In 1579, a remarkable event, deeply intertwined with the ancient Holy Fire ceremony, occurred at…
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The Holy Light from Jerusalem arrived in Greece, welcomed with head-of-state honors at Athens International Airport. Transported to the Church of Agioi Anargyroi in Plaka, it was distributed to eight destinations across Greece by Aegean and Olympic Air, including Zakynthos, Thessaloniki, and Santorini, for Easter celebrations.
Israeli authorities restricted Christian access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday, disrupting the Holy Fire ritual during Easter weekend
For over a millennium, Orthodox Christians have revered the miraculous appearance of the Holy Fire…
Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Loverdos will travel to Jerusalem on Holy Saturday to receive the Holy Fire from Patriarch Theophilos III at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, continuing a longstanding Orthodox Easter tradition. The sacred flame will be flown to Athens for nationwide distribution.
In a somber announcement, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has decided to limit Easter…
ATHENS, GREECE – A Greek journalist, Dimitris Alikakos, has been acquitted of all charges following…
The Holy Fire arrived in Athens on a special flight from Jerusalem on Thursday evening.…
A delegation to carry the Holy Fire, or Holy Light, from the Church of the…
The annual flight of the Holy Fire from Jerusalem to Athens on the occasion of…
On Holy Saturday at 6PM, Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis is expected to arrive at…
An Armenian bishop has sparked outrage whilst giving a tour of the Holy Sepulchre in…
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the Holy Land says it will not assist with Israeli…
With Jerusalem under lockdown last year’s Holy Fire ceremony was held in the near-empty church that is worshipped by Christians as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.
Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantinos Vlasis is in Jerusalem to attend the Holy Light Ceremony at…
The Holy Fire arriving to Athens from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem…
Fireworks were set off at the stroke of midnight on Holy Saturday, in seven parts…
A few minutes before 6pm on Holy Saturday, the Aegean airline plane carrying the Άγιο…
GCT is live streaming the Άγιο Φως (Holy Fire) ceremony at the Church of the…