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What time will the Holy Fire come down at. Three cases when the Holy Fire did not want to descend according to the will and ambitions of individual individuals

The convergence of the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem takes place every year on Holy Saturday on the eve of the celebration of the main Christian holiday- Resurrection of Christ (Easter).

The greatest miracle is awaited with excitement not only by Orthodox Christians, but also by representatives of various denominations. Therefore, on this day, tens of thousands of pilgrims flock to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher from all over the world to wash themselves with its blessed light and receive God's blessing.

They prepare for the descent of the Holy Fire the day before the event. On the day of the event itself, police officers search even the patriarch, who, by the way, appears before the people in only one cassock.

After procession(the clergy led by the patriarch go around the Kuvukliya three times) the patriarch also enters the temple with a lamp, where the fire should appear. It is installed in the central part of the temple, with special cotton wool with ribbons laid out along the edges.

Descent of the Holy Fire 2016 video, full version

According to eyewitnesses, after the patriarch entered Kuvuklia, at first occasionally, and then more and more air space the temple is pierced by flashes of light, flashes of light. They have a bluish color, their brightness and size increase in waves. There are little lightning bolts here and there. In slow motion, you can clearly see that they come from different places temple - from the icon hanging over Kuvuklia, from the dome of the temple, from windows and from other places, and flood everything around with bright light. A moment later, the whole temple turns out to be belted with lightning and glare, which snake down its walls and columns, as if flowing down to the foot of the temple and spreading across the square among the pilgrims. At the same time, the lamps on the sides of the Kuvuklia themselves are lit, then the Kuvuklia itself begins to shine, and a vertical wide column of light descends from the sky from the hole in the dome of the temple onto the Tomb from the sky.

At the same time, the doors of the cave open, and the Orthodox patriarch comes out, who blesses the audience. The Patriarch of Jerusalem passes the Holy Fire to believers who claim that the fire does not burn at all in the first minutes after the descent, regardless of which candle and where it was lit.

The Holy Fire is considered a symbol of God's blessing to the human race. It is carried by pilgrims throughout Orthodox world. From Jerusalem, the Holy Fire will be delivered to Moscow by a special flight in time for the beginning of the Easter service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Descent of the Holy Fire 2016 live broadcast

On Great Saturday, a delegation from Russia, like tens of thousands of believers from other countries, will go to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to witness the descent of the Holy Fire and bring a particle of it to their homeland.

Thanks to television and radio broadcasts organized by the NTV channel and Radio Russia together with the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation, millions of viewers and listeners in Russia and a number of other countries will be able to join the festive celebrations.

The beginning of the live broadcast of the convergence of the Holy Fire at 13.40

The descent of the Holy Fire will be broadcast on live April 30 at 13:45 on NTV channel, Tsargrad TV and on our website.

In special lamps, designed as “lanterns” for transporting the Olympic flame, the delegation of the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation will deliver the Holy Fire to Moscow - to Vnukovo Airport on a special flight on Saturday at about 22.00 Moscow time. And then - to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior - to the night patriarchal Easter service. It is expected that hundreds of believers will meet the fire in Vnukovo to take the shrine to their churches and homes.


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From the Editor: We do not want to hysteria, frighten and, moreover, sow panic. However, we are obliged to report this information: there is a serious reason to believe that the Holy Fire in the past Easter of 2016 from Heaven ... DID NOT DESCENT! And what was shown to us under his guise was just a monstrous fake and hoax! If so, then given fact means only one thing - our world has entered the FINAL PHASE OF ITS EXISTENCE! As is known from the legends, the Holy Fire will stop descending from Heaven precisely and just before the End of the World! If the facts and reasoning are correct, and our prayers to the Lord do not turn out to be fervent enough, then already in 2017 we can learn about the appearance of the Antichrist in the world with his last seven years of reign for this very world!

As they believe, and not without reason, many believers, all previous years, starting from 2005, the Fire descended on the Holy Sepulcher and was given into the hands of the "patriarch" Theophilus only because in his cell, located above Kuvuklia, he prayed all this time about his descent… THE LEGAL Patriarch of Jerusalem Irenaeus, treacherously deposed from the throne in 2005 by the same Theophilus with the active help of world behind-the-scenes forces (alas, unfortunately, the leadership of our Russian Orthodox Church had a hand in this). Read about all this in detail in the previous publication on our website!

Eyewitnesses say that the Heavenly Fire appeared at Patriarch Irenaeus and his entourage at the same time, and sometimes even earlier than inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher itself! This year, Patriarch Irenaeus, apparently, was no longer able to pray so fervently: by all indications, he has long been poisoned with psychotropic drugs that change consciousness and psyche, as well as other poisons that slowly destroy the health of this Confessor - the world behind the scenes sentenced the Patriarch to death for his unshakable standing in the Faith, which is associated with anti-globalism, anti-ecumenism, the fight against apostasy and building the New World Order as the kingdom of the coming Antichrist!

According to M. Fotinia, a long-term assistant to the Patriarch, and other eyewitnesses, the Fire did not descend on the Holy Sepulcher in 2016 - and this, presumably, is the reason for such a strange unanimous desire of religious and world "elites" to hastily "restor" the Holy Sepulcher ! If this year somehow managed to deceive the people, then you can imagine what will happen if the current artisanal hoax is exposed next Easter! It must be assumed that over the next few months of “restoration” and “reconstruction”, such a cunning, and most importantly, uninterrupted supply system for some special “combustible mixture”, which will imitate the appearance of the “bluest” and “most non-burning” "the right flame, - so much so that few people will notice the substitution!

What is this for, you ask? Yes, in order to once more to lull the population of the planet - they say, nothing is happening, everything is going on as before, which means that there are no reasons for spiritual anxiety - they say, it's not over yet; it is, they say, far away (after all, many in the world know about the prophecies related to the cessation of the descent of the Holy Fire!) Then, at that time, the Apocalypse will already “rage” with might and main, passing into its final stage! It is no coincidence that Pope Francis mentioned on the eve of the last Easter that she, they say, may well be the last! And he is, admittedly, an informed person, and people of his level do not rush into the wind with such words either ....

In addition, there is a suspicion that with this “restoration” and “installation of equipment”, all these “specialists” will blasphemously put such ingenious gadgets into the “object” that will allow even the future Antichrist to “perform miracles” on the Holy Sepulcher. After all, it is known that he will be a great "magician" in this area ... May the Lord forbid him!

The following publication was posted on the Moscow – Third Rome website back in the summer:

"ATTENTION! PATRIARCH-Confessor Irenaeus IS DESTROYED TO DESTROY. (VIDEO)

Dear fathers, brothers and sisters!

In March 2016, Patriarch Irenaeus of Jerusalem did not sign the renunciation of the patriarchate, as demanded by the ecumenical invaders of the Church of Jerusalem. For this, they began to destroy him physically. We have received testimonies from people close to him, and therefore we sound the alarm in order to awaken the Orthodox from hibernation. Before our eyes, the enemies of the Church and Christ are destroying our dear Patriarch, standing in the Truth, while we are inactive. Lord have mercy!

We ask everyone, literally all our fathers, brothers and sisters, to lift up prayers for the martyr and confessor, Patriarch Irenaeus of Jerusalem! Lord, protect and rescue Confessor Irenaeus from the paws of the Antichrist's servants! Help us Lord!

Fathers, brothers and sisters!

Below is a video that we have assembled from fragments sent to us from Jerusalem, as well as a story about the lawlessness that is happening in the Holy Land against Patriarch Irenaeus.

It is absolutely obvious that the Patriarch is currently in a very difficult physical and mental condition. And just recently, he was in good spirits and almost in complete physical health. He met with pilgrims, priests, and no one noticed in his behavior and appearance anything inappropriate or strange.

As one user of this site wrote in the comments: “Lord, help the Patriarch-Confessor Irenaeus to carry the Cross to the end! And the fact that people notice that “it’s as if he has been replaced”, that he is “like a doll”, “swollen face”, cannot connect his fingers - all this indicates that he is clearly being fed with the strongest psychotropic drugs, all the signs are there ... "

In March 2016, during a meeting with the impostor-ecumenist Theophilus, the latter demanded that Patriarch Irenaeus sign an agreement that Theophilus, the servant of the Antichrist, is the Patriarch. Patriarch Irenaeus categorically refused and declared that he was the canonical Patriarch, and not the impostor Theophilus.

After this refusal, and also on the eve of the Wolf Council, which was criticized by Patriarch Irenaeus, the enemies of the Church and Christ decided to destroy the Confessor-Patriarch, but not immediately, but gradually, so that the people would not suspect the deliberate murder of the good shepherd by the conspirators. There is no doubt that Patriarch Irenaeus is now under some kind of strong influence: perhaps chemical, psychic, psychotropic, or all of them combined.

The video shows how the Patriarch looks down and creates a clear feeling that he hardly understands what is happening. He tries to put his fingers together in blessing, but he can't. How painful it is to watch! Metropolitan Fotina, who is closest to him, tells what she witnessed. There is no doubt that these conspirators and servants of the devil are destroying him.

Lord, forbid Your enemies to mock and destroy our dear and beloved Patriarch Irenaeus! Help us! Let us know what to do in this situation! Save and save Your faithful Shepherd Irenaeus!

The story of R.B. Rostislav

The last meeting was visiting Patriarch Iriney.

In winter, after the return of Patriarch Irenaeus from the clinic, the regime of his detention was somewhat softened, and it was possible to get to him for a meeting. They opened the cherished door within the patriarchate, which we see in Galina Tsareva's film “God Is Surrendered to Silence”, behind which Patriarch Irenaeus blesses.

This is explained, first of all, by the wide resonance that took place in the media about the admission of Patriarch Irenaeus to the Israeli hospital. Theophilus pretends that he does not keep P. Irenaeus locked up, but this is not so. Everything's under control.

For the first time in 8 years, relatives and pilgrims visit him. Finally, mother Fotina was able to communicate like a human being with her confessor. For the first time, Patriarch Irenaeus himself goes out into the street. Everywhere they shout “Axios” to him and ask for blessings. No one considers him a former or simple monk, except, of course, subordinates to the main pirate who captured the Ship-Church of Jerusalem, the leader Theophilus. But even among the subordinates there are many sympathizers and truly loving P. Iriney. At the gates with Arab security guards, Fr. Meletius. He helps pilgrims get to the prisoner patriarch for a blessing. Patriarch Irenaeus began to serve again.
But everything changes after Patriarch Irenaeus visits Theophilus's birthday. Faithful dogs Theophilus is brought to Fr. Meletios, and he is transferred away from the patriarchate with a ban on appearing at P. Irenaeus. The cherished door is locked and to Patriarch Irenaeus it is strictly ordered not to let anyone in. Pilgrims came to the Patriarch at the end of Great Lent in anticipation Happy easter. We are among them.

Our real dream is to get to the Holy Fire not to the Holy Sepulcher, but to Patriarch Irenaeus, in order to meet the Holy Light with our Patriarch, Chrysostom of our time, a martyr and confessor. This is how the happy pilgrims from Egypt and Serbia did it, who witnessed HOW THE HOLY FIRE DESCENDS ON EASTER IN THE HOUSE CHURCH OF PATRIARCH IRINEI AND THE PILGRIMNS PRESENT FLASH THE CANDLES.
Mother Fotina brought pilgrims from different countries hoping for a miracle that she would somehow manage to get everyone to the Patriarch. She herself does not yet know how this will happen, so that so many people can be taken to Patriarch Irenaeus without hindrance after the recent strengthening of the attendance control regime. They first agree with His Beatitude Irenaeus, who will himself have to go to the door and open the door to the guests with a key. M. Fotina's task is only to lead them to this door. But this is the most difficult task, because the guards do not let anyone in there.
Someone previously unlocked the door or simply forgot to close it by the grace of God. M. Fotina found that the security guards were not there. She quickly commanded, and everyone who had previously been gathered by mother from all over Israel, easily slipped to the Lord under the blessing. It was a real miracle! We then tried to pull off the same trick for a whole month, but we did not even manage to approach the cherished door, which then obviously was already closed. We did not even have the opportunity to pull the handle to check whether this was true or not.
Among the lucky ones who came to visit the Patriarch were pilgrims from Germany, young Japanese Orthodox from Japan, nuns from Ukraine, priests from ROCOR who did not unite with the ROC MP, pilgrims from Russia, Bulgaria and Greece.
Fotin's mother looked around in a businesslike way, always clean and comfortable, the large waiting room of the Patriarch. She looked around the kitchen and saw that the Patriarch had almost no food. The fridge would have been empty if she hadn't put the food we brought in there. Once again, she was convinced that the products sent through the Arab did not reach the Patriarch almost at all.

She felt something, but could not clearly understand what was troubling her. Looking closely at Vladyka, she noticed that he somehow looked unnatural, but she pushed the bad thoughts away. I began to talk about the case, because the time for a date is limited.
“Vladyka, will you give me a prosphora?” "No," came the answer. "Do you need prosphora?" she asked, because the Patriarch regularly serves. “No,” was the answer again. "Are you not serving now?" "No," she was completely taken aback by her answer. She thought something was wrong with him! He has not served for a long time, since he does not give prosphora, and he will not serve, since he did not take prosphora! The anxiety never left her.
She sat down next to him. Pilgrims fussed around, someone took a blessing, someone took pictures, someone wrote notes. Mother asked the Patriarch further. "How is your health?" "Are you feeling well?" He didn't answer. She translated into English, into Greek. There was no answer. Then she asked again in Russian: “Vladyka, is everything all right with your health? I didn't hear you." The answer followed: "Yes." She elaborated: “Are you feeling well?” He replied: "Yes."

He took her hand and, imperceptibly for everyone, squeezed it tightly, as if he wanted to say something only to her. She did not calm down: “Vladyka, are you all right?” The answer came immediately: "Yes." And he squeezed her hand so hard that it hurt her so much that she stopped asking further. She endured and did not show that she was in pain. She realized that he wanted to tell her something, but he couldn’t, didn’t know how to say it, or doubted whether it was worth explaining something. When words can't describe what's going on...
And the Patriarch held her hand for a long time. She understood what he had said. She remembered that she needed to take the blessing. Because it needs to be done right now. Who can guarantee that they will be able to meet at Easter. “Vladyka, I will have to leave for Australia soon! Will you bless me? I told you, I need to go to Australia!” He is silent. She tried to say in English, “I'm not sure I'll be back, I only have a one-way ticket. But I can only leave with your permission. So, will you let me go or not? I'm waiting for your answer. Yes or no?" she said in pure British dialect. He answered her in Russian: “But you will come back!” And she felt better.

She didn't recognize him at all. It seemed to her that he had ceased to understand languages. For more than 15 years, she has not seen him like this: “Yes-No” - and the whole conversation. For Patriarch Irenaeus to talk like that? It was as if he had been drugged with something. Something is definitely wrong, he doesn't even serve, he doesn't feel well at all. Only an extremely difficult condition can prevent him from serving; he cannot live without service. So he is so bad... But he blessed her! And even predicts that she will return safely. His words always come true as a law. She knows it. He is never wrong. But what is happening? M. Fotina prayed: “Lord! Give me a sign of what's going on."
Suddenly the doors of the Patriarch's apartment open from the outside, and the Arab Obumar enters his chambers. He goes into the hall and with surprise bypasses all those present. Looking at M. Fotina, he asks her a question in English: “How could you all get here in such a crowd? Who tricked you?" Mother answers him: “I did. And how do you get here? Do you have your keys?" "Yes!" - As if for granted, the Arab answers. "Do you have your own key to the first door?" inquired the mother. “Well, yes, of course, I feed him every day.” And how could he have so much confidence if Theophilus gave him his own keys to all the doors? And the guards let him through. Soon everyone said goodbye to the Patriarch and left, leaving the guards surprised how so many people could pass unnoticed.
After visiting the Patriarch, Mother Fotina could not come to her senses. What's happening? The always cheerful and temperamental Patriarch seemed to her like a motionless doll, barely answering “yes or no”. But he understands everything perfectly, and he knows what is happening to him. Only now no one knows what is happening in the chambers of the Patriarch, in which he involuntarily has already been held hostage for 11 years. She can't get the empty refrigerator out of her head... Does this mean that the Patriarch can only eat what this Arab brings him today? And why such inconvenience, after all, it’s more convenient when the refrigerator is completely full and you can not disturb the old man once again?
As Patriarch Irenaeus was surrounded on all sides at Easter 2016, not allowing the people to him.
In 2006 and 2007, one could safely go to Patriarch Irenaeus without any obstacles. He calmly served himself in the church of St. Thekla, which is located next to his cell, and in which the altar is so small that there is almost no space between the Royal Doors and the Throne. But Patriarch Irenaeus served there so graciously that the pilgrims never wanted to leave him and stayed with him for days on end. AND WHEN THE HOLY FIRE, BY THE PRAYERS OF THE Blessed Irenaeus, DESCENT IN HIS CELL AND ON THE TOMB OF THE LORD SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE PRESENT SAW IT AND WAS DELIGHTED AT SUCH A MAGNIFICENT PHENOMENON.
The conspirators didn't like it much. There were rumors around the city that the REAL PATRIARCH IS NOW NOT IN THE TEMPLE OF THE TOMB, BUT IN HIS HOME TEMPLE, THE HOLY FIRE BEGOTS. AND WHEN THE DRAGOMAN HAS RUN TO THE PATRIARSH TEMPLE, THEN HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HIS PEOPLE ALREADY WELCOME WITH FIRE. And in 2008 they completely closed the temple, and the Patriarch could no longer serve in it.
This year, eyewitnesses recall how desperate believers, clinging to the door of the Patriarch, were severely beaten by the police. One African and a Serbian who, despite the kicks and blows, did not open their hands, still managed to stay with Patriarch Iriney this year for prayer. And this poor Christian, weeping and weeping, was comforted by the Lord by a miracle. DURING PRAYER, THE CANDLES BROKEN BY THE POLICE OFFICERS IN HIS BEAM SUDDENLY LIGHTED THEM! AND THIS IS THEN, WHEN IN THIS SAME, 2016, ON THE VERY TOMB OF THE LORD IN THE WHOLE TEMPLE NO ONE ALREADY ONE CANDLE HAS FIRED ITSELF!
In the temple on the Holy Sepulcher, our pilgrims hid in the temple of Constantine and Helena in order to get to night service and receiving the Holy Fire. But Theophilus gave the order to expel everyone. At night, the police broke into the temple WITH GUNS AND DOGS, went around the entire temple and WENT WITH DOGS EVEN INTO THE ALTAR. People were shocked - after all, this is a patriarchal temple, how can the "patriarch" send Jewish policemen there to drive people out, and even enter the temple with dogs? IT IS CLEAR THAT THE TEMPLE WAS NOT CONSOLIDATED AFTER SUCH DEGRADATION. It no longer mattered to anyone that dogs were in the temple and in the altar. For the apostate Theophilus, this is not scary or important.
During the years of his ministry, Patriarch Irenaeus strictly forbade the police to drive people out of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. And when he found out that the police would still drive him out, he prayed in the temple until the morning so that pilgrims could arrive at the temple. Before the arrival of Theophilus, there was an iron rule: whoever of the pilgrims stayed overnight in the Temple, he remained there until the Descent of the Holy Fire. Now Theophilus gives a decree to expel everyone.
AT Great Saturday Old city the police overlaid so that no one could even dream of visiting Patriarch Irenaeus. Matushka Fotina said, and we also observed it, that THIS YEAR THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE FLASH AT THE Descent of the Holy Fire, NOT A SINGLE LAMP WAS BURNED IN THE TEMPLE, ALL THE MORE DID NO ONE FIRE ITSELF. This can also be seen in the report of the NTV channel on the descent of the Holy Fire in 2016.
A well-known operator of the NTV channel told me that indeed, when Iriney served, they, the cameramen, remember how they directed the camera to the right place, from where the Fire was supposed to appear. But each time they were perplexed when they discovered the appearance of the Fire several seconds earlier, or even a minute somewhere in another part of the temple. And only then it was already explained to him that this is the real miracle of the Flying of Fire on Holy Saturday. AND HE SINCERELY QUESTIONS WHY DURING SO MANY YEARS UNDER THEOPHILUS HE DOES NOT NOTICE SUCH A PHENOMENON?

The fire in 2016, according to experienced people, WAS MORE RED, and usually the Holy Fire was FIRST GENTLY BLUE AND WARM. The smell of candles this year, DESPITE USUALLY SWEET-PLEASANT, WAS ESPECIALLY SMIKING, as if everyone deliberately conspired and bought the cheapest and poor-quality candles. So some believers have doubts about whether the Holy Fire came down this year?
On the eve of the overthrow of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Irenaeus in 2005, a number of special signs were recorded in the Holy City. On the Palm Sunday, for the festive service, Patriarch Irenaeus walked around the temple with a palm tree. Having reached the chapel of the column of scourging of the Lord or the laying of the crown of thorns, Patriarch Irenaeus suddenly stopped and exclaimed: “How abundantly myrrh-streaming icons in the chapel of laying the crown!” The same myrrh-streaming was seen in the limit of Sotnik-Longinus. Traces of myrrh-streaming on the icons can still be easily seen.

Second unusual phenomenon, which the Orthodox noticed: on the eve of the deposition of Patriarch Irenaeus, Golgotha, part of which is visible below between the borders of Adam and the laying of the Crown of thorns, suddenly began to bleed profusely, and so profusely that it was soon closed under glass.
And the third unusual phenomenon that Orthodox Christians saw in 2005 at Easter. THE HOLY FIRE WENT IN FLASHES AND THE CANDLES WERE SPONTANEOUSLY LIGHTED DURING THE 10 EASTER DAYS IN THE CHURCH OF THE TOMB OF THE LORD AND IN THE CHURCH OF THE TOMB OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN GETHSEMANE. This phenomenon was so obvious and unusual that the Greeks on the Tomb Mother of God they deliberately extinguished and did not turn on the electric light for a long time in order to observe such an unusual phenomenon not previously observed in Gethsemane. Also several times saw spontaneous combustion of candles.

In Easter joy, people did not understand that this was an omen sent down to us. After ten days this phenomenon abruptly ceased and never recurred.
On the 6th day of Easter, a revolutionary upheaval began in the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Years later, the Orthodox suggest that this sign was a kind of omen for Jerusalem, that the Lord thus warned: “I give you 10 years for admonition, if you don’t repent, after 10 years the Holy Fire will stop descending.” 10 years have passed and in the 11th year they claim that the HOLY FIRE DIDN'T DESCENT, THAT THEOPHIL JUST DECEIVED PEOPLE THIS YEAR.
All Christians must be informed that all these years no one has searched Kuvukliy, and no one has searched Theophilus. He indirectly confirms this himself when he says that the Holy Fire for us is not the Grace of God, not a miraculous phenomenon, but just a ritual by which we remember that the Lord once resurrected.
After the descent (or not) of the Holy Fire, we tried to get into the patriarchy, hoping that in the festive bustle it would still be possible to get to Patriarch Irenaeus. But we stumbled upon such a cordon lined with barriers and policemen at his door that it became clear that it would not be possible to get through. Theophilus gave a strict and firm order that even a mouse should not slip through to Patriarch Irenaeus!
Matushka Fotina nevertheless somehow got to the cordon and decided to fix historical event- as they have never surrounded the Patriarch with a cordon of policemen with a colonel at the head. In her perfect English, she unobtrusively asked the yawning policemen to take a photo of herself with the senior officer. He kindly poses for her.
Last meeting with Patriarch Irenaeus.
All Easter days we tried to go to Patriarch Irenaeus. But not only to him, even to the temple of Constantine and Helena, the temple of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the territory of the patriarchate, it was not possible to get through. It even surprised me. In previous years, I visited this place without hindrance. But after Easter 2016, I never managed to get there.
Matushka Fotina tried to get through to the Patriarch. He didn't pick up the phone. If this happened before, then he would definitely call her himself. But for the last few weeks he hasn't called or answered. Something is wrong with him,” she says.
For more than 15 years, being his first assistant and right hand, she has been with him since the first days of his patriarchate. And she did not leave him even after the general renunciation of him by all. She learned all his habits and understands him and feels him already as a native. They understand each other perfectly. So now, having seen him personally, she began to understand that the clouds were gathering over Patriarch Irenaeus.
Even when his persecution and bullying of his former subordinates had just begun, she asked him if it might be better to leave, leave them. He answered her like this: “This is my Cross, and I will carry it to the end, no matter what it costs me!” And she understood that he would not leave Jerusalem until death. "All right, and I'll be with him as long as it pleases the Lord!" she thought to herself.
But in recent weeks, M. Fotina has not found a place for himself. What she feared from the very beginning began. Now it is completely impossible to keep track of what they are doing with him there. The only connection- the phone, and he does not answer. And the last conversations with him brought her completely out of balance. She completely refuses to recognize her Irenaeus in this man. It was as if they had replaced him, as if they were poisoning him with some kind of chemistry, God forbid! His answers: Yes - No! There are no points of contact at all, developed over the years to the slightest intonation and sigh. It just doesn't happen.
Theophilus's servants beat her, and cursed, and pushed her out and kicked her, cursed and spat in her face! But these are all trifles, in comparison with the pain that she feels today.

Finally, we gathered to see Patriarch Irenaeus. Matushka Fotina regrets that she did not take everyone with her when she came to him in last time. Today it is absolutely impossible. And she takes me and another person with her, hoping to somehow seep through the security to him. The patriarch responds immediately. We agree on what he will reveal to us.

The mother's task is to quietly approach the door. We go into the patriarchy and stumble upon an Arab guard who blocks our way. M. Fotina explains to him that she needs to take an elderly woman to the toilet. Security escorts women to the toilet and stands, waiting for them to leave. Horrible! Muslims work off their bread to Theophilus to the point of absurdity. By all laws, he was obliged to stay at the checkpoint. After the toilet, the women leisurely leave the temple and are escorted back by two Arabs.

M. Fotina does not go into her pocket for a word: “Like in prison, you accompany us as criminals, as terrorists, as if we represent some kind of threat! Chickens for laughs! Or do you have nothing to do at all? On the way, a priest meets Fr. Meletia. He passes by and goes to the cherished door for us, opens it with a key and enters. Then he closes it with a key from the inside. So we determine that the door is now tightly closed.

The Cypriot monks, who had previously managed to get to the Patriarch, also said that they noticed in him strong changes, especially Hierodeacon Demetrius, who was inseparably with the patriarch in the hospital, drew attention to this fact. He told Ms. Fotina that P. Iriney seemed to have been replaced. He is more like a doll. They suspect that some drugs are added to his food.

When, after all unsuccessful attempts to get into the Patriarch, we agreed that he would go out onto the roof, we did not recognize him at all! He wears a simple black monastic cap. It can be seen that he is very weak. He barely peeked out from behind the wall, as if afraid of something. His face was very swollen. He tried to bless us, but he did not take the cross with him. And he blessed us with his hands with a bishop's blessing, while it was clear how he was trying to fold his fingers correctly, but they did not obey him. It was very painful to see. What are they doing to him and how to save him?

And this is how the Holy Fire descended in 2016. How "gracious" he is, judge for yourself. In any case, the fact that the flame on all the candles is red, and not bluish, speaks in favor of the conviction of those who believe that the fire at Easter 2016 was a man-made hoax ...

The equipment fails from the radiation on the Holy Sepulcher, and delusional attempts to explain the nature of Fire.

In the wake of the conversation in the blog topic, I decided to look for some information from different sources, but what do they promise if the Holy Fire does not come down?

First, about the origin of the event.

“There are also references to the descent of heavenly fire in old testament. There are described several cases when the Lord sent fire from heaven as a sign that the sacrifice was pleasing to him, that he accepts it. In the days of the New Testament, the very first information about the descent of the Holy Fire is found in Gregory of Nyssa, Eusebius and Sylvia of Aquitaine. They date from the 4th century. Although there are earlier references. According to the testimony of the Apostles and Holy Fathers, the uncreated Light illuminated the Holy Sepulcher shortly after the Resurrection of Christ. This was seen by one of the apostles - Peter. However, no specific date can be given. One can only say that the Fire began to descend from the time of the first Christians, and this is more than two thousand years ago.
By this miracle, the Lord, as it were, confirms the benevolence, the grace of God towards people. This is when God favors us, our prayers, our repentance.
It is extremely important whether the Holy Fire descends or not, because its descent is a symbol of the fact that life will continue, that God has blessed mankind. ”

There were three cases of non-convergence of fire.
- In 1101, on Holy Saturday, the miracle of the descent of the Holy Fire in Kuvuklia did not take place until Eastern Christians were invited to participate in this rite. Then King Baldwin I took care of the return of local Christians of their rights.
- On Holy Saturday 1579 Orthodox Patriarch Sophronius IV with the clergy was not allowed into the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. They stood before the closed doors of the Temple with outside. The Armenian clergy entered Kuvukliya and began to pray to the Lord for the descent of Fire. But their prayers were not answered.
standing by closed doors Temple Orthodox priests also turned to the Lord with prayers. Suddenly, a noise was heard, the column, located to the left of the closed doors of the Temple, cracked, Fire came out of it and lit candles in the hands of the Jerusalem Patriarch. With great joy, the Orthodox priesthood entered the Temple and glorified the Lord. Traces of the convergence of Fire can still be seen on one of the columns located to the left of the entrance.

According to traditions that have taken root over 2,000 years, the obligatory participants in the sacrament of the descent of the Holy Fire are the abbot, the monks of the Lavra of St. Savva the Sanctified, and local Orthodox Arabs.
On Great Saturday, half an hour after the sealing of Kuvukliya, Arab Orthodox youth, shouting, stomping, drumming, sitting on top of each other, breaks into the Temple and starts singing and dancing. There is no evidence of the time when this ritual was established. The cries and songs of Arab youth are ancient prayers in Arabic, addressed to Christ and the Mother of God, Who is asked to beg the Son to send down Fire, to George the Victorious, especially revered in the Orthodox East.
According to oral tradition, during the years of British rule over Jerusalem (1918-1947), the English governor once tried to ban "savage" dances. The Patriarch of Jerusalem prayed for two hours: The fire did not come down. Then the Patriarch ordered his will to let the Arab youth. After they performed the ritual, the Fire descended ...
So what will happen if the Holy Fire does not come down? There are many legends and beliefs about what will happen if the Holy Fire does not come down.
Christian tradition says that when the Holy Light does not appear in Kuvuklia, the end of the world will come.

The fire did not go down (higher than the testimony), and the prophecy was not fulfilled, why?
It turns out that one non-convergence of fire is not enough, there must be three foreshadowing events to fulfill the prophecy.

1. Show up exact location Noah's Ark.

2. The 5,000-year-old Oak of Mamre will dry up (where Abraham met the Holy Trinity).

3. The Holy Fire will not descend.

By the Ark . Presumably on Mount Ararat in Turkey, traces of it were found.

Mamvrian oak . Judging by the photos, it's dried up. Although they write that there is something green from the root, but there are no close phots, which leaves are not visible, but it does not look like an oak.

About oak.
Mamri, or, in the Russian religious tradition, the Mamri Oak (aka Abraham's Oak, aka Palestine Oak, aka Russian oak (because it belongs to the Orthodox Russian mission), he is the oak forest of Mamre.), is considered the oldest tree under which, according to the Bible, Abraham accepted God: “ The Lord appeared to him at the oaks of Mamre, when he was sitting at the entrance to the tent, during the heat of the day"(Genesis 18:1). The oak of Mamre is marked by the glory of the Epiphany. It is believed that the age of this tree is about five thousand years. Moreover, religious texts report that Mamvrian oak has been growing since the creation of the world. Perhaps this oak is a symbol of the World Tree.

This is if with the so-called. physical phenomena. And I think that “physics” is secondary. Yes, and allegories are quite a place to be here.
I remembered the legend of Prometheus (by the way, there is an opinion that he is one of the prototypes of Christ).

So what kind of fire did Prometheus bring to people? You can judge sublimely and say - internal, spiritual, the light of reason, insights. Quite acceptable. Moreover, he stole it from the Gods.

One can think pragmatically and say that yes, he gave the fire, but not the fire itself, but gave the secret of its extraction. But what? I don't think he taught people how to use handy objects to knock out a spark. And if you remember that fire divine, then most likely it was about some kind of magical action that “pierces the veil” and slightly nourishes the souls from the inside with light divine Mind, but as proof that the action took place, in the space of accomplishment magical rite the physical fire was concentrated and descended (manifested), which immediately upon its manifestation was a little bit different, but “cold”…
So ... What kind of rite is this magical? Question of questions. Most likely the Messenger gave people the Word (spell, sound, “vibration”), resonating with other conditions. Only the fulfillment of the rite in all its subtleties and within a certain period of the space-time corridor could count on success.

Now about “what will happen if the Holy Fire does not come down”.

All IMHO. Since this fire is the Light of the divine mind, bestowed on people for salvation, then its non-descent will not entail cataclysms and global collapse, but it will be exactly the fact that people, having lost their annual “feed”, will begin to degrade mentally, and on the rise. And this will already lead to serious consequences, because “ the sleep of reason will breed monsters“… wars, strife, greed and other negative aspects… And yes… there will be something else, as it was said: “ to everyone who has, it will be given and multiplied, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. "(Mt.25:29) - this is a speech about the Spirit (mind). Therefore, there will be a gathering and a harvest ... of the Spirit.
But the body is not affected... humanity will live the same as it used to live, eat, drink and enjoy. What will be the effect of degradation? Yes, on the fact that there will be a replacement of values, there will be a severe moral and ethical decline, disbelief and darkness in the souls, etc...

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Russian physicist, employee of the Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Andrey Volkov last year attended the ceremony of the convergence of the Holy Fire and secretly took measurements.

According to Volkov, a few minutes before the removal of the Holy Fire from Kuvuklia (the chapel where the miraculous fire lights up), the device that fixes the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation detected a strange long-wave impulse in the temple, which no longer manifested itself. That is, an electrical discharge has occurred.

The physicist came to Jerusalem as an assistant to one of the film crews who received permission to work inside the temple. According to him, it is difficult to judge anything reliably from one measurement, since a series of experiments is needed. But still, “it could also turn out that we detected the cause preceding the appearance of a genuine divine Holy Fire” ...

Today, a plane with the Holy Fire will land at Vnukovo Airport. Sacred fire from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, according to tradition, they will be taken to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and the particles of Fire will be delivered to various churches throughout the country.

But what is the Holy Fire - a focus for believers or the True Light - managed to find out Russian physicist. Scientist from the Institute atomic energy with the help of high-precision instruments, he was able to prove that the Holy Fire actually has a divine origin.

Andrey Volkov, head of the laboratory of ionic systems at the Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", succeeded in what no scientist in the world has been able to do so far: he conducted a scientific experiment in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

At the moment of the descent of the Holy Fire, the devices recorded a sharp burst of electromagnetic radiation.

Andrey Volkov, a 52-year-old candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, has always been interested in the phenomenon of an unusual spontaneous ignition in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which happens the day before Orthodox Easter. This fire appears by itself, in the first seconds it does not burn, believers wash their faces and hands with it, as if with water. Volkov suggested that this flame is a plasma discharge. And the scientist came up with the idea of ​​a bold experiment - to measure electromagnetic radiation in the temple itself during the convergence of the Holy Fire.

I knew that it would not be easy to do this - in Holy place with the equipment they could not miss, - Andrey Volkov told "Your DAY". - And yet I decided to take a chance, since all the devices fit in an ordinary case. In general, I hoped for good luck. And I'm lucky.
Radiation

The scientist set up the instruments: if during the convergence of the Holy Fire there is a jump in electromagnetic fields, the computer will record it. If the flame is a trick that is arranged for believers (such an explanation of the phenomenon is still in use among atheists), then no jump will occur.

Volkov watched as the Patriarch of Jerusalem, having taken off his vestments, entered Kuvuklia (the chapel in the Temple) in one shirt with a bunch of candles. People, frozen, waiting for a miracle. Indeed, according to legend, if the Holy Fire does not come down to people on the eve of Easter, this will be a sign of the approaching end of the world. Andrey Volkov found out that the miracle had happened before anyone else in the temple - his instruments caught a sharp jump!

For six hours of observing the electromagnetic background in the temple, it was at the moment of the descent of the Holy Fire that the device recorded a doubling of the radiation intensity, the physicist testifies. - Now it is clear that the Holy Fire was not created by people. This is not a deception, not a hoax: its material "traces" can be measured!