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# Invention of the Holy Cross
- URL: https://helpful-koala.pikapod.net/invention-of-the-holy-cross/
- Published: 2025-06-06T17:22:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-17T19:39:10.000Z
- Author: Robert Rackley
- Tags: Faith, #robert-2, #Migrated-1755363813976, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-08-16 17:03, #Import 2025-08-17 01:06, #Import 2025-12-24 09:59, #Import 2026-07-11 23:34, #Import 2026-08-02 01:19, #Import 2026-09-14 17:25

Inspired by [a post by @Jonah](https://angloromanticism.com/2025/06/05/st-columba-by-daniel-mitsui/?ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net) on Micro.blog, I looked into the art of Daniel Matsui.

One of the images that captured my attention was the "INVENTION of the HOLY CROSS."

![](https://helpful-koala.pikapod.net/content/images/2025/08/invention_cross-1.jpg)

The image came with some apocraphyal stories to which I have become accustomed in the Orthodox Church.

> In the year AD 326, St. Helen, the mother of the emperor Constantine, travelled to Jerusalem to seek the True Cross. One of the scholars of the city knew its location: a hill upon which a temple dedicated to Venus had been built. This was a secret that had been passed down through his family since the time of the Passion. Helen had the temple razed and the ground excavated; there, three crosses were found. To distinguish the cross of Jesus Christ from the crosses of the two thieves, each was held over a corpse. The deceased came to life upon contact with the True Cross.

Matsui also includes an explanation of his rendering of particular elements.