TARPON SPRINGS, Fla – Greek-American George Stamas, 16, came up with the white cross during the annual cross dive in the Spring Bayou, part of the Epiphany celebration on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Greek-Orthodox Christians all over the world celebrated Epiphany Friday with blessing of the waters ceremonies.
By tradition, a crucifix is cast into the waters of a lake or river, and it is believed that the person who retrieves it will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy through the year.
In Tarpon Springs, after the cross was fished out, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, celebrated with George Stamas and sprinkled believers with water using a bunch of basil.
NEW YORK – With $10.5 million as the final price of the transaction, the sale of the premises that has housed, for more than 30 years, the well-known homegrown supermarket Titan Foods, owned by Kostas Mastoras, has been completed.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
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