Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed ...

If Mardi Gras season is the biggest party of the year, then Fat Tuesday is the ultimate final bash before the solemn Lenten ...

Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, is celebrated today, Jan. 6. On Jan. 6 each year, children around the world wake up to gifts, much like on Christmas Day, to celebrate and commemorate the three wise ...

Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by bathing in a lake in the village of Leninskoe, near Bishkek. Camera: IGOR KOVALENKO. FOOTAGE OF THE EPIPHANY CELEBRATION IN THE VILLAGE OF LENINSKOE ...

Believers participate in this bathing tradition during the Orthodox celebration of Epiphany following the Julian calendar. Camera: ANATOLI MALTSEV. [Restrictions: Spain, Latin America, or the U.S. His ...

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Epiphany celebrations in Tarpon Springs and the Cross Dive at the Spring Bayou took place on Monday, January 6. The dove bearer plays a vital role in the annual Epiphany celebration.

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — A teen is celebrating a year of blessings after retrieving the cross during the 119th annual Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs Monday. For Greek Orthodox ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - A long-standing tradition in the Greek Orthodox community, the Epiphany celebration, took place Monday in Tarpon Springs. The 119th annual event began at 8 a.m. with a ...