The Orthodox Church will wait for Holy Fire to Enter Church of Holy Sepulture in Jerusalem today. Holy Fire will appear at 14:00 Tbilisi time and the tomb will be closed. Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem will deliver prayers.

Georgian pilgrims will bring Holy Fire to Georgia on Saturday late at night, that will be spread to all temples during Easter Liturgy and believers will be able to bring it home.

The miraculous appearance of the Holy Fire occurres at different times. Sometimes it occurred immediately; sometimes several hours were needed for fire to come down.

The ceremony surrounding The Miracle of the Holy Fire may be the oldest unbroken Christian ceremony in the world. From the fourth century AD all the way up to our own time, sources recall the awe-awakening potent. From these sources it becomes clear that the miracle has been celebrated on the same spot, on the same feast day, and in the same liturgical frames throughout all these centuries. It is considered that if the fire doesn’t appear, it will be bad sign for the mankind and the temple itself will be ruined.

When the Greek Patriarch receives the flame on his candles, he gives the fire first to the Armenian Patriarch and then to the Coptic. Hereafter he gives the flame to all people present in the Church.