Rare were those, who understood what the relationship between Constantinople and the Holy Land was. Most thought that, it was strictly a matter of religion, but the diachronic gladiator knew about 637 after Christ.
During that period, the Byzantine outpost, did not expect any support from the Empire, due to the distance, and of course he remembered, because no one had forgotten, the abduction of the Holy Cross by the Persians, and its later successful return to Jerusalem.
These events of 614, which ended with the victory of Heraclius in 628, was permanently recorded in the minds of all of the Byzantines.
Therefore, when the siege of 637 began, they were all ready to rescue the Holy Cross from the atrocities of the enemies. The Patriarch Sophronius, had exactly the same mental scheme in mind.
Jerusalem and its defensive walls were strengthened, but the attacks did not stop and the neighboring castles were taken by their enemies. That’s why, when Jericho was taken an important decision took place. All the Sacret relics should be saved and among them of course, the Holy Cross.
This was the mission that he had undertaken.
Only very few fighters were selected, with great secrecy, in order for no information to leak in any way. So that’s how it happened.
They had to reach ashore in secrecy, in order to load the Sacret relics in a vessel with Constantinople as the destination. There must have been a continuity, whatever the fate of Jerusalem was to be. Consequently, the symbols of Christianity were saved even when Jerusalem fell. The continuity did not stop with the siege, and so, the first topostrategic bridge was built, which in the future would become a chronostrategic superstring.