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The winner in retrieving a wooden cross, Evaggelos Kargiofilis (second from right) holds it up during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water, and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Photos Nikolas Giakoumidis)
Photo by: NIKOLAS GIAKOUMIDIS
The winner in retrieving a wooden cross, Evaggelos Kargiofilis (second from right) holds it up during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water, and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Photos Nikolas Giakoumidis)

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