Greetings all,
On this day we commemorate with joy the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by the Emperor Heraclius on March 21st in 630 AD:,
The Cross had been on display in Constantinople for two years after
it had been retaken from the Persians. Heraclius' victory was a huge
morale boost for the Empire and which inspired it for centuries to come.
Part of the True Cross remains
at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to this day.
There should be cake! :)
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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