Bulgaria’s Epiphany rituals amid pandemic make many cross
Indignation erupted on social networks in Bulgaria on January 6 as, in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, gatherings were held across the country for the Orthodox Church Epiphany ritual of pursuing a cross thrown by clergy into a river, lake or the sea.
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