5/18/2023 0 Comments The lady of the shroud![]() ![]() It is the tradition of the Church that Our Lady passed the remaining days of her life at Jerusalem, and it was commonly known that the tomb of the Blessed Virgin was located in Gethsemani. When all was ready, the emperor sent a message to Juvenal, the first Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, asking him to send the sacred remains of the Blessed Virgin Mary to them to be honored in the new church dedicated to Our Lady. Besides the spring already mentioned, there were a number of churches already built in the area, but the greatest of them would be the Church of St Mary of Blachernae. ![]() The church was at a place called Blachernae, which was a suburb in the northwestern section of Constantinople. In about the year 450, Marcion, the Eastern Roman Emperor, and the Empress Pulcheria, paid for the construction of a church that was located near a fountain of water that was believed to have healing powers. The translation of the winding sheet of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Our Ladys Shroud, from her tomb in Palestine to Constantinople, occurred during the fifth century, and its translation is commemorated on January 25. ![]()
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