Greeks celebrated Epiphany Friday with blessing of the waters ceremonies across the country. The holiday is known as Three Kings Day for Catholics and the Baptism of Christ for the Orthodox. Greece is ...

The major Christian feast of Epiphany was marked across Bulgaria with traditional water blessings and the ritual of retrieving of the Holy Cross. A ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — After thunderstorms moved past, Florida's largest Greek Orthodox community celebrated the Epiphany on Saturday as a 16-year-old boy dove into chilly water to retrieve a ...

Guardian Angel School celebrated the Epiphany with a blessing ceremony led by Fr. Joseph Kelly. The event featured prayers, holy water, incense and the marking of doorways with blessed chalk to ...

FILE - A man crosses himself while bathing in the water during a traditional Epiphany celebration as the temperature dropped to about -24 degrees (-11,2 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky ...

Guardian Angel School marked Epiphany with Mass, hallway blessings of incense and holy water, and the traditional chalking of ...

Greek-Catholic Metropolitan of Hungary Offers Epiphany Blessing of the Waters on the Danube On the occasion of a traditional blessing, Archbishop Fülöp Kocsis reflects on the Christian meaning of ...

Christians around the world will mark the Epiphany on Jan. 6 with a series of celebrations that go from parades and gift-giving for children to the blessing of water. The holiday is also called the ...

Correspondent photo / Sean Barron From left, the Revs. Timothy Paproski of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Warren, Constantin Ursache of St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Church in Boardman, ...