Holy Fire

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The Holy Fire (Greek: Ἃγιον Φῶς, "Holy Light", Armenian: Սուրբ Լոյս) is a ceremony that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter. During the ceremony, a prayer is performed after which a fire is lit inside the aediculae where some believe the Tomb of Jesus may have been located. According to the belief, the fire emerges miraculously and is lit by the Holy Spirit. Orthodox Christians believe that this is the blessed light of resurrected Christ, who gives them comfort, joy and peace through it. The ceremony of the Holy Fire is presided over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. According to the regulations governing the ceremony, the Patriarch is accompanied into the Aedicule by a representative of the Armenian Apostolic Church, while representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church have designated positions outside the Aedicule. After the fire is lit, it is distributed to various...

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