Skip to content

Invention of the Holy Cross

Robert Rackley
Robert Rackley
— 1 min read

Inspired by a post by @Jonah on Micro.blog, I looked into the art of Daniel Matsui.

One of the images that captured my attention was the "INVENTION of the HOLY CROSS."

The image came with some apocraphyal stories to which I have become accustomed in the Orthodox Church.

In the year AD 326, St. Helen, the mother of the emperor Constantine, travelled to Jerusalem to seek the True Cross. One of the scholars of the city knew its location: a hill upon which a temple dedicated to Venus had been built. This was a secret that had been passed down through his family since the time of the Passion. Helen had the temple razed and the ground excavated; there, three crosses were found. To distinguish the cross of Jesus Christ from the crosses of the two thieves, each was held over a corpse. The deceased came to life upon contact with the True Cross.

Matsui also includes an explanation of his rendering of particular elements.

Faith
Robert Rackley

Robert Rackley

Mere Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker, budget audiophile and paper airplane mechanic. Self-publishing since 1994. Fan of the open web.

Related Posts

Members Public

Shaker Style

A movie about the Shakers inspired my curiousity to learn more about the sect.

Shaker Style
Members Public

R.I.P Dave Kendall

Dave Kendall, creator and host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has passed away. The British-born Kendall conceived 120 Minutes after joining MTV as a producer, pitching the network a dedicated program for the punk, post-punk, goth, synth-pop, ska, and other underground sounds largely ignored by corporate rock

Members Public

Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra & Avin Omar

One problem with posting your listening habits on a periodically updated Now page is that those habits can literally change overnight. A couple of days ago, I updated my Now page, only to get deeply into a Swedish jazz EP very shortly after. Though this new 3-song Bandcamp-only