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Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
- This year is celebrated in:: 2024-10-27
The Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross is one of the four feasts dedicated to Christ’s Holy Christ.
In 327 AD Heghineh, the Mother of the Byzantine King Kostandianos, visits Jerusalem with the aim to search the holy Cross of the lord. A Jew, named Judas, helps the King’s mother to search the site where Christ was crucified – Golgotha. In the result of searches the wooden crosses of Christ and the two criminals crucified together with him are found. For recognizing the Lord’s Cross, the remains of a young man are put on the crosses in turn. On one of the crosses the young man rises to life and thus the Lord’s Cross is identified. After that miracle the Jew converts to Christianity and later becomes the Bishop Cyril of Jerusalem. After the discovery of the Holy Cross Heghineh renovates the Holy Places of Jerusalem and builds the Church of Holy Resurrection of Golgotha, where later the Lord’s cross is installed.
The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross on the Sunday during the period October 23-29.
This feast has been and will be on the following dates
2030-10-27 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2029-10-28 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2028-10-29 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2027-10-24 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2026-10-25 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2025-10-26 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2024-10-27 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2023-10-29 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2022-10-23 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2021-10-24 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
2020-10-25 Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
