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Nov 5, 2023 · The Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland displays a good example of the influence of Helena. It is the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe and its iconostasis h olds an icon of Saint Helena (Figure 1.) holding a cross while below stands her son Constantine the Great, (Figure 2). Helena’s power and influence continues to live on in ...
About this time, Constantine’s mother, St. Helena, converted to Christianity. (She died in the year 330 at about the age of 80.) According to the early great Church historian Eusebius, she was about 63 at the time of her conversion. With the authority of her son, St. Helena went to Palestine in search of the sacred sites about the year 324.
Emperor Constantine I appointed his mother Helen as Augusta, and gave her unlimited access to the imperial treasury in order to locate the relics of Judeo-Christian tradition. In 325, Helena was in charge of such a journey to Jerusalem by her son who had recently declared Rome as a Christian city.
One of the most important accomplishments of Emperor Constantine was to have had a mother named Helena. Helena definitely became a Christian. She was so turned on by the faith that she traveled to Judea to make a pilgrimage to all the sites where the stories of Jesus took place. Until that time, no one had really concentrated on the sites in ...
HELENA AUGUSTA (c. 255–329 C.E.), mother of the Emperor Constantine and a pious convert to Christianity. In the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100–1154) she is described as the daughter of the British King Coel of Colchester ("Old King Cole"), but this seems highly unlikely. Having originated from a modest background, serving for a ...
Helena of Constantinople. Saint Helena ( Latin: Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta) also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople ( ca. 246/50 – ca. 330) was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross.
Articles relating to Helena, mother of Constantine I (c. AD 246/248– c. 330), an Augusta and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great .
