4 minutes agoYoung People Challenge the Cold to Catch the Cross
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Berat, the city of water blessed with the oldest and most enduring tradition of more than 2,400 years, has gathered hundreds of city and district residents in the morning of January 6, to look closely at the throwing of the cross on the Osum River bed. This time, fate was with the young man from the neighborhood “Gorica”, [...]
This time, fate was with the young man from the neighborhood “Gorica”, Constantine Musha, who managed to pull out the cross and hand it over to church leaders according to the rites.
Blessed water day, the young men of Berat are thrown into the river. The Durres, the Sea
Blessed water day is also marked in the city of Durres, where the water - throwing ceremony of the cross is held in the port basin. The cross this year was brought out of the water by young Ersis Papajorgji, who thanked God for his blessing on this marked day.
Even in Korca, dozens of young people challenged cold temperatures and water and plunged into the water to draw out the blessed cross. After the celebration of Mass ritual for all believers, in the cathedral “The image of Christ”, the choir citizens have turned to the fountain of “Vangus Mio”, where the ceremony has been held.
At the sacred water ceremony in the city of Elbasan, the cross was drawn from the 19-year-old young man Alexander Llozi.
Blessed water day is also marked by the othodoc believers in Fier, where the Church “Shaten George” of this city organized the casting of the cross into water. The cross was taken out of 15-year-old Athanas David.
By repeating the Biblical rite of Christ's baptism in the Jordan River, dozens of Gjirokastra residents have attended religious ceremonies that accompany this day. Ceremonies have begun with traditional Mass at Church “The light of Christ”, followed by the throwing of the cross into the waters of the Drino River, where Haxhi Rexha became the savior of the cross, challenging cold and icy waters.
