2020 Tarpon Springs Epiphany Celebration In Photos

TARPON SPRINGS, FL — Each year, Lekkas Photography & Video of Tarpon Springs documents the annual Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration in photos and video.

On Sunday, Beeba Lekkas of Lekkas Photography captured the Great Blessing of the Waters at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church with His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Ioannina and the Blessing of the Fleet at the historic Sponge Docks with the Rev. Athanasios C. Haros.

Then, on Monday, Lekkas was on hand to photograph the Greater Blessing of Waters; the procession to Spring Bayou led by His Emminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, newly enthroned primate of the Greek Orhodox Church in America, and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis; the release of the dove; blessing of the bayou; and casting of the cross.

This year, 57 boys age 16 to 18 tried their luck at retrieving the cross but it was 18-year-old Hunter Sakadales who will be granted "divine beneficence" throughout the year.

To see more photos or purchase copies, visit the Lekkas Photography Facebook page. Funds from all photos that are purchased are donated to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.