Many people aren't aware of how intertwined the imperial presence was into the fabric of our services. Even the terminology and architecture of our churches harken back to this connection.
May 21 is the Feast day of Saints Constantine the Great and his mother Helen. In Byzantine times the Emperor would go the Holy Apostles and change into ceremonial vestments, before going through the Church with the Patriarch to the mausoleum of Saint-Emperor Constantine the Great pic.twitter.com/78OwXe8laR
— ShadowsOfConstantinople (@RomeInTheEast) May 21, 2022
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