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Epiphany is observed as the date the Three Wise Men visited Jesus.
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Bulgarian men bounce to discover a wooden cross amid Epiphany day festivities in Sofia, Bulgaria. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
An Orthodox reliable kisses a cross amid a festival for Orthodox Epiphany Day held for the second time in decades, on the northern side of ethnically-split Cyprus, in Famagusta, Cyprus. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
A man dressed as one of the Three Kings welcomes individuals amid the Epiphany parade in Gijon, Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
Orthodox dedicated bounce to get a wooden cross amid Epiphany day festivities in the southern suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Pope Francis holds the Book of the Gospels amid the Epiphany mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
Orthodox reliable hold a wooden cross amid Epiphany day festivities in the southern suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
An Orthodox dependable overcomes the icy waters amid Epiphany day festivities in the southern suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A man conveys a kid as Bulgarian men move in the frigid waters of the Tundzha waterway amid a festival to celebrate Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
A man dressed as one of the Three Kings welcomes youngsters amid the Epiphany parade in Gijon, Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
Greek Orthodox loyal Nikolas Solis, 29, a traveler from Greece, gets a blessing from Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew after he recovered a wooden cross from the waters of Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Volunteers of San Carlos Borromeo ward spruced up as the Three Wise Men, warm up beside hot coals in the wake of giving endlessly endowments in the shanty town settlement of 'El Gallinero', in the edges of Madrid, Spain. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Orthodox dedicated attempt to find a cross amid a festival for Orthodox Epiphany Day held for the second time in decades in Famagusta, Cyprus. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Greek Orthodox loyal Nikolas Solis, 29, a pioneer from Greece, connects with recover a wooden cross as he swims in the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
A man dressed as one of the Three Kings offers bread to a camel before the begin of the Epiphany parade in Gijon, Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
A man conveys a kid as Bulgarian men move in the frosty waters of the Tundzha waterway amid a festival to honor Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
A man dressed as Melchior, one of the Three Wise Men, waves amid the conventional Epiphany parade in Madrid, Spain. REUTERS/Juan Medina
People respond as desserts are tossed to them from a buoy by individuals dressed as the Three Wise Men amid the conventional Epiphany parade in Malaga, southern Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
A man (C) dressed as Gaspar, one of the Three Wise Men, and his partners toss desserts from a buoy amid the customary Epiphany parade in Malaga, southern Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Men spruced up as the Three Wise Men wave to kids in the wake of touching base on a helicopter to participate in the customary Epiphany parade in Ronda, close Malaga, southern Spain. Kids in Spain customarily get their Christmas presents conveyed by the Three Wise Men on the morning of January 6, amid the Christian occasion of the Epiphany. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Participants partake in the customary Three Kings swim to observe Epiphany at the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. REUTERS/David W Cerny