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2012 TARPON SPRINGS EPIPHANY

This gallery BEST VIEWED using the slideshow button in the upper right. The 2012 Epiphany celebration was a historic event! It was held in Tarpon Springs, FL. as it is every year. This year was very unique, two crosses were thrown into spring bayou and four boys were rewarded with the blessings given to whoever retrieves the cross. The first cross could not be located in the murky water, so a second was thrown. Three boys surfaced with the second cross, and a few minutes later the first cross was located, so all four were rewarded. It was the first time since 1976 that a second cross had to be thrown and the first time in the 106 year history of the event that four boys were honored for retrieving the Cross.
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Miros is carried to the Cathedral in triumph by his fellow divers to receive his blessing.
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Miros is carried to the Cathedral in triumph by his fellow divers to receive his blessing.

  • Louis Mailisand, 17, from Tarpon Springs surfaces with the Cross. It was later determined that two other boys also initially surfaced with the Cross, Jared Alissandratos, 16, from Tarpon Springs and Alexi Lake, 16, from New Port Richey were also determined to have retrieved the Cross. It is the first time in the 106 year history of the Epiphany event that four boys have been honored as having retrieved the Cross.
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  • A few of the boys continue to search for the first Cross thrown.
  • The Clergy watch as the search continues.
  • Perseverance pays off! Miros Petru, 17, of Tarpon Springs finally retrieves the first Cross thrown. He is a cousin to Louis Mailisand, who retrieved the second cross thrown that day.
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  • Miros Petru kisses the Cross as he is hoisted on the shoulders of his fellow divers.
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  • Miros is carried to the Cathedral in triumph by his fellow divers to receive his blessing.
  • Alexi Lake, who had both hands on the Cross initially, only to have it stripped away underwater was helped to shore by the rescue divers, rescue personnel said they had to pull a couple boys off him so he could surface for a breath.
  • Alexi Lake, who was honored for retrieving the Cross, struggles to regain his composure after being helped to shore by a rescue diver.
  • Alexi is comforted by his Mom, Eleftheria Lake. He was later recognized and honored for retrieving the Cross in a historic Epiphany event.
  • Statue in front of St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, FL.
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