Christian believers in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Sabbath of Light, which falls before Easter, is the time for the most sacred ceremony in Eastern Christianity: a fire is kindled at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and from there, according to Christian tradition, is disseminated to the whole world. The fire symbolizes the presence of God, and the passage from the darkness of Jesus’ death to the light of his resurrection (April 22 2006).