This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!
This is the day of Resurrection Let us be radiant in the festival Let us embrace one another Let us call brothers, even those who hate us And forgive all things in the resurrection And therefore let us proclaim:
Christ is Risen from the dead trampling down death By death, and upon those in the tombs He is bestowing Life!
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One can ask the question why the Miracle of the Holy Fire is hardly known in Western Europe.
I hope that will change due to the gigantic rise in the number of internet users. The God given miracle of the Holy Fire is what saved the Orthodox Church.
The Holy fire did not descend when the Armenians or Catholics served at the Holy Sepulcher.
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They gathered a large sum of money and bribed the Ottoman Porte and all the Jerusalem authorities, assuring the unbelievers that the Holy Fire comes forth not simply for the sake of the Greeks, but for all Christians, and “if we Armenians are there, we also will receive it!” And the Turks, who are greedy for money, accepted the bribe and therefore did as the Armenians wished, and they affirmed that only the Armenians would be allowed to receive the Holy Fire.