St. Helenof Constantinople
Mother of St. Constantine · the Roman Empress
Equal-to-the-Apostles· Gold: Colour of the kings
“The emperor deeply revered the victory-bearing Sign of the Cross of the Lord... For this purpose he sent his own mother, the holy Empress Helen, to Jerusalem.”
Dates of commemoration for saint
21 May (3 June)Synaxes & other dates of commemoration
Birth
3rd century
Bithynia, Asia Minor
Death
327
Constantinople, Roman Empire
Life path
- Married, with Children
- Empress
- Accepted Orthodoxy
Undertakings & Callings
- Comforting of the poor
- Almsgiving
Places
- Jerusalem, Holy Land
- CYPRUS, Roman Empire