Christ Memorial Cross, the Lord was crucified to save all of the cross, is to remind Christians must have the spirit of self-sacrifice, the sacrifice has lust flesh. Because, according to Christ's own words, who wants to follow me, he must sacrifice himself and take up his cross.

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