Lighting of the Olympic Flame Winter Games in Sochi

On Sunday, September 29 the ruins of the temple of the goddess Hera, the ancient city of Olympia, who gave the name of the game, the ceremony of lighting the Olympic flame from the sun's rays using a parabolic mirror. October 6 Olympic flame arrives in a special flight to Moscow.

By tradition, the torch relay kicks off in Greece, where in ancient times on the eve of events lit the fire. On the ruins of an ancient Greek temple of the goddess Hera took pageant, which suffered spectators from around the world in an atmosphere of ancient Greece, 29 September 2013.