Stories from Jerusalem / Al Quds
Stories from Jerusalem / Al Quds
Kristel
Ceremony of the Holy Fire in the Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem
28 minutes Posted Apr 7, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
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Every year the Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem enters Christ's tomb in the Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem with no way to start a fire, prays, and fire miraculously appears which is then distributed to the faithful. For a brief time this fire does not burn. In this episode I talk with Ghassan Kattoua, who has joined the Holy Fire ceremony every year since he was a child. His family is one of the thirteen families who has the right to carry the banners in the Holy Sepulcher on Holy Sa...