Holy Fire Arrives in Bulgaria
Society | April 23, 2011, Saturday // 19:26| views
Thousands witnessed the miracle in Jerusalem. Photo by EPA
Some of Jerusalem's Holy Fire arrived at the Bulgarian Plovdiv airport around 19:20 local time Saturday.
Earlier, a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation boarded the government's "Falcon" aircraft and headed to Jerusalem to collect it.
The Passover liturgy will begin at 23:30 on Saturday in the Sofia cathedral and will be led by Patriarch Maxim, who will then proclaim Christ's Resurrection at 24:00 in the square in front of "Alexander Nevski" with the words "Christ is Risen" (in Bulgarian: "Hristos Voskrece").
The Holy Mass of Christ's Resurrection will begin in churches across Bulgaria at 24:00.
According to Orthodox tradition worshipers circle round the churches three times after the Service, before exchanging painted Easter eggs.
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