Epiphany celebrated in Karpasia’s Ayia Triada

Traditional Greek Cypriot epiphany celebrations were held in the Karpas peninsula village of Ayia Triada on Tuesday, with a holy cross thrown into the sea next to the Ayios Thyrsos church for churchgoers to catch.

The day began with a church service, before the ceremonial cross-throwing, with many churchgoers then visiting the Byzantine era Archangel Michael church and the local Greek Cypriot cemetery.

Ayia Triada was before 1974 an entirely Greek Cypriot village and remained...