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Meskel is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century. Meskel
Meskel celebration at Meskel Square, Addis Ababa (2016)
Postmarks commemorating Ethiopian First Day Cover, Meskel festivities, 17 December 1974
Demera engulfed in flames, 2013
Flavia Julia Helena, also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was a Greek Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great as well as a Canoni
Meskel
…መስቀል, romanized: Mesk’el) is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century. Meskel is celebrated by Oriental Orthodox members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo…
Statue of Helena in the Musei Capitolini, Rome
Statue of Saint Helena in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
A fresco from Trier, Germany, possibly depicting Helena, c. 310
Coin of Helena as Augusta, minted in Sirmium in AD 324.