Holy Fire descends at the Church Of Holy Sepulchre In Jerusalem

The Holy Fire descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. For security reasons, only 1.8 thousand pilgrims watched the ceremony in the temple this year, although usually there are more than 10 thousand. The descent of the Holy Fire on the eve of Easter symbolizes the exit from the tomb of the “True Light”, that is, the resurrected Jesus Christ.

After hours of frantic anticipation, a priest reached inside the dim tomb and ignited his candle. Each neighbor passed the light to another and, little by little, the darkened church was irradiated by tiny patches of light, which eventually illuminated the whole building.

Bells rang out. “Christ is risen!” the multilingual worshippers shouted. “He is risen indeed!”

The Holy Fire, or Holy Light, that is carried to Greece each year from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is to arrive on a special Aegean Airlines flight on the afternoon of Holy Saturday, in time for the Easter midnight mass.