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Polar swimmers wave after their traditional Three Kings swim in the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Prague castle and the Charles Bridge are in the background.

Armenians light candles on the eve of Orthodox Christmas inside a cathedral in Yerevan on Jan. 5, 2018.

Entertainers hold a giant puppet depicting theoretical physicist Albert Einstein during the traditional Three Kings parade marking Epiphany in Madrid on Jan. 5, 2018.

Hook Eagle Morris Men and villagers process into the orchard during the annual Wassail night in Hartley Wintney, 40 miles west of London on Jan. 5, 2018. The event, held near to twelfth night, celebrates both the passing of Christmas and the future good health of the fruit trees. Traditionally the custom involved the local farm workers visiting the orchard after dark with shotguns, horns, food and a large pail of cider. They would make a loud noise to raise the Sleeping Tree Spirit and to scare off demons. Cider would be poured over the roots and pieces of toast placed in the branches as a gift to the spirit of the tree. The wassail song is sung as a blessing or charm to bring fruitfulness or even in admonishment not to fail in the upcoming year.

Men hold up the Bulgarian flag as they dance in the cold winter waters of the Tundzha River in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria, on Jan. 6, 2018, as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters.

Entertainers take part in the traditional Three Kings parade marking Epiphany in Madrid on Jan. 5, 2018.

Men dance in the cold winter waters of the Tundzha River in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria, on Jan. 6, 2018, as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters.

Pope Francis kisses a statue of the Holy Child as he arrives to celebrate the Epiphany Mass at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2018.

A Christian worshipper holds a cross at the church of the nativity ahead of the arrival of Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox patriarch Theophilos III in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Jan. 6, 2018 for a Christmas service according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar. The municipalities of Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, all in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, called for the boycott over Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox patriarch allegedly allowing controversial real estate sales.

Men swim to retrieve a wooden cross thrown into the sea during the blessing of the water ceremony marking the Orthodox Epiphany day, in Greece's northern port of Thessaloniki, on Jan. 6, 2018. Similar celebrations for the Epiphany day are held across the country and region on river banks, seafronts and lakes.

Nicolaos Solis from Greece kisses the wooden cross which was thrown into the waters by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, during the Epiphany ceremony to bless the waters at the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

Greek Orthodox swimmers kiss a wooden cross retrieved from the Bosphorus river's Golden Horn, as part of celebrations of the Epiphany day at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, on Jan. 6, 2018. Similar celebrations for the Epiphany Day are held across the country and region on river banks, seafronts and lakes.

A Lithuanian Orthodox believer lights candles during the liturgy on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

A priest blesses horses before the traditional Epiphany celebration horse race in Pietrosani, Romania, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. According to the local Epiphany traditions, following a religious service, villagers have their horses blessed with holy water then compete in a race.

A villager rides in the traditional Epiphany celebration horse race in Pietrosani, Romania, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. According to the local Epiphany traditions, following a religious service, villagers have their horses blessed with Holy water then compete in a race.

A priests takes pictures of Pope Francis as he leaves at the end of an Epiphany Mass he celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Francis, in a homily Saturday to mark Epiphany, said people are 鈥渙ften make do鈥� with having 鈥渉ealth, a little money and a bit of entertainment.鈥�

Angelos Filoxenidis, center, raises a cross retrieved from the sea during a water blessing ceremony marking the Epiphany celebrations in the Paleo Faliro suburb, southern Athens, Greece, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Similar ceremonies marking Epiphany were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes, where Orthodox priests throw a cross into the water and swimmers race to retrieve it.