In the Light, Palestine-Israel: The Holy Fire Comes to Beit Sahour (Bethlehem)

A long Christian Orthodox tradition posits that the alleged burial place of Christ, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, emits a mysterious flame on Holy Saturday before Easter that then is transported around the world to light innumerable candles and lanterns.

 

photos by skip schiel & teeksa photography

 

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