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Participation at the ceremony of the Descent of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem

23.04.2022

On April 23, on Great Saturday on the eve of Easter, the annual ceremony of the Descent of the Holy Fire, symbolizing the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, took place in Jerusalem. This year, about 1,700 people were allowed inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher with special permissions issued by Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.

The Ambassador of Belarus E. Vorobyov, together with the Belarusian delegation consisting of representatives of the Belarusian Orthodox Church and the Foundation in honor of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk, received the Holy Fire. On the same day, the Belarusian delegation delivered the shrine to Belarus for the evening Easter service by a special flight.

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