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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Istanbul Greeks celebrate Orthodox feast with Golden Horn cross-retrieving

A bitterly cold Jan. 6 morning saw the return of one of Istanbul’s oldest - and most demanding - religious traditions, as dozens of Greek Orthodox Christians swam frantically to retrieve a cross thrown into the Golden Horn


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