Empress Jelena in Jerusalem, finding out where the Holy Cross was buried, demolished the temple of Venus and found 3 crosses under it. Then Patriarch Macarius told her to put one by one on the dead man they were carrying. When they placed the third cross, the dead man came back to life. The empress made a silver coffin and placed the Holy Cross in it. When Emperor Chozroi conquered Jerusalem, he took the Holy Cross with him. After 14 years, Emperor Heraclius returned him to Jerusalem. He carried it on his back. But suddenly he stopped, not being able to take a step further. Patriarch Zacharias saw an angel who prevented the emperor from going under the Cross in a luxurious suit, and the way the Lord carried him barefoot and humiliated. And the emperor, in a poor suit and barefoot, brought the Holy Cross into the Church of the Resurrection.

Holy Weeping Tsarina. Venerable Martyr Macarius of Thessalonica. Venerable Mary of Tarsia.