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Listen: The Latin ProgramAleck Alissandratos holding the cross following a dive during the Greek Epiphany Day Celebration in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Image Number
FP77112
Photographer
Bulger, Peggy A.
Date
1977
Date Note
Photographed on January 6, 1977.
Rights
Collection
Folklife Collection.
Series 1577, Box 16, FF16
Series 1577, Box 16, FF16
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Practices
Religious customs
Belief and custom
Religious traditions
Ethnicity, Greek
Ethnicity, European
Celebrations
Community rites--Florida--White Springs
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Sacred festivals, Christian
Ritual objects
Religious objects
Recreation--Florida--Tarpon Springs
Festivals--Florida--Tarpon Springs
Manners and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Epiphany
Religious articles
Signs and symbols
Crosses
Greek Americans
Young men--Florida--Tarpon Springs
Ritualism
Religious customs
Belief and custom
Religious traditions
Ethnicity, Greek
Ethnicity, European
Celebrations
Community rites--Florida--White Springs
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Sacred festivals, Christian
Ritual objects
Religious objects
Recreation--Florida--Tarpon Springs
Festivals--Florida--Tarpon Springs
Manners and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Epiphany
Religious articles
Signs and symbols
Crosses
Greek Americans
Young men--Florida--Tarpon Springs
Ritualism
Personal Subjects
Additional Creator
Clearwater Sun Photos.
Additional Creator
Clearwater Sun Photos.
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.
General Note
The day-long Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Celebration includes a morning service at St. Nicholas Cathedral, the release of a white dove of peace, the ritual dive by Greek Orthodox boys in Spring Bayou for a cross, which is followed by Greek foods, music, and dancing, known as a glendi.
Aleck Alissandratos holding the cross following a dive during the Greek Epiphany Day Celebration in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
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