Karlo Irakli Tarinas (L), a 29-year-old Orthodox Christian, kisses a wooden crucifix he retrieved ahead of other participants from the cold waters of Golden Horn in the Bosphorus in Istanbul January 6, 2005, during a ceremony celebrating the baptism of Jesus Christ. Swimmers raced to retrieve the wooden crucifix thrown by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew into the Bosphorus, which is a tradition following a mass at Aya Yorgi Church attended by hundreds of ethnic Greeks and visitors from Greece. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas FS/JV