‘Crown of Thorns’ returns to Notre Dame Cathedral for public veneration

PARIS (AP) — An historical relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” returned Friday to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, 5 years after it was once stored from the flames of the medieval monument’s devastating 2019 hearth. The crown — a round band of branches encased in a gilded golden tube — was once introduced again to its ancient house in a rite presided over via the archbishop of Paris and attended via knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher, marking a key second within the cathedral’s recovery adventure.

Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich leans on the historical relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is returning to Notre Dame Cathedral, 5 years after it was once stored from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 hearth, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photograph/Aurelien Morissard)

The traditional relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is gifted all the way through a procession as it’s returning to Notre Dame Cathedral, 5 years after it was once stored from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 hearth, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photograph/Aurelien Morissard)

The relic was once first discussed via Jerusalem pilgrims within the fifth century sooner than being transferred to Constantinople within the tenth century. In 1239, it was once received via King Louis IX of France, who introduced it to Paris and housed it at Notre Dame sooner than commissioning the Sainte-Chapelle for its safekeeping. It was once later returned to Notre Dame.

The crown of thorns relic believed to had been worn via Jesus Christ is displayed at the altar all the way through a Excellent Friday veneration on the St Germain l’Auxerrois church in Paris, Friday, April 2, 2021. An historical relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is returning to Notre Dame, just about 5 years after it was once stored from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 hearth. (AP Photograph/Michel Euler, Report)

All the way through the hearth that fed on a lot of Notre Dame on April 15, 2019, the Crown of Thorns was once preserved in a sealed case along different relics. Firefighters’ fast movements ensured the survival of the ones treasures.Beginning Jan. 10, the Crown of Thorns might be displayed for public veneration each and every Friday till April 18, culminating on Excellent Friday. In a while, it’ll be proven at the first Friday of each and every month.

The reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed via French artist Sylvain Dubuisson is pictured all the way through the rite in Notre Dame Cathedral, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris. An historical relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is returning to Notre Dame, just about 5 years after it was once stored from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 hearth. ( Ludovic Marin, Pool by the use of AP, Report)