Holy Fire !!

[.:aWsOMe:.]

I don't know how many of you celebrate this amazing day, but I want to congratulate Christians all over the world.

Once again, we've seen it!

The Holy Fire (Greek Ἃγιον Φῶς, "Holy Light") is described by Orthodox Christians as a miracle that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, or Holy Saturday, the day preceding Orthodox Easter. It is considered by Christians to be the longest-attested annual miracle in the Christian world. It has been consecutively documented since 1106 A.D., with previous references being sporadic The ceremony is broadcast live in Georgia, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lebanon and other Orthodox countries like Egypt. Furthermore, the Holy Fire is brought to certain Orthodox countries, such as in Georgia, Greece, Russia, Belarus, Cyprus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Macedonia, every year by special flights, being received with honors by state leaders at the respective airports.

 

[Rick]

Truly amazing. Thanks for the share.

 

[.:aWsOMe:.]

Welcome Bro!

 

[DoctorX]

Congrats to all Christians.

 

[DLow]

Im christan how ever here in America the only thing that is being celeberated is


Cinco de mayo

 

[Rick]

Yeah same here DLow. I'm Spanish so Cinco de Mayo is somewhat part of my tradition.

 

[cvrle77]

Never heard of it... yesterday was great friday, before Easter, today great saturday (egg painting), and Easter is tomorrow. I'm sure there's few ortodox (pravoslav) christians here, maybe they did heard of it, but I doubt...

Here's pravoslav church calendar

 

[RT]

I've never heard of it either, but that's one hell of a picture.

 

[.:aWsOMe:.]

I've never heard of it either, but that's one hell of a picture.

Every year a head priest from a specific Christian faction gets in there, prays and when he comes out he holds light that sprang from the cave. Before he gets in he gets thoroughly searched by the priests of the other factions to minimize the possibility of scam (basically they despise each other so theoretically they have motive to reveal a scam).

So, it 's either a miracle or an elaborate trick that 's been surviving for 1000 years

 

[Rick]

I'd like to see a video of this event happening...

 

[.:aWsOMe:.]

I'd like to see a video of this event happening...

Try Youtube

 

[cvrle77]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMU53jxR1jI[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbQ8PHHyQ5o[/ame]

 

[WebMonster]

I'd like to see a video of this event happening...

Me to.

 

[Rick]

Thanks for the video but it doesn't really show the 'miracle' happening.. If you find any others post them here

Thanks In Advance

 

[cvrle77]

Latest one:

http://rt.com/news/holy-fire-orthodox-miracle-826/

 

[DLow]

I always thought of this day was national tamalie day in the USA lolololol

 

[Rick]

^ LOL

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I found this: http://www.stpeterslist.com/3088/6-things-to-know-about-the-miracle-of-the-holy-fire/ Everything we need to know about the 'Holy Fire'.

 

[oasis]

That's amazing. Nice photo.