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 ...

On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the ... after priests recite the prayers and immerse the cross three times in water, the water is endowed with ...

A large crowd watched on as dozens of swimmers rushed to retrieve a wooden cross thrown by a priest into the water, in a ceremony marking Epiphany near the port of Piraeus outside Athens on Monday.

(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 Christians, Epiphany is a ...

Tarpon Springs’ Epiphany, dating back to 1906 ... has acknowledged that many other Orthodox churches allow girls to participate in the cross dive. But the Tarpon Springs church sees the boys ...

Lucas Boillot, 17, was hoisted into the air by his fellow divers and carried back to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral as this year's Epiphany Cross Retriever. Reeling from the moment ...

In honor of The Holy Feast of Epiphany, or Theophany ... As Christ blessed the Jordan River then, Orthodox Christians today do so by throwing a cross into a body of water.

Luc Boillot, a 17-year-old from Plantation, retrieved the cross from the water this year. TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - A long-standing tradition in the Greek Orthodox community, the Epiphany celebration ...

Orthodox Christians in Tampa Bay and around the world are celebrating the Epiphany on Monday ... dove release will occur and the dive for the cross will take place. Currently the arch bishop ...

In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community, the feast of the Epiphany is marked by the traditional "swim for the Holy Cross." This year, 100 competitors took part in the race in the Vlasina River in ...

(AP Photo) A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya floodplain in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.