“Holy Fire in a Time of Conflict — Diplomacy Illuminates Sacred Tradition Amid Middle East War”
Greek Foreign Ministry weighs contingencies to ensure the annual transfer of the Holy Fire despite regional instability
Greek Foreign Ministry weighs contingencies to ensure the annual transfer of the Holy Fire despite regional instability
Each year, the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem leads the Holy Fire ceremony. He enters the Edicule, a small shrine within the Holy Sepulchre encasing Christ’s tomb, alone.
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.
Statement by the Jerusalem Patriarchate rejecting the proposed restrictions on the holy fire ceremonies