This year's Orthodox Holy Light Ceremony at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem was completed with brilliance, which then arrived on a special flight to Athens from where it "traveled" throughout Greece.
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The Orthodox Holy Light Ceremony in Jerusalem was completed with a large crowd and in calm conditions.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos came out of the Holy Sepulchre holding 2 bundles of 33 candles symbolizing the years of Christ with the everlasting light.
It was immediately transmitted to the thousands of pilgrims.
For the ceremony, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yiannis Loverdos, was in Jerusalem, who will receive the Holy Light to transport it to Greece.
The arrival of the Holy Light at Athens Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" took place around 19:30 in the afternoon and then it was distributed all over the Greece.
In addition to Mr. Loverdos, the delegation included, among others, ND MP Maximos Charakopoulos as representative of the Parliament and head of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, His Eminence Metropolitan David of Grevena and the Exarch of the Holy Sepulchre Father Ieronymos.
