A particle of the Holy Fire was delivered on Easter night to the temples of South Ossetia.
The shrine was brought to the Republic by Nikolai Gagloev, Assistant to President of the Republic.
The Holy Fire was handed over to the Assistant to the President at the Cathedral of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George in Vladikavkaz by Archbishop Gerasim of Vladikavkaz and Alania.
The Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem descended on the eve of Easter.
For the eighth year in a row, its particle was brought to North Ossetia by deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Zurab Makiev, who, as part of the delegation, was present at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at the ceremony of the descent of the Holy Fire.
