The Holy Fire is a great miracle, a symbol of faith and an object of worship and reverence for many pilgrims who seek to touch the highest physical manifestation of faith. This divine phenomenon was first seen and subsequently documented on the tomb of the Lord at the time of the resurrection of Jesus Christ himself. Since then, more than two thousand years every year without delay, he announces parishioners of a great event that cannot be prevented, on the eve of Easter.
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Photos and videos confirm the wonderful phenomenon of the Holy Fire, which to see at least once in a lifetime is a duty and honor for every believer. The convergence of the blessed fire is accompanied by a special rite held by the Jerusalem priests, during which they extinguish all the candles and produce a mass prayer, which lasts for several minutes, then drags on for several hours.
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Small flashes that appear from nowhere, concentrating around icons, windows and domes slowly illuminate the whole church space with bright light, without burning or causing any other visible harm. At this moment, the blessing of all present parishioners by the patriarch takes place, parishioners rejoice, bringing candles, miraculously lit, to their hair and body without any doubt and harm. At this moment, unity, spiritual glee and the rebirth of the entire human race are felt.
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Since ancient times, skeptics have been trying to explain the physical meaning of this process by comparing a cold, slightly greenish flame with a simple burning of the ether, accusing the church of fraud and all kinds of tricks and playing on the feelings of parishioners, however, according to eyewitnesses, such a wonderful phenomenon can be observed not only on Easter, but also on certain dates throughout the Orthodox year.
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The earliest evidence of an eyewitness to this miracle is the description of the Russian hegumen Daniel, who visited the Holy Sepulcher in the 12th century. Since then, despite the feuds and repeated attempts of Muslims to stop the natural course of this process, the Holy Fire inexorably appears in the walls of the temple, containing more than 50 thousand pilgrims from all over the world, announcing the resurrection of the Lord and the light that illuminated the earth in connection with such a symbolic event. Whether to consider it a miracle or a skillful fake is a purely individual matter, but eyewitnesses, who have at least once observed such a phenomenon, will never forget this glorious moment of their life.
