{"id":176349,"date":"2017-09-15T16:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=176349\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:58:33","slug":"in-pictures-the-mystery-of-christs-resurrection-is-hidden-in-the-holy-cross-patriarch-daniel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/in-pictures-the-mystery-of-christs-resurrection-is-hidden-in-the-holy-cross-patriarch-daniel-says\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: \u2018The mystery of Christ\u2019s resurrection is hidden in the Holy Cross,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018The mystery of Christ\u2019s resurrection is hidden in the Holy Cross,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said Thursday in his homily delivered at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, explaining the unalterable tie between Christ, His Cross and His Resurrection.<\/h4>\n

On the Feast day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, having Bishop Timotei of Prahova as concelebrant.<\/p>\n

The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross shows us that Christ\u2019s Cross is the sign of a love that conquers sin and death, the patriarch said Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

His Beatitude started his homily by evoking the history of how the Holy cross was found and what is the significance of the solemnity celebrated on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

The patriarch recalled that the Cross was found by Saint Helen in Jerusalem in 328, after demolishing the temple of the pagan goddess Venus and the statue of Jupiter deliberately built in 119 by the order of Emperor Adrian to cover the ground of Golgotha and the Sepulchre of the Lord.<\/p>\n