The above picture is from the celebration of Three Kings Day, 6 January 2010, in New York City. On Epiphany, Roman Catholics normally celebrate the Three Magi on this day… whereas we Orthodox centre our celebrations on water and blessings. That is, Greeks jump into a lake or bay to retreive a cross, we Russians cross ourselves and jump into holes cut into the ice, whilst Bulgarians dance the horo in ice-choked streams. Sectarians don’t do anything on this day… they don’t celebrate holydays… if that doesn’t tell you that they’re not Christians, nothing will.
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