Contents
Introduction
The rite and the miracle of the Holy Fire
The first appearance of the Holy Fire
The nationalities of the 45 authors
The Arab Ibn al-Qass (940)
The Persian al-Biruni (c. 1000)
The capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders (1099)
The scientific measurements of Russian physicist Andrey Volkov on Holy Saturday 2008
The column that was split by the Holy Fire (1579)
The British archaeologist Charles Warren (1867–1870)
Monk Parthenius (1845) and Bishop Meletios (1867)
Monk Mitrophanis
Epilogue
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