The Holy Light normally comes to Cyprus but…

There is a great debate that is created about whether the Holy Light will finally come to our country as usual on Holy Saturday from Israel and whether it will be distributed as every year in all the temples of free Cyprus.

A report published on the Offsite website clarifies what will happen in the midst of a pandemic and quarantine.

In a conversation that the reporter of the website had with the Most Venerable Metropolitan of Vostra Timotheos, who as Exarch of the Holy Sepulcher in Cyprus has arranged the transfer of the holy light from the Holy Sepulcher to Cyprus this year, Panierotatos stated that the Exarchate has procedures and in consultation with the Embassy of Cyprus in Tel Aviv and will proceed to its transfer to Cyprus, noting that the transfer of the Holy Light to Larnaca will be done by private aircraft, which is available in recent years by a friend of the Exarchate of the Holy Sepulcher .

As the Metropolitan explained with the blessings of His Beatitude the Archbishop of Cyprus, the Holy Light is transported in recent years by special flight from Jerusalem and receives it himself and is distributed in various places, but this year it is not clear who will rush to receive it. because of the different point of view of the Holy Archdiocese.

It is noted that the Archdiocese has the opposite opinion on the transfer of the Holy Light to Cyprus, with the Archbishop pointing out in the previous days that he himself asked not to transfer it to Cyprus, since flights are prohibited, emphasizing that he did not want to cause it.

According to sources from the Archdiocese, the position of the Church of Cyprus and of Chrysostom of Cyprus itself is that the candle should be lit by the sleeping candle in the monastery of Agios Ioannis and given to each parish, as it is emphasized. At the forefront are the advice of experts for the protection of the health of the faithful.

In a communication that the website had with Reaction Cyprus and the Cyprus Motorcycle Federation, two organizations that have been helping to transport the Holy Light from the Airport to all the villages of free Cyprus, it was stated by both organizations that this year they will not participate. in the process respecting the decrees of the Government and realizing the fact that there may be overcrowding in places where the Holy Light will reach.

Source: Offsite