One of the biggest miracles of Orthodox Christianity is the "Holy Light" or "Holy Fire". This miracle is observed every year on Holy Saturday, the day preceding Orthodox Easter, during the morning service this flame lights up the candles of the Bishop (who enters the Holy Sepulchre) and of other Christians outside of the tomb. The thing that I find amazing is not the fact that the Bishop exits the Holy Sepulchre with open candles, because many things can be said about this event, BUT HOW THE HOLY FIRE HAS LIGHTED UP THE CANDLES OF SURROUNDING RANDOM SPECTATORS, BEFORE THE BISHOP HAS GIVEN THE FIRE TO THEM! This phenomenon is seen
every year. In the following youtube uploads I have tried to show this fact.
1995: [ Ссылка ]
1996: [ Ссылка ]
2005: [ Ссылка ]
And a thought concerning various speculation about fraud. It seems to me impossible to have a fraud of such extent going on for a thousand years every year in a city where so many others groups of people (Muslims, Secular Jews, Orthodox Jews, Catholic Christians, Protestant Christians) exist, with different of course interests. One would say that "tourism brings money to
everyone". Yes, but this money is not uniformly distributed, it is logical that local Orthodox Christians will benefit more, so once more there is a reason for envy and strife. Furthermore, Jerusalem always has tourism, especially during Easter, it does not need a fake miracle.
These video clip were taken from the DVD "Holy Light Collection"
In this DVD the religious ceremony has been recorded for 10 consecutive years 1995-2005
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