Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the XXIX Olympic Games
"Beijing 2008".

The Olympic Flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, according to tradition,
on March 24, 2008. From March 25-30, the Torch Relay will travel across
Greece, ending at the Panathinaiko Stadium, the site of the first modern
Olympic Games in 1896. After the handover ceremony in the stadium, the Olympic
Flame will then be taken to Beijing, arriving on March 31, 2008. Greek actress
Maria Nafpliotou will be the High Priestess of the Lighting Ceremony.
PROGRAMME
1015 GMT  Entry of limited number of VIPs in the Temple of Hera 
1025 GMT  Ritual of the Lighting Ceremony at the Temple of Hera. The High
Priestess and the Priestesses enter the Ancient Stadium with the Olympic
Flame. The flame is then handed over Torchbearer by the High Priestess 
1055 GMT  The first Torchbearer departs via Pierre de Coubertin's Grove -
Opening of the Olympic Torch Relay