The Holy Fire from Jerusalem will be delivered to Moscow on May 4, the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called told reporters.
“On May 4, the delegation of the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called will take the Holy Fire from the Jerusalem Church of the Resurrection of Christ to Moscow on a special flight. Representatives of various dioceses will be able to receive the Holy Fire at Vnukovo airport… The delegation of the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called will bring the Holy Fire to the Cathedral of Christ Savior during the Patriarchal Pascha (Easter) service,” the foundation reported.
Also, the foundation added, lamps with the Holy Fire will be delivered by representatives of parishes to 15 churches in Moscow, where everyone will be able to light their lamps during Holy Week. The list of churches is published on the foundation's website.
According to information available at the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called, representatives of dioceses will arrive in Moscow and deliver the Holy Fire to Anadyr , Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Ivanovo, Izhevsk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kursk, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Orel, Penza, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Rostov-on-Don, Ryazan, Salekhard, Samara, St. Petersburg, Saransk, Saratov, Simferopol, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Ulan-Ude, Ulyanovsk, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk, and Yakutsk.
The television broadcast of the descent of fire from the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, according to the fund, will be carried out by three Russian federal television channels: NTV, Channel One, and Rossiya 1.
Source: ria.ru (Russian)
"The television broadcast of the descent of fire from the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, according to the fund, will be carried out by three Russian federal television channels: NTV, Channel One, and Rossiya 1."
Overall I think this is wonderful, but that last sentence is the nutshell difference between what a country of faith looks like, and what we are in the west. Such a thing could never happen here because, in truth, we are Godless!
Good Morning Father Joe from Moscow. My wife and I our back in glorious Russia. We plan to drive up to see you soon. I will contact you.