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☦️ 🤍🪻 Eastern Orthodox - Explaining the Holy Fire Miracle in Jerusalem every Pascha
The Holy Light of Jerusalem, also known as the Holy Fire, is a ceremony that occurs annually at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter. During the ceremony, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch retrieves a flame from the Tomb of Christ, then passes it to other people in the church, who each have a candle. The flame is then distributed from candle to candle, and from there to churches around the world.
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