During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night the priest or deacon carries the candle in procession into the dark church. A new fire, symbolizing our eternal life in Christ, is kindled which ...

JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians ... for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century ...

pastor of Holy Rosary R.C. Church, leads the Easter Vigil into the South Beach church. The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, is a candle lit, incense infused liturgy in traditional ...

In Greece, the sky lit up with fireworks, while worshippers in Jerusalem lit candles at the church where Jesus is said to have been crucified and buried. Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead, ...

In Germany’s rural landscapes, Easter bonfires blaze against ... (Christos Anesti), igniting a cascade of joy as candles are lit from the Holy Light and passed hand to hand.

At 12:55 p.m., the Greek Patriarch and an archimandrite entered the Aedicule to light candles from ... and replace Easter in Ukraine In most Orthodox churches, the Holy Fire ceremony is referred ...

The altar is stripped bare of its linens and candles, holy water is removed from the church’s fonts and the sacraments are not celebrated until the Easter vigil. Like the first Christians bereft ...

Worshippers light their candles at the "Holy Fire" in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City (File: AFP) This year, Easter Sunday for those who follow the Gregorian calendar ...

The three-day Easter celebration was marked ... between some half-dozen Christian sects. The Holy Fire ceremony involves the kindling of a candle, with the fire then shared with the various ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich reminded the faithful to keep fresh in their minds Christ's Resurrection as they go through their ...