St. Helena

• Helena was the Mother of Emperor Constantine

• Emperor Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity

• In 326, Helena made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, tracing the life of Jesus

• She felt she was Divinely appointed to find the True Cross

• She built many churches in the Holy Land, at the sites which commemorate events in the life of Jesus

• She was with Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem when they found three crosses after tearing down the temple of Venus

• The relic of the "True Cross" was confirmed when Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem touched one of the crosses to the body of a woman near death and she was instantly healed!

• Emperor Constantine built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on this site

• St. Anthony's Chapel has 22 relics of the "True Cross"

• The witnesses of the relic of the "True Cross' can't be any more credible for the times...the Mother of the Emperor and the Bishop of Jerusalem

• Underneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the "Chapel of the Finding Cross" and it contains a statue of St. Helena

• St. Helena's Feast Day - August 18th

Saint Anthony Chapel has a relics of St. Helena and Bishop Macarius (skull)