Easter fire
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Easter fires, also called Paschal fires, are typically bonfires lit at Easter as part of Christian liturgical and cultural celebrations.
Benedictine monks preparing to light the Christ candle prior to Easter Vigil mass, Morristown, New Jersey
The Easter Fire of St. Matthew's Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Stockholm is seen as people enter the church for the celebration of the Easter Vigil (2026)
Easter Fire in Twente, height 45.98 metres (150.9 ft)
Easter Vigil
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The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as t
A Catholic priest in front of the Easter fire while altar servers hold a Paschal candle, which is to be lit from the fire.
Liturgical Easter fire, Sanok (2010)
14th-century fresco of the Anastasis, ancient Chora Church, Istanbul
Lighting of a paschal candle in Mexico City