| 630 y. |
Heraclius I, Byzantine emperor of Armenian descent, returned to Jerusalem, the great Christian relic - the True Cross.According to legend it was the crucified Christ.He is one of the instruments of the Passion of Christ, and refers to the main Christian relics.In 614, the Persian Shah Chosroes II, who captured the city, burned the temple of the Holy Sepulcher, massacred and took the Cross and the Patriarch, Zacharias captured.
And 14 years later, Heraclius defeated the Persians and freed the Tree of the Lord.And two years later he reached Jerusalem, and attempted to cross in the Church of the Resurrection in the king`s crown and royal purple.According to legend, the gate to Golgotha Irakli I suddenly stopped, unable to move.And who was walking beside the Patriarch Zacharias told the emperor that the Way of the Cross can not take place in the ceremonial garb.Heraclius took purple and "walking barefoot ... introduced ... in the church.and re-erected there the tree of the cross.In honor of gaining Cross was established holiday Exaltation of the Cross.
The festival got its name from the fact that Bishop Macarius I raised up, that is, raise it, appealing to all sides of the world so that believers could see the Cross. |
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