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April 15, 2008

Dear Friends,

Greece will be celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ April 27th. In the next couple of weeks people will say, Χριστός Ανέστη! Christ is Risen! And the other person will respond, Αληθώς Ανέστη! Indeed He is Risen! But do they believe it, or is it just tradition? The biggest traditional and religious event for this season is the Miracle of the Holy Light. This great “miracle” takes place every year at noon, on Holy Saturday in the Church of the Sepulcher in Jerusalem. After a whole hour of detailed inspection and the ceremony of sealing the tomb, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch with his escort enters the Church, then the Patriarch strips from his pontifical garb and enters with his priestly white tunic and an unlit torch, which is inspected by the Jerusalem police. The Patriarch prays that God will send the Holy Light, while the pilgrims chant “Κύριε Ελέισον,” God have mercy on us, suddenly 33 torches in the Holy Sepulcher miraculously light up and the torch the Patriarch holds also lights up by this Holy Light. This light is said to be given off by the power of the resurrection, every year since Jesus rose from the grave. This Holy Light is then shipped by plane, ship, and car to all the capitals of countries with Orthodox Churches across the world. By midnight of Saturday, people gather by their local churches to receive the Holy Light and pass it down to the next person until the whole village or city has a light. I have seen people carry their light home, to place it in an oil lamp in the corner of their home, where it will shine by their favorite icon. My heart aches for them, for though they may have this so called Holy Light, they remain in darkness and don’t know the source of the true Light of the World, Jesus Christ, John 8:12.

This next couple of months we have several groups that will be coming to help us evangelize Greece by passing out tracts. Please pray that these tracts will fall in the hands of people whose hearts are ready to receive the message and be saved. Pray for our safety as we will be going from city to city to evangelize.
 

Laboring Together Till Jesus Comes, Dr. George and Luisa Dimakos

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