St. Elena (c. 250-330 gg.)Equal to the Apostles was the mother of St. Equal to the Apostles Emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire. In the year 312 together with his son she adopted Christianity and began to promote the approval of a new religion in the empire. In 326 St. Elena went to Jerusalem to find the cross on which the Lord was crucified. From the local residents she has managed to find out an interesting thing. At the place where the Lord's Cross was buried there was built a church in honor of Venus. Helena ordered to break the building and under it they found three crosses and a plate with the inscription, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." The crosses in turn were entrusted on the the deceased. The dead man resurrected when they were laying the third cross. Then the Patriarch of Jerusalem Macarius and Empress Helen raised the cross from Christ and showed it to the people. In memory of this event in September 1427 the Church Krestovozdvizheniya holiday was established. Queen Helen built in the Holy Land several temples. One of them is the temple of the Holy Sepulcher where every year on Easter night the Holy Fire descends
Memory St. Elena Equal to the Apostles performed on 21 March,3 June, 21 May.
Characteristics:
Dimensions: 30*19 mm
Avg. Weight: 4.4 g.
Composition: Silver 925, 999 Gilding
Technique - casting, gilding, hot enamel, niello.
