A woman kisses a candle before joining Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, for an Epiphany ceremony at the Patriarchate in Istanbul, Wednesday, January 6, 2016. The traditional Epiphany ceremony marks the Epithany in Istanbul when Bartholomew I or an Orthodox priest throws a simple wooden cross into the water to bless the water at the Golden Horn and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)
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