The Holy Fire

For this last entree I would like to talk about, what I think is the greatest miracle of all time, the Holy Fire. Most people in the West do not know about this miracle because it occurs in the East. The miracle takes place in Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Scepulchre, during the time of Greek Orthodox Easter. On the day before Easter, thousands of people who are apart of the Eastern Orthodox Church, flock toward this spot so that way they can experience the awe of the miracle. The Patriarchs of the Eastern Church are the ones who must pray for the miracle to work. Before they do so the Jewish athorities inspect them and the church, for flammable substances that would make the miracle a fraud. The Patriarch then goes inside the inner chapel to pray to God, then at midnight a huge lightning bolt comes down into the chapel and ignites the Patriarch's candels. He then comes outside to the crowd of believers and lights their candles with the fire. The most extraordinary thing about this miracle is that people have stated that their candles have lighted on their own. Also ordinary people have placed their hands and faces in to their torches and the fire doesn't burn them. The fire will not burn any one for 33 minutes which is an interesting coincidence, because traditon says that Jesus Christ was crucified at the age of 33. This event is one of the things that I really want to witness.
Here is one such video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ys8hNr7BZ70&feature=related