Frankston

The Australian summer weather gave thousands of devoted Greek Orthodox Australians the opportunity to attend the Epiphany celebrations in various coastal areas of the country. In Frankston, the Greek Orthodox community commemorated the day with a holy service in the...

  Despite the bad weather at Frankston, south of Melbourne, many people attended the annual Greek Orthodox ceremony of the blessing of the waters. According to Greek Orthodox custom, a wooden cross is thrown into the water and swimmers chase it...

It's summer in Australia and some 10,000 people turned out across the country to watch celebrations for the Epiphany and to see Greek Orthodox clergy perform the Great Blessing of Waters and cast a cross into the water to...