The joyful resurrection message transfers to our country the Agios Fos which arrived on 20.06 with a special flightfrom Tel Aviv to “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport and then it would be distributed throughout the Greek territory.

For his transfer, a Greek delegation, led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Kotsiras, went to Jerusalem today, in order to attend the ceremony of the Touching of the Holy Light, in the Holy Church of the Resurrection and to receive the Holy Light from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III. , with whom he had a meeting.

The Patriarchal Exarch in Greece Archimandrite Raphael and the Metropolitan of Ioannina Maximos for the Church of Greece participated in the mission.

After the short ceremony at “Eleftherios Venizelos”, the Holy Light was transferred to Metohi of the Holy Sepulcher, in Plaka, and from there it will be distributed in Attica.

At the same time, he traveled for another year from Athens in 16 regions of Greeceso that he can be in the churches in time for the Resurrection Mass.

How was the distribution of the Holy Light in Greece?

With scheduled but also extraordinary, special flights by AEGEAN, Olympic Air and express, the Holy Light traveled from Athens to 16 regions of Greece, so that it could be in the churches in time for the Resurrection Mass.