The Holy Fire from Jerusalem was delivered by a charter flight to the Stavropol Territory. In Stavropol, the shrine was met by representatives of dioceses, cossacks and local parishioners.
North Caucasus Federal District became the first district of the country, where the Holy Fire was delivered on Saturday.
“Despite all the difficulties, this year we managed to promptly deliver a particle of the Holy Fire to the Stavropol Territory,” the member of the Federation Council, who headed the delegation of the Stavropol Territory, Mikhail Afanasov said, TASS reports.
