A vital role in the annual celebration is the Dove Bearer. A member of the community, typically a young woman, is chosen to carry a dove in the procession to the Spring Bayou and then release it.

Today, thousands of spectators are joining together in Tarpon Springs for the annual commemoration of Jesus Christ’s baptism, known as the Epiphany celebration. 11:01 Festivities are underway in Tarpon Springs Patrons filed into a packed St.

This was Boillot's second year of diving. While he says he was nowhere close to the cross at that time, things turned out differently this time.

A long-standing tradition in the Greek Orthodox community, the Epiphany celebration, took place Monday in Tarpon Springs.

Today, thousands of spectators are joining together in Tarpon Springs for the annual commemoration of Jesus Christ’s baptism, known as the Epiphany celebration. 12:48 p.m. Another family affair at Tarpon Springs Epiphany Luc Boillot,