ATHENS -- The Lighting Ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games will be held one hour ahead of the schedule next Monday, city mayor George Aidonis told Xinhua late evening on Saturday.

The ceremony will be rescheduled from the previous 12:00 o'clock at noon to 11 am on March 24 due to the weather problem.

Maria Nafpliotou, the choreographer of the Flame-lighting Ceremony in Ancient Olympia lights the Olympic flame at a rehearsal before the Lighting Ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games in ancient Olympia, Greece March 22, 2008. The ceremony will be officially held at 11 o' clock a.m. on Monday local time. [Xinhua] Video: Rehearsal of the flame-lighting ceremony