(ANSA) - ROMA, 06 GEN - epa11060648 Greek Orthodox swimmers
jump in to the water to get a wooden crucifix during the
Epiphany Day ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, 06 January 2024.
Swimmers take part in an annual race to retrieve a wooden
crucifix thrown by the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of Greek Orthodox world into the
Bosphorus waters at the Golden Horn.