Would You Swim in Lake Ohrid in Wintertime? 🇲🇰 | Orthodox Epiphany Day

Would you swim in Lake Ohrid when the air temperature is just above freezing? Well, lots of people do every year to celebrate the Orthodox day of Epiphany in North Macedonia.

01.14 Start of celebrations
05.48 Exploring Ohrid

Every year, masses gather at rivers and lakes around the country to take part in an annual event that sees hundreds or thousands of mainly Macedonian boys and men jump take the freezing plunge and compete to be the first to catch the cross, thrown by a priest in to the water.

It is thought that the person who catches the cross will have good luck and prosperity for them and their family for the coming year.

*** APOLOGIES FOR THE MISPRONUNCIATION OF OHRID! ***

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