(ANSA) - ROMA, 06 GEN - epa11808804 Greek Orthodox swimmers
kiss a wooden crucifix during the Epiphany Day ceremony in
Istanbul, Turkey, 06 January 2025. Swimmers take part in an
annual race to retrieve a wooden crucifix thrown by the Greek
Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of
the Greek Orthodox world into the Bosphorus waters at the Golden
Horn.