The 119th annual Epiphany celebration took place Monday in Tarpon Springs. Events include the cross dive, which promises a year of blessings, and a festival. Luc Boillot, a 17-year-old from ...

Epiphany is a lifelong celebration for many residents. Andrew Nikiforakis grew up in Tarpon Springs and retrieved the cross during the dive in 1992, when he was 16. Now he volunteers for the ...

John Hittos, 16, retrieves the cross during the annual cross dive in the Spring Bayou, part of the Epiphany celebration on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay ...

The Epiphany celebration and cross dive is happening this Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Here's a list of events for Tarpon Springs' Greek Orthodox tradition. Skip Navigation ...

Some Orthodox churches, which use a different calendar to mark their liturgical year, celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 and won’t take the dive until then. That sounds bracing.

John Hittos, 16, retrieves the cross during the annual cross dive in the Spring Bayou, part of the Epiphany celebration on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay ...

Young boys and girls dive into the waters of Lake Eola to be the first to retrieve the cross tossed into the water by Father John Hamatie during the 50th Epiphany celebration to commemorate the ...

A 16-year-old was the cross retriever in the 118th annual Tarpon Springs Epiphany Celebration cross dive. John Paul Hittos of Clearwater retrieved the cross on Saturday afternoon.

John Hittos, 16, retrieves the cross during the annual cross dive in the Spring Bayou, part of the Epiphany celebration on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay ...

After thunderstorms moved past, Florida’s largest Greek Orthodox community celebrated the Epiphany on Saturday as a 16-year-old boy dove into chilly water to retrieve a cross in an annual rite ...