Today we honor the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine and Helena –

/ world today news/ On May 21, we honor the Holy Equal-Apostles Constantine and Elena. It is the day of fire games (fireplace).

The holiday coincides this year with Ascension Day (Salvation Day).

The church holiday on which we honor the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles is in memory of Emperor Constantine and his mother Elena. In 313, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which introduced Christianity as the official religion in Byzantium.

Queen Helena went on a pilgrimage to the places where Christ lived, built several monasteries and discovered the cross on which Jesus was crucified. These memorable events are considered the most important in the history of the Christian Church, and therefore the emperor and his mother were canonized as saints.

Konstantin, Elena, Kostadin, Kostadinka celebrate their name day. The reign of the emperor Constantine is one of the most important in history, because under him the Christian faith, so long persecuted, became dominant in his vast empire.