helena will be the first person to try and retrace the final footsteps of christ. here you have a woman who stands in the pinnacle of power, and understands what power looks like. it, to me, is fascinating that a person from that vantage point would see jesus as the one worthy of her life, her allegiance, and her worship. this was a way of getting in closer to really understanding the bible, and to really entering into the story of jesus. there was something about knowing that he actually walked here, that he talked here, where she s standing. you realize that this is not just a myth. jerusalem is not a made-up city. jesus is not a made-up person.
text listen5 to 500500 to start your free trial today. in 328 a.d.helena returned to rome from the holy land. according to church history her pilgrim acknowledges complete to find the cross jesus died on, but her triumph is short lived. helena dies shortly after returning from the holy land. it is incredible to think about the power of this one woman s spiritual drive, and the impact that it has had on human history.
crispus happens in 326. helena departs for the holy land in 327. there is almost certainly some connection between those two events. if you re his mother, hoping for his soul to be saved somehow, you are going to want to make a passionate gesture of reconciliation of penitence. she knew what she wanted when she traveled to jerusalem. and when she went looking for that true cross, she was surely determined to find it. ts. most can tell the continent or country that your ancestors are from, but ancestrydna showed me the specific places they called home. 20 million members have connected to a deeper family story. order your kit at ancestry.com.
constantine discovers that his son crispus, his favorite son, has been having an affair with his second wife fausta. what we are told by the sources we have is that on the orders of his father, he is sent to a place on the coast of croatia. and he is put to death by poison. helena was crushed by this scandal. this was likely her favorite