Holy Light: From Jerusalem to neighborhoods – Faith, emotion and political undertones
The journey of the Holy Light, the people who await it, and the ongoing debate over the role of the state in a timeless tradition.
The journey of the Holy Light, the people who await it, and the ongoing debate over the role of the state in a timeless tradition.
A city reclaimed. A people restored. A truth revealed.
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