Apparition of the Holy Cross over Jerusalem
- 7 May
- 28 days after Easter Sunday (Armenian Church)
Article
Commemorates the appearance on 7 May 351, Pentecost that year, of a luminous image of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. It stretched from Mount Golgotha to the Mount of Olives (about two miles / three kilometers), was brighter than the sun, lasted several hours, and was seen by the entire city. It led to many conversions, and was reported in a letter attribued to Saint Cyril of Jerusalem.
MLA Citation
- “Apparition of the Holy Cross over Jerusalem“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 May 2016. Web. 19 May 2024. <>