Source: Mystagogy
February 18, 2020
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I went to the Holy Land and experienced Holy Week there. I was next to the Patriarch during the ceremony of the Holy Light. Outside of the Tomb, of course. What I can tell you is the following: as to how the Patriarch lights the candles inside the All-Holy Tomb, I did not see. I wasn't inside nor is anyone else inside. Not even the Guardian of the Sepulchre is there. Only the Patriarch knows. Whether he lights it with a lighter or anything else, he knows. We have historical testimonies over many centuries that say the candles of the Patriarch are lit on their own.
What I saw when I was at the All-Holy Sepulchre, was that prior to the Patriarch emerging and distributing the Holy Light to the people, and as I was looking around at what was happening, the candles of the people who were up at the dome of the All-Holy Sepulchre lit up on their own. Someone's candles in front of us lit up on their own. A certain old woman from Athens who was not able to enter the Church of the All-Holy Sepulchre was outside on the stairs holding her candles and crying cause she couldn't enter, and her candles lit up on their own. She herself told me this. Another lady up on the balcony had her candles light up on their own.
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