CONSTANTINOPLE -- With no visiting faithful from Greece or other
Christian Orthodox countries, due to the coronavirus pandemic, only two
swimmers raced to retrieve the cross in a ceremony commemorating the
baptism of Jesus Christ,in Istanbul on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox
Christians, handed out a wooden crucifix to a faithful that jumped into
the waters of the Golden Horn to retrieve it, during the Epiphany
ceremony.
Greek
Orthodox faithful Vasili Kurkcu, 44, who successfully retrieved the
cross, expressed joy and said that although the water was cold, he did
not feel much as it was sunny out there.
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Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew I, center, the spiritual leader of the world s
Orthodox Christians, throws a wooden crucifix to the waters of the
Golden Horn, during the Epiphany ceremony in Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan.
6, 2021. (AP Photo/Cavit Ozgul)
Αssociated Press
Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world s Orthodox
Christians, leaves following the Epiphany ceremony at the Golden Horn in
Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Αssociated Press
Greek
Orthodox faithful Vasili Kurkcu, 44, kisses a wooden crucifix after
retrieving it in the Golden Horn during the Epiphany ceremony in
Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Αssociated Press
Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world s Orthodox
Christians, leaves following the Epiphany ceremony at the Golden Horn in
Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Αssociated Press
Greek
Orthodox faithful Vasili Kurkcu, 44, left, holds a wooden crucifix
after retrieving it in the Golden Horn during the Epiphany ceremony in
Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Αssociated Press
Greek
Orthodox faithful Vasili Kurkcu, 44, holds a wooden crucifix after
retrieving it in the Golden Horn waters during the Epiphany ceremony in
Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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