MYS293: Each Holy Saturday, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem emerges from the tomb of Christ with the Holy Fire that goes out around the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask if the fire is lit by God or does it have a natural source and what we can learn about this historic rite. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Haris Skarlakidis’s book Holy Fire: The Miracle of the Light of the Resurrection at the Tomb of Jesus (Seventy Historical Accounts) * Skarlakidis’s book online * Holy fire (Wikipedia) * HolyFire.org (English) * Why Catholics and Orthodox Might Once Again Celebrate Easter on the Same Date * Church of the Holy Sepulcher * Garden Tomb * Paschal Candle * Easter Fire * Jesus Academy’s My Protestant Experience of the Holy Fire 2017 * Jesus Academy’s interview with the patriarch * Book of James on holy fire * Russian critique of the holy fire (English subtitles available) * Israeli news video with Frs. Marcos and Samuel * Telegraph article on the holy fire (paywall) * Text of the prayer in the tomb (Russian, but you can machine translate) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to [email protected] or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4...