RECORD IS BROKEN! Beautiful scenes at Lake Gazivode: As many as 300 people swim to retrieve Cross on Epiphany

Photo: Nikola Tomic

A record has been broken this Orthodox Epiphany in the municipality of Zubin Potok in the north of Kosovo and Metohija.

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As many as 300 swimmers braved the icy Lake Gazivode in a bid to retrieve the Holy Cross.

300 registered participants jumped into the lake and began to swim to the finish line - to the Holy Cross.

None were deterred by the extremely cold weather.

See what that looked like:

Today is one of the major Orthodox Christian holidays, Epiphany.

The Epiphany bathing in rivers and lakes is widespread throughout the country but also among Serbs in the diaspora.

(Telegraf.rs)