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For the first time after the 1974 Turkish invasion in Cyprus Greek-Cypriots were allowed to celebrate Epiphany in Famagusta. Symbolizing a blessing of the waters, and...

A bitterly cold Wednesday morning saw the return of one of Istanbul’s oldest – and most demanding – religious traditions as dozens of Greek...

The Christian Orthodox ritual stopped being practiced in 1922 after the war and population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras celebrated Epiphany with the traditional sanctification of the water at Dexameni in...

For the first time since the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922, a Greek Orthodox Epiphany celebration is set to take place in Izmir on January...

Thousands of people are expected to arrive in Tarpon Springs for the 110th Epiphany celebration, to be held on Wednesday, January 6, at the...

The Australian summer weather gave thousands of devoted Greek Orthodox Australians the opportunity to attend the Epiphany celebrations in various coastal areas of the...

The 2015 Epiphany Celebration saw an 18-year-old Greek American from Tarpon Springs counting his blessings after retrieving the cross from the water. "This means the...

   A cross-throwing ceremony was held as part of commemorations on the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ, held at Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate...

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras attended the Epiphany celebration on Tuesday in the city of Kavala, Greece. After the ceremony, Samaras...