The Exaltation of the Cross

The pagan Roman Emperors tried to obliterate the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and rose from the dead, so that they would be forgotten. Emperor Hadrian (117-138) ordered that Golgotha and the Lord’s Sepulchre be buried, and that a temple in honor of the pagan “goddess” Venus and a statue of Jupiter be placed there. To read more…https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/09/14/102610-the-universal-exaltation-of-the-precious-and-life-giving-cross