Today, thousands of spectators are joining together in Tarpon Springs for the annual commemoration of Jesus Christ’s baptism, known as the Epiphany celebration. 11:01 Festivities are underway in ...

Two Orthodox churches from Weirton asked for divine blessings upon the Ohio River during a ceremony at the Steubenville ...

He was 16 years old at the time and it was his first time diving for the cross. In the Greek orthodox community, it's believed that whoever retrieves the cross will have extra blessings in the ...

(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 ...

Representatives from two Orthodox churches in Aurora along with city officials and more met at the pedestrian bridge near RiverEdge Park Saturday morning for the city’s second annual Blessing of ...

The year ahead will be filled with good luck for Yanni Collicott after his eleventh attempt to successfully pluck a cross ...

You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that ...

Crowds turn out at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral and at Spring Bayou every year during the first week of January for the traditional throwing of the cross during Epiphany celebrations.

Tryfon Theophilopoulos, who led the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral ... has acknowledged that many other Orthodox churches allow girls to participate in the cross dive.

He was the lucky swimmer who retrieved the cross in the annual Greek Celebration of Epiphany which involes a blessing of the waters and throwing of the cross ceremony. After the waters are blessed ...