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ORTHODOX Holy Saturday, Apr 14, 2012


Faith in action: Orthodox Easter, family history, Earth Day and more
Salt Lake Tribune
Where » Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 279 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church will hold Easter events. April 14 is Holy Saturday with a vesperal liturgy at 8:30 am, a singing of the canon "Kymati Thalassis" at 11 pm At ...
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Jerusalem Holy Fire to Arrive in Bulgaria on Holy Saturday
Novinite.com
The fire mysteriously ignites behind the altar of the Holy Sepulchre church, built at the site where Jesus Christ was buried and was resurrected on Easter. At noon Saturday, a solemn ceremony presided by the Orthodox and Armenian patriarchs entered the ...
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Orthodox Easter: Fire Ritual At Church of the Holy Sepulcher Celebrates Life ...
Huffington Post
By ALON BERNSTEIN 04/14/12 10:42 AM ET Christian pilgrims hold candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City,Saturday, April 14, ...
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Churches celebrate Pascha
Fresno Bee
The Eastern Orthodox Christian community, using the Julian or lunar calendar, celebrates Pascha, which is Easter, this weekend. St. George GreekOrthodox Church is presenting its Holy Saturday St. Basil's Liturgy at 9 am today at the church, ...
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Holy Saturday – through Christ's passions to His glory
The Voice of Russia
On Holy Saturday, Christians recollect Jesus' descend to hell and His victory over death. Great Saturday is a day when the whole Christian world expects the miracle of Christ's resurrection. In an interview with the Voice of Russia, Russian Orthodox ...
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The Voice of Russia
Greek Orthodox Holy Week continues
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Members of St. Elias the Prophet Greek Orthodox Church, 46 Calle Electra (near the Eldorado subdivision), continue their celebration of Megali Evdomada, or Easter Week, Saturday with the throwing of bay leaves representing Christ's victory over death ...
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'Holy Fire' lights up Jerusalem church for Easter
AFP
By Philippe Agret (AFP) – 3 hours ago JERUSALEM — Thousands of Orthodox Christians filled Jerusalem's ancient Church of theHoly Sepulchre and spilled out into the narrow streets on Saturdayfor the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve of Orthodox Easter.
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AFP
Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual
Seattle Post Intelligencer
ALON BERNSTEIN, AP Palestinian Christian girls take part in the Holy Fire procession during Orthodox Easter holiday in the West Bank city of Ramallah,Saturday, April 14, 2012. Photo: Majdi Mohammed / AP Christian pilgrims gather at the Church of the ...
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'Holy fire' lights up Jerusalem for Easter
Times LIVE
Thousands of Orthodox Christians filled Jerusalem's ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre and spilled out into the narrow streets on Saturday for the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve ofOrthodox Easter. Believers hold that the fire is miraculously sent...
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Times LIVE
Ripples on the Surface of Easter
New York Times (blog)
The Easter Saturday ceremony at Jerusalem's Church of the HolySepulcher sometimes gets out of hand when the Greek and Armenian Patriarchs, sealed up together in the gloomy tomb, struggle to be the first to extract the Holy Fire.
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New York Times (blog)
Orthodox Christians Gather At Jerusalem Church For Holy Fire Ceremony
WFMY News 2
Jerusalem, Israel -- Christian worshippers eagerly anticipated theHoly Fire ceremony at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday. Those who arrived early watched as the keyholder to the sacred site arrived to unlock the church doors.
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WFMY News 2
Thousands of Christian pilgrims gather in Jerusalem church for ancient holy ...
Washington Post
JERUSALEM — Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection.
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Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter
KIII TV3
The Church, near Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth, celebrated the "Good Friday" of the Greek Orthodox calendar. Christ's body was symbolically carried to a tomb during the service. The celebration continues Saturday with Great andHoly Saturday, ...
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Eastern Orthodox parishioners celebrate Pascha tonight
nwitimes.com
MERRILLVILLE | Winfield resident Nadine Brown will be among the EasternOrthodox faithful who will gather tonight, Saturday, to celebrate the Pascha, or Easter, service. Brown, who serves as choir director at Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox ...
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Today Orthodox Christians mark Holy Saturday - day of silent prayer and ...
TVR
Holiday dishes - eggs, Easter cakes will be consecrated throughout the day. The descent of the Holy Fire in Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem - one of the greatest wonders of the Orthodox world - takes place on Holy Saturday.
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Orthodox Christians mark Holy Saturday today.
TVR
It is also called the Quiet Saturday. According to tradition, Christ has risen, but people still did not know about it. People are advised to spend this sad and joyous day in piece and quiet, or rather, in anticipation of a great miracle.
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Holy Fire descended in Jerusalem's temple of the Holy Sepulcher
vestnik kavkaza
The fire appeared, as in previous years, in the Edicule - the chapel inside the church of the Holy Sepulchre, above the stony bed, on which buried the body of Christ rested on Holy Saturday It is there that, according to the age-old ritual,Orthodox ...
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Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday
NewsNet5.com
For decades, their recently deceased pope prevented pilgrimages to the Holy Land to protest Israeli policies toward Palestinians. The Orthodox Holy Week reaches a climax on Saturday with aHoly Fire ceremony at the site believed to be Jesus' tomb.
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NewsNet5.com
Orthodox Christians prepare for Easter
The Voice of Russia
Orthodox Russians are celebrating Holy Saturday. On this day Christ performed in spirit the Harrowing of Hades and raised up to Paradise those who had been held captive there. In the morning Patriarch Kirill conducts at Moscow's Christ the Savior ...
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The Voice of Russia
Easter Traditions Across Greece
Greek Reporter
Easter, or Pascha in Greek, is the most important religious holiday of the Orthodox Church marking the resurrection of Christ and the chance of rebirth for mankind. When the clock strikes 12 on EasterSaturday, people tell each other Christos Anesti!
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Greek Reporter
Finale of Greek Easter
Seacoastonline.com
On Friday, Father Robert Archon of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Portsmouth prepares to place the burial image of Christ on the representation of the tomb of Jesus during Greek Orthodox Holy Week.Ioanna Raptis/iraptis@seacoastonline.com By ...
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Day of silence and waiting on Resurrection of Christ Day.
TVR
Orthodox believers celebrate Holy Saturday - the last day of a Holy Week. People's hearts are filled with joy. And the church encourages believers to forget about fuss and forward all their thoughts to the great expectation of a miracle.
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Christian pilgrims hold ancient 'holy fire' ceremony in Old City
The Times of Israel
Christian pilgrims hold candles at the Church of the HolySepulcher during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue) ERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame ...
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The Times of Israel
Christian pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for 'holy fire' ritual
The Times of Israel
(photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90) ERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims crowded into a Jerusalem church for an ancient fire ritual Saturday that will see them passing lit flames through the packed holy site in a celebration of Jesus' ...
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The Times of Israel
Miracle of the Holy Fire
Palestine News Network
(Luke 24:4; Matthew 28:1-4) Every Great and Holy Saturday, for centuries, pilgrims from all over the world gather in Jerusalem to witness this miraculous event. The Holy Fire – the actual miraculous flame – is received by the GreekOrthodox Patriarch ...
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Christians Celebrate Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City
WAFA - Palestine News Agency
JERUSALEM, April 14, 2012 (WAFA) – Thousands of Orthodox Christians from all over the world converged on the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City Saturday to celebrate holy fire, the time when the light comes out from the place where Jesus Christ was ...
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Orthodox Christians mark the Resurrection
Post-Tribune
Lexi Pangere of Crown Point said the symbolism that plays out through theOrthodox Holy Week helps her connect with her faith in a more physical way. “You feel like you're going through this journey all Orthodox Christians go through,” she said.
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Holy Saturday – through Christ's passions to His glory: Voice of Russia
By Milena Faustova
Great Saturday is a day when the whole Christian world expects the miracle of Christ's resurrection. In an interview with the Voice of Russia, RussianOrthodox priest Dmitry Pershin narrated how the Orthodox Church celebratesHoly Saturday.
Voice of Russia, News
The Miracle of Easter Holy Light (video) | Keep Talking Greece
By keeptalkinggreece
This is a miracle that occurs every year on Great Saturday. The Holy Light (or Holy Fire) appears every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday (Holy Saturday), the day preceding the Orthodox Easter and...
Keep Talking Greece
Preaching to the Dead « Glory to God for All Things
By fatherstephen
The Orthodox mark Holy Saturday (the day before Christ's Resurrection) as the day in which He descends to the dead and preaches to the departed spirits (1 Peter 3:18-19). There is a long history of wonderful sermons on this topic. St. Cyril of ...
Glory to God for All Things
Europe: Holy Fire
By Lord Stirling
The miracle occurs every year on the Orthodox Easter Saturday. There are many types of Orthodox Christians: Syrian, Armenian, Russian and GreekOrthodox as well as Copts. In the Holy Sepulchre Church alone there are 7 different Christian ...
Europe
Trusting God Rather Than Seeking Miracles : A Russian Orthodox ...
By admin
In the following interview, Roman Gultyaev speaks with Archimandrite Isidore (Minaev), Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, about the descent of the Holy Fire on Holy Saturday. Fr. Isidore, pilgrims to the Holy Land often ...
A Russian Orthodox Church Website
Orthodox Easter: Fire Ritual At Church of the Holy Sepulcher ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Christian pilgrims hold candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 14, 2012. During the annual ceremony, ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Golden Road to Samarqand: Holy Saturday and the Church of ...
Holy Saturday and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I've always regretted not going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Orthodox Holy Thursday the spring I ...
amiralace.blogspot.com/.../holy-saturday-and-church-of-holy...
Today Orthodox Christians mark Holy Saturday - day of silent prayer ...
Today Orthodox Christians mark Holy Saturday - day of silent prayer and waiting for Easter Sunday. Hearts of believers are filled with joy. Holy Shroud - an ...
www.tvr.by/eng/society.asp?id=66059
Holy Saturday Service - St. Marys Syrian Orthodox Church(Malankara)
All rights reserved. Disclaimer: All content and photos contained within this website are the full property of St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church, Lynbrook, NY, and ...
stmaryslynbrook.org/?ai1ec_event=holy-saturday...id=
Experimental Theology: The Harrowing of Hell: A Holy Saturday ...
For Holy Saturday, parts of an older post about the Easter icons in theOrthodox Church: Where is Jesus on Holy Saturday? The answer from the Apostles' Creed ...
experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/.../harrowing-of-hell-holy...
Holy Saturday – through Christ's passions to His glory
In an interview with the Voice of Russia, Russian Orthodox priest Dmitry Pershin narrated how the Orthodox Church celebrates Holy Saturday. “During the ...
english.ruvr.ru/2012_04_14/71668436/
Christians in Holy Land pray on Easter Saturday, waiting to commemorate Christ's resurrection
( Bernat Armangue / Associated Press ) - Catholic clergy attend a procession during Holy Saturday · ( Bernat Armangue / Associated Press ) - SyrianOrthodox ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAslZ81S_story.html
Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday in Jerusalem - Nation Wires ...
The Orthodox Christian Holy Week reaches a climax on Saturday, when worshippers will crowd around the inner sanctum in the Church of the HolySepulcher, ...
www.miamiherald.com/.../orthodox-christians-mark-good.htm...
Lazarus Saturday, Holy Week, and Pascha at All Saints Orthodox ...
Here is the schedule for tonight through next Sunday at All Saints in Bloomington. If All Saints is the closest Orthodox church to you and you're anOrthodox ...
leitourgeia.com/.../lazarus-saturday-holy-week-and-pascha-at-...
Orthodox Church Commemorates Holy Saturday tomorrow - News ...
Orthodox Church Commemorates Holy Saturday tomorrow Today OrthodoxChurch commemorates Grand Saturday, day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb.
www.interpressnews.ge/.../36827-orthodox-church-commemo...
Save OBU: Holy Saturday
In Eastern Orthodox traditions, Holy Saturday is a big deal. It is known as the Great Sabbath, for it is the day Christ "rested" in the tomb. Many Orthodoxtraditions ...
saveobu.blogspot.com/2012/04/holy-saturday.html
What did Jesus do on Holy Saturday? - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most mainline Protestant churches teach that Jesus descended to the realm of the dead on Holy Saturday to save...
www.pcusa.org/news/2012/.../what-did-jesus-do-holy-saturday...
What did Jesus do on Holy Saturday - USA Today
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most mainline Protestant churches teach that Jesus descended to the realm of the dead on Holy Saturday to save...
www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2012-04-02/.../1
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