“This year we will not be able to receive the Holy Fire solemnly and with the highest honours,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostas Vlasis stated today.
Moreover, he pointed out, “We managed to bring the Holy Fire to Greece again this year,” but it will not be distributed across the country. He said that it would remain in Athens, where it would be transported by a private aircraft along with the Exarch of the Holy Sepulchre in Greece. He said that the situation was unprecedented and stated, “I longed for my visit to the Holy Sepulchre from the very beginning of my term of office.”