Theophania 2014 at Battery Park - NYC

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Created on Monday, 20 January 2014 12:56

The Clergy and people of the Cathedral of St Markella in New York City celebrated the Great Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River (Theophania) - 2014. As has become tradition the celebration culminated at Battery Park in New York Harbor with young men swimming in the Hudson River to retrieve the Cross. This year the Cross was tossed into the harbor by His Grace Bishop Demetrius of Boston.

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