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To: kosta50

do i take it you also don’t buy the Holy Fire on Pascha?


12,337 posted on 04/10/2007 9:48:45 AM PDT by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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To: kawaii
do i take it you also don’t buy the Holy Fire on Pascha?

That is correct.

12,340 posted on 04/10/2007 11:00:37 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kawaii
Regarding Holy Fire (actually Holy Light in Greek, Ἄγιον Φῶς), consider this

умив

There is nothing miraculous about this "washing" (умив, umiv) with fire. In fact, it is so transparent cultist and pagan it is embarrassing and damaging.

There is plenty of evidence that the fire is lit from the hidden icon lamps and that it can be 'created' with white phosphorous ex nihilo. In all cases, the "miracle" is an insulting fraud.

12,342 posted on 04/10/2007 11:21:42 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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