Tag: Exaltation of the Holy Cross

This feast, celebrated on 14 September, commemorates how, in 628, Emperor Heraclius recaptured the Cross that the Persians had stolen in 614. On this day, we also commemorate the finding of the Cross by St Helena in 326, and the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It reminds us of the shortness of life, and to focus on what is eternal, writes Fr Yuhanna Azize