With particular splendour for the sanctification of the water in Kos, with a crowd of people

With great pomp in the presence of the Mayor and… the world was held today the ceremony of the consecration of the water, while a number of daredevils who swam in the frozen waters in order to recover the Holy Cross.
The ceremony for the Mega holy water started this morning at the Church of St. Nicholas, officiated by his Eminence Metropolitan Κώου and Nisyros mr Nathanael, and about 11 in the morning, eventually took to the Air Stairs of Kos, and not in the Marina, prayer, and casting of the Holy Cross into the sea for the consecration of the water.
About 30 was the courageous swimmers that were found from early in the War ladder, in order to participate in the custom. The Cross caught the of our townsmen Claus Προύζος, who had been caught in the past, once again, the Cross. It is worth noting that the Mayor of Kos and the Metropolitan left free white doves, which symbolize purity.


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