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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III on Pascha
Pascha: Anastasi Service, Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA
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2008
Priests attend an Orthodox midnight Easter mass in Tbilisi April 26, 2008. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze (GEORGIA)
Greek-Orthodox worshippers stand outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Eastern Church's Good
Friday procession in the old City of Jerusalem April 25, 2008. Thousands of worshippers retraced the traditional
route Jesus Christ took along the Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
REUTERS/Steve Crisp (JERUSALEM)
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, sprays holy water at worshippers after the Easter
ceremony of the Washing of the Feet, which commemorates Jesus's actions at the Last Supper. (Photo: BBC News)
A boy lights a candle during a Palm Sunday service in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, April 20, 2008. REUTERS/Mikhail Mordasov
Bulgarians admire painted Easter eggs at an exhibition in the town of Varna. The Orthodox Church will celebrate
Easter on 27 April. (BBC News)
An Orthodox Christian pilgrim kisses an icon in a monastery near the baptismal site of Kasser el Yahud on
the banks of the Jordan River, near the West Bank city of Jericho, April 22, 2008. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK)
2009
In Gaza City, Orthodox worshippers attended a Palm Sunday Liturgy (Source: BBC News)
Sister Despina, an 89 year old Greek Orthodox nun, holds candles at the Apostolos Andreas monastery
in Dipkarpaz, Riso Karpaso, in the Turkish administered northern part of Cyprus, some 150 km (93
miles) east of Nicosia, April 18, 2009. Dipkarpaz is the home to Northern Cyprus' largest of Greek
Cypriot community, millions of Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on Sunday. REUTERS/Murad
Sezer
Traditionally hand painted eggs for Easter are displayed for sale
during a Palm Sunday fair at the Village Museum in Bucharest April 12, 2009. Romania's Orthodox majority celebrates Easter
a week after the Catholics. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
2010
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of
Jerusalem Theophilos III (C) leads the Palm Sunday mass at the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on March 28, 2010. Palm Sunday marks the
triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem the week before his crucifixion,
when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. It also marks the start
of the most solemn week in the Christian calendar. Photo: GALITIBBON AFP/Getty Images
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of
Jerusalem Theofilos III, right, washes the foot of a priest during the Washing
of the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally
believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of
Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City. Christians from around the world are in
the Holy Land marking the solemn period of Easter. TARA TODRAS-WHITEHILL / AP
Orthodox Christians immerse
themselves in the Jordan River at a baptism ceremony, during Holy Week, at Qasr
el Yahud near the West Bank town of Jericho. The site is traditionally believed
by many to be the place where Jesus was baptized. photo: Ariel Schalit-AP
Christian Orthodox pilgrims hold crosses during Good Friday processions in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally
believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 2,
2010. Christians are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP
Photo / (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
A Greek Orthodox faithful walks behind an image of Jesus Christ crucified, on Good Friday at Penteli monastery in Athens
April 2, 2010. Credit: REUTERS/Yiorgos
Karahalis
Worshippers pay homage to a
giant wooden cross during a Good Friday reenactment of Christ being taken down
from the crucifix, at the Pendeli Monastery, near Athens, on Friday, April 2,
2010. Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 4. (AP Photo
/ (AP Photo/Petros
Giannakouris)
2011
Greek
Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III, center, pours water into a basin
during the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher, the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and
buried, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 21, 2011. Christians from
around the world are in the Holy Land marking the solemn period of Pascha (Easter).
(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
A general view of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during a Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in
Jerusalem's Old City April 18, 2009. Millions of Orthodox Christians celebrate Pascha (Easter) on
Sunday. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
View
looking down from the rotunda inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem that shows the Tomb of Christ as the miracle of the Holy Fire occurs
on April 23, the day before Easter. Eastern Orthodox Christians believe the
Holy Fire, which emenates from within the Tomb of Christ and quickly spreads
around the church and outside to Jerusalem and even to foreign countries,
represents the flame of the Resurrection power, as well as the fire of the
Burning Bush of Mount Sinai. Abir
Sultan/EPA
A
general view of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the Christian Orthodox Holy
Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City on April 23. Christians around the world
celebrate Easter on Sunday. REUTERS/NIR
ELIAS
Christian
Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit
from the 'Holy Fire' as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem's old city on April 23, 2011 during the 'Holy Fire' ceremony on the
eve of the Orthodox Easter. The ceremony celebrated in the same way for 11
centuries, is marked by the appearance of 'sacred fire' in the two cavities on
either side of the Holy
Sepulchre. The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is the site
of the final resting place of Jesus Christ, according to Christian tradition. AFP/
Getty Images / Gali Tibbon
2012
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III leads Palm Sunday liturgy in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's
Old City April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Women attend a religious service prior to an orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage passing by several churches in Bucharest,
Romania, Saturday afternoon, April 7, 2012. Thousands marched, according to local media, across Romania and attended religious
services ahead of Palm Sunday. This year the country's Orthodox majority celebrates Easter a week later than the Catholics
on April 15.
photo: VADIM GHIRDA/AP
A member of the Orthodox clergy takes part in a Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 8,
2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
A lit candle is seen on a cross of a grave during Orthodox Palm Sunday in Heresti cemetery, 40 km (25 miles) southeast
of Bucharest April 8, 2012. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, a week before his crucifixion.
Romania's Christian Orthodox majority will celebrate Easter on April 15, a week after the Catholics. REUTERS/Radu
Sigheti
Palm Sunday in Russia ... Orthodox peoples who live in areas without palms, including the Russian Orthodox, use pussy
willow branches rather than palms in the celebration of this event. Palm Sunday is known as Willow Sunday in Russia.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos (3rd L) sits as members of the clergy surround him during
the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 12, 2012, ahead of
Orthodox Easter. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION)
Greek
Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III, right, uses flowers to sprinkle worshippers with water after the Washing of
the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion
and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 12, 2012. (AP / Sebastian Scheiner)
Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold wooden crosses as they take part in the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa
in Jerusalem's old city on April 13, 2012 ahead of Orthodox Easter. Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world
have flocked to the Holy City to mark Good Friday and pray along the traditional route Jesus Christ took to his crucifixion,
leading up to his resurrection on Easter. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Georgian Orthodox Christians hold wooden crosses as they take part in the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa
in Jerusalem's old city on April 13, 2012 ahead of Orthodox Easter. Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world
have flocked to the Holy City to mark Good Friday and pray along the traditional route Jesus Christ took to his crucifixion,
leading up to his resurrection on Easter. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold wooden crosses as they take part in the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa
ahead of Orthodox Easter in Jerusalem's old city, Israel. Orthodox christians are celebrating Easter a week after Roman Catholics
as dictated by the Julian calendar. Pilgrims are taking part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have
taken in his last days as he carried the cross. photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Holy Friday in Safita 2012 (Syria)
Orthodox Christians
hold a wooden cross as they take part in the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's old city on April
13, 2012 ahead of Orthodox Easter. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Krill on Holy Friday carrys the Epitaphios (plashchanitsa).
Holy Friday @ St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC... photo by Benjamin Slayton
Holy Friday @ St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC... photo by Benjamin Slayton
George Gildasis carries the cross during the Procession of Epitaphios during Good Friday service at Transfiguration of
Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church on April 13, 2012. The church as well as others Eastern Orthodox churches celebrates Easter
according to the Julian Calendar not the Gregorian Calendar like Western Christianity.
GAVIN JACKSON/MORNING NEWS
A general view is seen of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during a Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony
in Jerusalem’s Ancient City.
Image by: NIR ELIAS / Reuters / Reuters
Thousands of Orthodox Christians
filled Jerusalem’s ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre and spilled out into the narrow streets on Saturday for the
“Holy Fire” ceremony on the eve of Orthodox Easter.
Believers
hold that the fire is miraculously sent from heaven to ignite candles held by the Greek Orthodox patriarch in an annual rite
dating back to the 4th century that symbolises the resurrection of Jesus.
Israeli public radio said around
10,000 faithful attended this year’s ceremony, fewer than in recent years, as police were deployed around the church
and in the streets of the surrounding Old City to keep the jubilation from getting out of hand.
Patriarch Theophilos III traditionally
makes his grand entry at the head of a procession of monks, chanters, dignitaries and red and gold banners bearing icons.
After
circling an ornate shrine in the heart of the church three times amid chants of “Axios” (“He is worthy”),
he enters what Orthodox, Roman Catholics and many other Christians believe is Jesus’s burial site, emerging minutes
later with several lit candles.
The patriarch is always searched
beforehand to ensure that he is carrying nothing, such as matches or a lighter, that could be used to light the candles.
As
joyous people press in on him, the patriarch passes on the flames to their outstretched candles. The fire makes its way through
the crowd, casting a flickering orange glow on the grey walls and towering stone columns, and filling the air with smoke.
Pilgrims
claim the Holy Fire does not burn their hair, faces, clothes or anything else during the first 33 minutes of its appearance,
and one web site (http://www.holyfire.org) offers videos claiming to show worshippers in prolonged contact with the flames
without being hurt.
The
Holy Fire, which quickly makes its way outside to the crowds waiting there, is also carried to nearby Bethlehem’s Church
of the Nativity, where Jesus is believed to have been born, and also much farther afield.
It
will be flown to Athens and to the capitals of other predominantly Orthodox countries to be shared.
The
church, which the Orthodox call the Church of Resurrection, also encloses what is widely believed to be Calvary, the site
on which Jesus was crucified.
While
it is therefore one of Christianity’s holiest sites, it is shared uneasily by six denominations — the Greek Orthodox,
Roman Catholics, Armenian Orthodox, Egyptian Copts, Syrian Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox.
Past
ceremonies have been marred by violence, with fist fights breaking out among monks from the different denominations over perceived
changes to a status quo hammered out over several centuries.
The
date of Orthodox Easter is calculated differently than by the Roman Catholics and other churches, so the most important feast
of the Christian year is frequently celebrated on different Sundays. ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Holy Fire descended again upon Jerusalem on Great Saturday - Photo by Reuters DarikNews
Holy Pascha in the Republic of Georgia, 2012
Holy Pascha @ St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC -- photo by Benjamin Slayton
2013
Palestinian Orthodox
Christian boy holds a candle during Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 28, 2013. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
A woman burns incense in front of the graves of her relatives at a cemetery in the village of Copaciu, 42km southwest of
Bucharest. Orthodox women went to church and cemeteries in the early morning on Maundy Thursday to light candles, burn incense
and mourn their dead as part of a southern Romanian tradition. Holy Thursday is the day Christians commemorate the Last Supper
of Jesus Christ. Romania’s Orthodox majority celebrates Easter on May 5. Bogdan Cristel/Reuters
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III leads service
on Holy Thursday.
Removal of the Shroud - On Holy & Great Friday in Russia - the day dedicated to the remembrance of the
saving Passion of the Saints of the Lord Jesus Christ in the church of the monastery was Vvedenskoye make the evening with
the removal of the Shroud of the Savior.
At the end of Vespers, the singing troparja "The noble Joseph, of the tree of Thy most pure Body snem" from the altar
in the middle of the temple was moved with the image of the Holy Shroud of Christ's burial.
A Greek Orthodox child kisses the feet of a figure of a crucified Jesus Christ on Good Friday at Penteli
monastery north of Athens May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
A boy kisses an icon of Christ as he prays during Good Friday at the St. Sava temple in Belgrade May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Marko
Djurica
Orthodox Christian worshipers hold crosses as they take part in the Eastern and Orthodox Church's Good Friday
procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City May 3, 2013. Thousands of worshipers retraced the route Jesus took
along the Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
JERUSALEM,
ISRAEL - MAY 04:(Israel out) Christian worshipers light candles lit from a flame that emerged from the tomb believed to be
of Jesus Christ as they take part in the ceremony of the holy fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher May 04, 2013 in Jerusalem,
Israel. The ancient fire ritual celebrates the Messiah's resurrection after being crucified on the cross. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi
/Getty Images)
Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit from the 'Holy Fire' as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on May 4, 2013 during the 'Holy Fire' ceremony on the eve of the Orthodox Easter. Believers hold that the
fire is miraculously sent from heaven to ignite candles held by the Greek Orthodox patriarch in an annual rite dating back
to the 4th century that symbolises the resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty
Images)
Greek Orthodox worshipers hold a palm fond in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Orthodox Palm Sunday,
in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 5, 2015 (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
Palm Sunday is one
of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on the Sunday before Easter. A mere few days before His crucifixion,
Jesus Christ was received by adoring throngs at his entry into Jerusalem on the back of young donkey. The crowds threw palm
branches (a symbol of victory) in his path in jubilation, and even the children shouted praises to Him. The Orthodox celebrate
this day with joy, but with the realization that very sad events are soon to come. Orthodox people who live in areas without
palms, including the Russian Orthodox, use pussy willow branches instead of palms in the celebration of this event. (source:
Discover Russia)
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Orthodox Christians hold candles as they attend Palm Sunday liturgy
at the Saint Porfirios Church in Gaza City April 5, 2015 (photo: Reuters)
Romanians
sit next to fires in a cemetery
during Orthodox Palm Sunday memorial for the departed in Herasti, southern
Romania, early Sunday, April 5, 2015. Orthodox believers gather at midnight,
light fires at the graves and share food in memory of their dead relatives. Photo: Vadim Ghirda
An Orthodox priest blesses worshipers during Palm Sunda in Tibilis, Georgia.
Palm Sunday celebrated at the Serbian Patriarchate.
Saturday of Lazarus': His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Convent of Mary and
Martha. Convent dedicated to Lazarus' sisters.
Orthodox priests march before a Palm Sunday religious service back dropped by mural paintings in Bucharest, Romania,
Saturday, April 13, 2014. According to local media 800 priests marched through the Romanian capital ahead of Palm Sunday.
This year the country’s Orthodox majority celebrates Easter along with the Catholics on April 20.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Vigil on the eve of the Feast of the Entry into Jerusalem at the Vvedenskii Monastery (convent) in Russia
His Beatitude,
John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, presided over the Divine Liturgy of Palm Sunday in the Mariamite (Greek Orthodox)
Cathedral in Damascus. His Grace Bishop Efraim (Malouli), priests and deacons participated in the liturgy.
The SOBOR Cathedral of Bucharest
Patriarchal servants at the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem.
2014
Holy and Great Thursday, 2014: His Beatitude Theophilos, The
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem with clergy
Holy and Great Thursday, 2014: His Beatitude Theophilos, The
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Washing of the Feet of priests to commemorate Jesus' washing. and Christ’s last
hours prior to his arrest in Gethsemane.
Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold wooden crosses as they take part in the Good
Friday procession on April 18, 2014 in Jerusalem's old city, Israel.Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world
have flocked to the Holy City to mark Good Friday and pray along the traditional route Jesus Christ took to his crucifixion.
IMAGE: LIOR MIZRAHI/GETTY IMAGES
Holy and Great Friday at the Halki Theological School
Holy and Great Friday at the Vvedensky Monastery
Holy and Great Friday at the Halki Theological School : The decorated bier for the
Epitaphios.
The Epitaphio and Cross at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC
JERUSALEM,
ISRAEL - APRIL 19: Christian Orthodox worshipers hold candles lit from a flame
that emerged from the tomb believed to be of Jesus Christ as they take part in
the ceremony of the holy fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher April 19,
2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The ancient fire ritual celebrates the Messiah's resurrection
after being crucified on the cross. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
Thousands of Christians have gathered in Jerusalem to light torches and
candles from a holy flame that 'miraculously' emerged from the tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the eve
of Orthodox Easter. photo: AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon
Pascha at Halki Theological School
2015
Palm Sunday 2015, Procession to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Palm Sunday 2015, His Beatitude Theophilus, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem gives blessings at the
Beautiful Gate.
Palm Sunday 2015, Existing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, His Beatitude Theophilus, Patriarch of Jerusalem
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Holy Wednesday 2015 - Holy Unction service in a ROCOR parish, USA
Holy Thursday at a monastery, dyeing the eggs, Greece (photo credit: ΜΟΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΑ)
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, His
Beatitude Theophilos (C) leaves the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to begin the washing of the feet ceremony in Jerusalem's
Old City, April 9, 2015, ahead of Orthodox Easter. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Great and Holy Thursday evening service in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, April 9, 2015
The Archdiocese of Arad in Romania - Priests and laity from around Banet
take part in a procession similar to that held in Jerusalem (which organizes pilgrimages
Jesus Christ on the road to go
back to the Cross, Calvary
hill climbing and making 14
stops or stations, as
did the Saviour under the weight of the Cross),
have restored the Good Friday
way of the Cross,, "the Bodrog
Monastery.
The Monastery of Hodos
- Bodrog tradition browsing,,
Way of the Cross "dates from 1925,
from the time of Bishop Gregory Comsa,
then the order consisting only
of meditation and ongoing added
some specific songs Week.
Members of the Greek Orthodox clergy carry a cross along the Via Dolorosa, 2015Baz
Ratner/Reuters
Holy Friday 2015, St.
George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC
Holy Friday Vespers 2015, St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC
Holy Friday at Halki Theological School, 2015
Pascha, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
Jerusalem 2015
Pascha at St. George
Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Greenville, SC
2016
Palm Sunday 2016, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophillos, photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
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| Palm Sunday 2016 in Jerusalem - photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate |
Holy Wednesday 2016, Greek Orthodox Patriarch
of Jerusalem Theophillos III - photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
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| Holy Wednesday in Jerusalem - photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate |
Holy Thursday in Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophillos III during The Foot Washing Ceremony -
photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
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| Holy Thursday 2016, onlookers during The Foot Washing Ceremony in Jerusalem |
Holy Thursday 2018: Washing the Feet Ceremony in Jerusalem
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| Holy Thursday 2016, Halki Theological School |
Orthodox
Christian worshipers
from Serbia hold crosses as they walk along Via Dolorosa during the Holy Week
Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, April 29, 2016. PHOTO:
REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD
A woman
takes a picture of a
traditional Ukrainian Easter egg pysanka, installed as part of the upcoming
celebrations of Easter, in central Kiev, Ukraine, April 29, 2016. PHOTO:
REUTERS/VALENTYN OGIRENKO
Holy Friday 2016: The Epitaphio and Cross at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC
Holy and Great Friday 2016, Church of the Holy Sepulchre - photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Holy Friday, Epitaphio at the St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC
Holy Friday Lamentations at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York, 2016
Holy Pascha 2016, The Holy Fire, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophillos III at the Church of the Holy
Sepculchre in Jerusalem
Pascha 2016, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem -- photo: Sofia Globe
2017
Holy Friday 2017 in Jerusalem, Bill Stathakis from Anderson, South Carolina, USA
In Jerusalem on Holy Friday
2017 at the start of the Via Dolorosa procession. A great day, the Old City was alive and well and full, the three communities
were active, the Muslim, the Jewish, and of course, the Christians. The Muslims going to Friday prayer around the lunch-hour,
the Jewish people going to the Western Wall and shopping before the Sabbath (starts at early Friday evening). An elder Muslim
street guide giving me the "play by play" on the various groups such as the Serbs, the Greeks, the Russians, the Roman Catholics,
the Arab Catholics, the Copts (etc.) in the Procession (I have met this guide a few times since then). I enjoy everything
about Jerusalem, the sounds, smells, the cultures, the people from all over the world. -- Bill
From Holy Friday 2017 in Jerusalem on the Via Dolorosa, in front of Stations 3 and 4, the Armenian Catholic Church
of the Our Lady of the Spasm, a location in the Old City for historical, religious, "cuisine" reasons, also a great location
of the three communities in motion (the Muslims, the Jewish and the Christians).
A selfie from Holy Saturday in Jerusalem - The Holy Fire 2017 …
Photo taken after running to two security crowd control points (for those unable go to The Church or courtyard).
I was standing against a security control railing after receiving the Holy Fire, when a policeman grasped my arm and kept
saying, "go, go, go" ... First I thought, I was going to jail and then he pointed the crowd at first check point near The
Church to lite the people's candles. And the policemen point to the second group, yelling, "go, go" -- So this year, I'm the
guy who carried the Fire to the streets. -- Bill Stathakis from Anderson, SC
2019
Orthodox Christians gather with wooden Crosses in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as they celebrate the Good Friday
in a procession on Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 26, 2019. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
Holy & Great Friday, Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
26 April 2019
Holy & Great Friday at Calvary, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 26 April 2019 -- photo credit: Jerusalem-Patriarchate
Holy & Great Friday, flowers on the Stone of Anointing in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 26 April 2019 --
photo: Jerusalem-Patriarchate
The Holy Fire on Holy Saturday in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem, the Holy Fire carried by Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, 27 April 2019
Pascha (a little after midnight) at Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greenville, SC, 28 April 2019
Serbian Orthodox
attend Pascha serive in Saint Sava Church in Belgrade, Serbia, April 28, 2019. 28 April 2019 (photo: Xinhua/Predrag
Milosavljevic)
2020
Palm Sunday 2020, Father Anthony at Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
in Anderson, South Carolina
Holy Thursday 2020, at Christ the Savior Orthodox Church (Antiochian)
in Anderson, South Carolina
Holy Friday 2020, photo from Aleppo, Syria
Holy Friday 2020, The Cathedral of Prophet Elias in Aleppo, Syria
Holy Friday 2020, The Cathedral of Prophet Elias in Aleppo, scouts
carrying the Epitaphios, pews are empty due to the Covid-19 virus worldwide.
Holy Friday 2020, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Charlotte,
North Carolina
Holy Friday 2020 at the Ecumenical Patriarchate - photo by Nikos Manginas
Holy Fire 2020 on Holy Saturday
Holy Friday in Jerusalem 2020, wearing masks due to the Covid-19 virus
worldwide.
An Orthodox clergyman holds holy fire to transfer to predominantly Orthodox countries
from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial
of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem’s old city after the traditional Holy Fire ceremony was called off amid coronavirus, Saturday,
April 18, 2020. A few clergymen on Saturday marked the Holy Fire ceremony as the coronavirus pandemic prevented thousands
of Orthodox Christians from participating in one of their most ancient and mysterious rituals at the Jerusalem church marking
the site of Jesus’ tomb. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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