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A Greek Orthodox swimmer kissing the wooden cross in the Bosphorus river’s Golden Horn after a Mass as part of celebrations of the Epiphany day at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchiate in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The Orthodox faith uses the...

A Greek Orthodox swimmer kissing the wooden cross in the Bosphorus river’s Golden Horn after a Mass as part of celebrations of the Epiphany day at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchiate in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The Orthodox faith uses the old Julian calendar in which Christmas falls 13 days after its more widespread Gregorian calendar counterpart on December 25.

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