Video: Christians Watch Holy Fire Descend at Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

13:47, 4 May 2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On May 5, 2024, Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter. The holiday celebrates the supernatural resurrection of Jesus from the dead, which is one of the central tenets of the Christian faith.
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The Holy Fire descended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday, ahead of the Eastern Orthodox Easter.
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem carried the flame out of Jesus’ tomb where he was praying for the holy fire’s descent and handed it out to a crowd of worshipers thronging the 4th-century temple.
The ceremony was broadcast by three Russian television channels.
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