JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a ... In near-total darkness, the Greek patriarch enters the Holy Edicule ...

Thousands of Christians gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the centuries-old Holy Fire ceremony, ...

The official ceremony began at 14:15, after the sealing of the Holy Sepulchre was broken. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos, entered the tomb and emerged holding the 33 candles, passing on the ...

Turnout was lower this year as Israel's Gaza war weighs on local Palestinian Christians and deters many pilgrims ...

Video. Flames lit up Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday as hundreds gathered for the ancient Holy Fire ...

Thousands of Christians gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the ... with the Greek patriarch entering the Holy Edicule and emerging with two lit candles.

Worshippers packed the 12th-century basilica, built on the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial, to witness the Greek patriarch emerge from the Holy Edicule with the sacred flame. The ...