{"id":44281,"date":"2017-03-15T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T10:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=44281"},"modified":"2017-03-23T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T13:18:32","slug":"%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d8%ac%d8%b2%d8%a1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ae%d8%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d8%ac%d8%b2%d8%a1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ae%d8%b4\/","title":{"rendered":"HG Bishop Marteros receives part of the Holy Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">St. Mary Church in ElKasren celebrated bringing to the church a part of the Holy Cross, and part of the relics of St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">HG Anba Marteros Bishop\u00a0of eastern railway churches and pastors of the church\u00a0attended the welcome celebration and perfumed the relics amid the attendance of worshipers.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; color: #000000;\">St. Helana saw a vision at night as if one said to her: &#8220;Go to Jerusalem and search carefully for the Honorable Cross and the Holy places.&#8221; When she informed her son about this, he sent her with many soldiers to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; color: #000000;\">She searched for the wood of the Honorable Cross until she found it along with the other two crosses whereon the two thieves were crucified. She wanted to know which was the cross of the Lord Christ. St. Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, told her that it was the cross that was written on the top of it: &#8220;This is Jesus, king of the Jews.&#8221; She asked him that she wished to see a miracle to make sure that it was the cross of the Lord. By the Will of God, a procession of a dead man was passing by at that time. She placed the other two crosses on the body of the dead man, but he did not rise. When she placed the third cross, straightway the dead rose up.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The cross has been divided into several parts distributed around the world, and there is a\u00a0part at St. Bishay Church in Damietta.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">It is worth mentioning that the arrival of a part of the Cross to St. Mary\u00a0Church will have a special resonance in the hearts of worshipers on Sunday, as the\u00a0Orthodox Church celebrate\u00a0the Holy Cross feast \u00a0on Sunday 19th March.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary Church in ElKasren celebrated bringing to the church a part of the Holy Cross, and part of the relics of St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine. HG Anba Marteros Bishop\u00a0of eastern railway churches and pastors of the church\u00a0attended the welcome celebration and perfumed the relics amid the attendance of worshipers. 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