Today it's Holy Saturday or the Great Sabbath day
(The day in which Jesus Christ rested physically in the tomb) right
before the Lord's Resurrection
It's Holy
Friday . It's the day in which our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ's dead body was resting in the "tomb" as the Gospels from
the New Testament teaches.
Today we in the Orthodox Church held a late Church service to
honour for a last time the Lord's death holding the deep spiritual
grief for his betrayal and death on the cross.
We also wait with expectancy the Son of God's resurrection which as
the Holy Scriptures teaches has been found Risen! by the Our Holy
Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.
We at are on about to enter the joyous part of the year. The time
of miracles and great Divine Grace.
The Son of God is Dead but yet he should rise again as he has
already resurrect some 20 centuries earlier.
We are about to be enlighten once again with his Never ending holy
Light, through the Church service to be held this night.
In Bulgaria the Church service usually starts about 23:30 and
usually continues until 02:30 early in the Morning.
We also have the practice to pick up the burning light from the
priest's candle in the Church and bring it home.
We believe this transfers God's grace in both our hearts, mind soul
as well as our homes. This is being done as we expect that God
blesses us with this act with a good spiritual and physical
health.
It's also important to note that on this day each year the the Holy Fire comes
down from heaven in the Jerusalem Temple Church (The Holy
Sepulchre) and lights up the Jerusalem's Orthodox Patriarch (High
Priest)'s Candle.
This is undoubtfully a miracle that proofs the truthfulness of the
Orthodox Faith. This also proofs that our Orthodox Faith Church as
well as tradition is the puriest Christian faith available for us
the Christians of this age!
This Holy Fire after is usually distributed among the Orthodox
Christian Churches around the world using planes with candles
burning with the the Holy Fire.
The fire is being brouhgt to Bulgarian Orthodox Church from
Jerusalem through a plane, right after it descends from Heaven and
is being distributed to the Major cities, towns and villages.
Then we the normal church layman can benefit from the fire,
lighting up our candles from this Holy Fire and in that find God's
Grace both by God and in God (The Holy Trinity).
Here is a link to the Video of the Holy Fire Ceremony from
Jerusalem 2010.
So Thanks and Glory to our Holy God for his great miracle! Glory be
to our Holy Lord (The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit) now and
unto ages of Ages! Amen.