In the homeland of the Olympic Games from sunshine lit Igr-2022 fire in Beijing

The traditional ceremony took place in Ancient Olympia, on October 19 fire will be delivered by a charter flight to the capital China ANCIENT OLYMPIA/Greece/, on October 18. / Correspondent of information agency "ITAR-TASS" Malinov Youri/. Olympic flame of Igr-2022 in Beijing lit on Monday in Ancient Olympia during a ceremony. The Supreme priestess the actress Xanthi Georgiu said at ruins of the antique temple of Hera a prayer to Ancient Greek god of light and the sun Apollo. After that it brought a torch to a parabolic mirror, and that flashed from sunshine. Then the dramatized representation with participation of group of priestesses took place...