Today, Holy Saturday, at 6 am, a special Aegean flight was made from Athens to bring Άγιο Φως to our country.
Deputy Foreign Minister Georgios Kotsiras is on board the plane. The official representative of Greece will receive the Holy Fire from the hands of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, with whom he will also meet, the Foreign Ministry said in a corresponding statement.
The arrival of the Holy Fire at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport is expected around 19:30 pm. And then it will be distributed throughout Greece.
Every time on the eve of the Orthodox Easter holiday, the miracle of the descent of the Holy Fire occurs in Jerusalem.
The Holy Fire is taken out of the Holy Sepulcher at a special service held annually on Holy Saturday on the eve of Orthodox Easter in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem.. The emission of fire from the Edicule symbolizes the exit from the Tomb of the “True Light” (John 1:9), that is, the resurrected Jesus Christ.
To Tens of thousands of pilgrims come to Jerusalem to see the miracle of the descent of the Holy Fire. And further millions of people around the world watch the video broadcast of the service on TV or online. For the Orthodox this is the main symbol of the Resurrection of Christ, a sign of life and connection between God and people. “I am with you always, even to the end of the age,” said Jesus, who rose from the dead to his flock, and the guarantee of this vow for believers is precisely the heavenly fire that lights up every year. If one day this miracle does not happen, the world, according to church tradition, will soon end.
Lamps with the Holy Fire are delivered to different parts of the world, including Greece.
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