At 19:37 Eleftherios Venizelos Airport landed the special flight that transported the impasse of Holy Light to Athens, which was received from Jerusalem by Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Loverdos from His Beatitude Patriarch. Theophilos III.

At the airport in a climate of devotion, a small ceremony was held with the Armed Forces Associations and Crusades.

Undersecretary of State Yiannis Loverdos, in a brief address he addressed, expressed his great emotion both for the experience of the Holy Light Touch and Reception of the Holy Light, and for the first time “In the places he witnessed he died and resurrected our Lord Jesus Christ. “He said that” Orthodoxy for us Greeks is not only religion but also part of our identity” Mr. Loverdos said that ‘The Holy Light symbolizes the victory of life over death the victory of love over evil and hatred. To enlighten our souls and lead us loudly for a better Greece and a better society. Why this is also the message of the Lord of Jesus Christ“

The mission was also accompanied by ND MP Maximos Harakopoulos, as a representative of the Hellenic Parliament, and head of the Inter -Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, His Eminence Metropolitan Grevena David and the Exarch of the Virgin Mary. Mr. Charakopoulos said in a statement, among other things that “the Holy light It symbolizes the hope of the Resurrection, the prevalence of life over death and truth about falsehood. From the Holy Lands where he taught, crucified and resurrected Jesus Christ, the message of salvation was addressed to every human being, with the aim of his moral and spiritual rebirth.“