At 12:55 p.m., the Greek Patriarch and an archimandrite entered the Aedicule to light candles from the Holy Fire, then passed the flame on to the faithful. By 2:30 p.m., the Patriarch emerged with ...

Christians celebrated the centuries-old Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on April 19, the Saturday before Easter.

Christian pilgrims light candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem's Old City ...