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Blessing of the Waters ceremony in Australia
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-06 16:03

Greek Orthodox Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis blesses a worshipper, who successfully dived to retrieve a cross, during the Blessing of the Waters ceremony for the Day of Epiphany festival at a bayside beach in Melbourne January 6, 2009. The Day of Epiphany is celebrated by members of the Greek Orthodox faith, as the day that Jesus Christ was baptised in the River Jordon by John the Baptist. [Agencies]