Holy Fire Ceremony LIVE: Worshippers Attend Holy Fire Ceremony At Holy Sepulchre In Jerusalem |N18G

Holy Fire Ceremony LIVE: Worshippers Attend Holy Fire Ceremony At Holy Sepulchre In Jerusalem |N18G The streets of the Old City are locked off as Jerusalem prepares for the Holy Fire ceremony, arguably the most important Christian celebration in the Holy Land. Thousands of worshippers are marching towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where most solemn moments of the day take place. The ceremony takes place every year on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter. Sometime in the afternoon, the Greek Patriarch and Armenian priest will enter Jesus’s tomb to pray. They will then emerge to much fanfare, with the Greek Patriarch holding a flame, the central symbol of the day. Thousands of pilgrims inside the church will shout in joy and some will cry. Many believe that it is a miracle that lights the Patriarch’s torch. The flame will then light other torches and spread across the church creating an astonishing sight that is the pinnacle of a joyful Eas