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he soul has its senses and, consequently, it feels
The last decision is not an act of overthrow, the decision of the soul at the moment of its separation from the body, but rather to make a union with the transformed, resurrected body with which the soul will continue to live forever. After separation, the soul has its senses and, as a result, feels, perceives, and generally exercises all the energies of the soul (Revelation 6: 9-10, 7:15? 1 Peter 3:19; Hebrews 12:23; Luke 16: 27-28). The word "sleep", which characterizes death, does not refer to the soul, but to the body. In Matthew 27:52, we read that many saints who had fallen asleep were put to death. The final decision will be made on the second coming of Jesus Christ, a strong belief of the Church recorded in the Creed that "He (Jesus Christ) will come again with glory to judge the fast and the dead." The time of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is not known and, according to Revelation, it cannot be conjectured by any means.
According to written sources, on Holy Saturday that year, a group of Turkish soldiers, after mediation Armenians, prohibited the transit of the Orthodox Church of the Resurrection. The crowd of the faithful remained in the courtyard of the church throughout the day, but even after sundown. Patriarch Sophronius D, which diinye the first year of his tenure, took over for the first time to carry out the most important ceremony of the year, however, the Turks denied him the legal right. The patriarch stood praying in the left part of the gate of the temple, near a column. And suddenly, having already fallen the night, the column ruptured and Holy Fire sprang from the inside. The patriarch immediately lit the candle and conveying the Holy Fire to the believers. Within minutes, the sacred flame spread to all attendees and the churchyard was illuminated. The astonished Turkish guards then opened the gates of the church and the patriarch, with the number of Orthodox, went solemnly to the Holy Sepulchre.
