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Who We Are

Feast Days of the Order

Through the year the Lieutenancy keeps the feasts at the heart of its life — honouring the Holy Cross, Our Lady Queen of Palestine, and the saints of the Holy Land.

The Liturgical Year

Feasts the Order Keeps

  • The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    The Order’s titular feast, celebrating the Cross “which drove away darkness and brought in the light,” lifting the faithful with the crucified and risen Christ.

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  • The Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Palestine

    First invoked by Patriarch Luigi Barlassina in 1920, this title honours Our Lady as principal patroness of the Holy Land and of the Order.

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  • The Memorial of Saint Helena

    Mother of the Emperor Constantine, Saint Helena journeyed to Jerusalem and, by tradition, recovered the True Cross — a cornerstone of the Order’s devotion to the Holy Places.

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  • Feast of St. Pius X

    Giuseppe Sarto — the humble “parish priest to the world” who rose to the papacy — is remembered as a man of deep prayer and pastoral zeal.

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