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 ...

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.

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 ...

The victorious participant receives the cross, and others who dove with him also get medals as mementos. While Epiphany marks ... However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate on different ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the past week, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral has ... water will be poured into Spring Bayou. Cross Dive: The archbishop will cast the Epiphany cross into the water where dozens ...

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 ...

For Greek Orthodox Christians, Epiphany is a celebration of Christ’s baptism. Celebrations have been underway over the weekend. The events culminate on January 6th with the cross dive.

All over Europe, Christians closed off the Christmas season with celebrations of Epiphany. In Orthodox Christian communities ... swimmers compete to retrieve a cross thrown by a priest into ...