Greek Orthodox faithful kiss a wooden cross after it was retrieved from the water during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in the Golden Horn in Istanbul on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox, threw a cross into the water, and swimmers raced to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Ibrahim Usta)
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