Haliç'teki geleneksel haç çıkarma töreni

Greek Orthodox faithful Nikolas Solis holds a wooden crucifix in the Golden Horn in Istanbul

İsa peygamberin vaftiz edilişi, Ta Fota (Işıklar) Bayramı, Ekümenik Patrikhane’de ayinle kutlandı. Büyük ayinin ardından Haliç kıyısında geleneksel haç atma töreni düzenlendi. Patrik Bartholomeos tarafından denize atılan hacı bu sene Yunanistanlı Nikos Solis çıkardı. (Fotoğraflar: Murad Sezer / Reuters)

Greek Orthodox faithful Nikolas Solis, 28, a pilgrim from Agrinio of Greece, kisses a wooden crucifix in the Golden Horn in Istanbul January 6, 2016. Greek Orthodox faithful swam to retrieve the wooden crucifix thrown by Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew into the Golden Horn in Bosphorus during Epiphany Day celebrations. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Greek Orthodox faithful wait for the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (not pictured) to throw a wooden crucifix into the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey, January 6, 2016. Greek Orthodox faithful swam to retrieve the wooden crucifix thrown by Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I into the Golden Horn in Bosphorus during Epiphany Day celebrations. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Greek Orthodox faithful swim towards a wooden crucifix in the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey, January 6, 2016. Greek Orthodox faithful swam to retrieve the wooden crucifix thrown by Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I into the Golden Horn in Bosphorus during Epiphany Day celebrations. REUTERS/Murad Sezer