On the afternoon of Holy Saturday, the Holy Light arrives in Greece from Jerusalem, carrying with it the joyous resurrection message.

For this purpose, today, Holy Saturday, May 4, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giorgos Kotsiras, is visiting the site in order to attend the Touching of the Holy Light Ceremony at the Holy Church of the Resurrection. Mr. Kotsiras will receive the Holy Light from His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mr. Theophilos III, with whom he will have a meeting.

The arrival of the Holy Light at the Athens airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” is expected at 19:30 in the afternoon and then it will be distributed throughout the Greek territory.

With scheduled but also extraordinary, special flights of AEGEAN, Olympic Air and express, he will travel for another year from Athens to 16 regions of Greece, so that he can be in the churches in time for the Resurrection Mass.

In particular, on Holy Saturday, the schedule of scheduled and emergency flights of AEGEAN and Olympic Air for the transport of the Holy Light is as follows:

Itinerary Flight Time

Athens – Thessaloniki A3 126 19:45 – 20:40

Athens – Ioannina A3 166 20:00 – 21:15

Athens – Corfu A3 286 19:20 – 20:20

Athens – Alexandroupoli A3 146 20:05 – 21:05

Athens – Chania A3 344 22:35 – 23:25

Athens – Samos OA 3004

(emergency, special flight) 19:30 – 20:30

Samos – Limnos OA 3005

(emergency, special flight) 20:45 – 21:45

Athens – Larissa OA 3000

(emergency, special flight) 19:30 – 20:20

Larissa – Kefalonia OA 3001

(emergency, special flight) 20:35 – 21:25

The express schedule is as follows:

* Athens – Heraklion (GQ216) : Departure 20:55 – Arrival 21:45

* Athens – Rhodes (GQ284) : Departure 20:20 – Arrival 21:20

* Athens – Mykonos (GQ234) : Departure 20:35 – Arrival 21:20

* Athens – Mytilini (GQ304) : Departure 20:15 – Arrival 21:20

* Athens – Santorini (GQ356) : Departure 20:20 – Arrival 21:15

* Athens – Chios (GQ244) : Departure 20:35 – Arrival 21:25

* Athens – Kythira (GQ440) : Departure 21:00 – Arrival 21:50