Epiphany Day Celebration
- August 10, 2002
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Tolik from Tampa, Florida
If you happen to be in the area January 6, than you’ll witness awesome Epiphany Day Celebration when local folks dive for the Epiphany cross thrown into the water in Spring Bayou. After a church service at the Cathedral, in downtown Tarpon Springs, there's a procession to Spring Bayou where the Epiphany cross will be thrown. Here participants wait while the Archbishop blesses the waters.
Finally the Archbishop throws the cross…and 50+ Greek-American youths dive into the harbor to retrieve the cross. Huge crowd on the quay is waiting… and one of the divers surfaces with the cross in hand! He will be blessed with good luck for the next year!
From journal Tarpon Springs