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Epiphany celebration, Thessaloniki / Θεοφάνεια, Θεσσαλονίκη
Michalis Apostolidis, 35, holds up the wooden cross after being the first to retrieve it, during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Greek Orthodox believers take a dip into water in Thessaloniki to celebrate Epiphany, the feast day commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Thessaloniki, Greece on January 6, 2019. Similar ceremonies are held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes, when an Orthodox priest throws a simple wooden cross into the water and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. / Ο Μιχάλης Αποστολίδης, 35, πιάνει πρώτος τον σταυρό στον Εορτασμό των Θεοφανείων στην Θεσσαλονίκη. 6 Ιανουαρίου 2019.
Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis / SOOC
Date: Κυριακή 6 Ιανουαρίου 2019
Image photo: 21_15_20190106_tk_9486_sooc1546770406
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