Patriarch Theopholis III of Jerusalem (in picture, left) will arrive in Romania on October 24, and will bring a piece of wood of the Holy Cross placed in an icon of Saints Constantine and Helen. The procession will start at 13:00, according to a statement of the Romanian Patriarchy.

“During the procession the icon with the piece of wood from the Holy Cross, the relics of Romanian martyr Constantin Brancoveanu and the relics of St. Demetrios will be carried,” reads the statement. The procession will take place in Bucharest, close to the Patriarchal Church.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: Basilica.ro)