Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  • PurpleSquirrelPurpleSquirrel
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    Um, is that the same as Triumph of the Cross? I'm guessing "yes" as it has the same date, but just wanted to triple-check.
    Squirrel
  • PurpleSquirrelPurpleSquirrel
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    Oops, put that under the wrong board. Sorry.
  • SkirpRSkirpR
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    Yes. In the current Latin books - "In Exaltatione Sanctae Crucis." It was called "Triumph of the Cross" in the 1970s translation. It has been retranslated as "Exaltation of the Holy Cross" in the newest translations.
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  • BenBen
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    yes, they're the same.
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  • Liam
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    While ostensibly the feast is perpetual memorial of the the recovery and retranslation in Jerusalem of the relic of the Holy Cross by the Emperor Heraklios from the Persians in the 7th century (about a decade after which, Jerusalem surrendered to Islamic forces), the foundation of the feast is the dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in AD 335.
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