Athens
15
04
2023
HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE / RELIGIONS / TRANSPORTATION

Holy Fire arriving on Aegean Air this afternoon

The Holy Fire, or Holy Light (def. "Agios Fos"), that is flown to Greece annually directly from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is to arrive on a special Aegean Airlines flight on the afternoon of Holy Saturday (15/04), in time for the Easter midnight mass.
The Holy Fire, or Holy Light (def. "Agios Fos"), that is flown to Greece annually directly from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is to arrive on a special Aegean Airlines flight on the afternoon of Holy Saturday (15/04), in time for the Easter midnight mass.

Accompanying the Holy Fire on the Aegean A320neo aircraft will be a small diplomatic mission, with the plane expected to land at Athens international airport at 19:30.

It will then be transported in other Aegean and Olympic Air planes to another 8 destinations within Greece, on both scheduled and specially chartered flights for this purpose.


Sky Express airline will fly the Fire to Rhodes, Kos, Mykonos and Santorini. Sky Express airline will fly the Fire to Rhodes, Kos, Mykonos and Santorini.