Ring «Saint equal to the apostles Empress Helen»

Characteristics:
Material: 925 silver, gilding 999
Avg.weight: 6.5 gr.
Ring Size: 17.5 mm.
Technique: casting, gilding, niello.

Prayer: "Holy, pray God for me"
St. Elena (c. 250-330 gg.) was the mother of St.Emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire. Together with his son in the year 312 she adopted Christianity and began to promote the approval of a new religion in the empire. In 326 St. Elena went to Jerusalem to find the cross on which the Lord was crucified. She has managed to find out from the local residents that on the place where the Lord's Cross was buried there is built a church in honor of Venus . By order of Helena the building was broken and they find three crosses and a plate with the inscription "Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews." Those crosses in turn were entrusted on the deceased. When laying the third cross a dead man resurrected. Then Macarius the Patriarch of Jerusalem and Helen the Empress raised the cross of Christ and showed it to the people. In memory of this event 14 27 September the Church established Krestovozdvizheniya holiday. Queen Helen built several temples in the Holy Land one of which is the temple of the Holy Sepulcher where every year on Easter night Holy Fire descends