Rev. Father Nikolay Miletkov tosses a cross in to the Rio Grande during the Blessing of the Rio Grande by All Saints of North America Orthodox Church on Sunday January 8, 2023. The ceremony, which includes a procession to the river, marks the Sunday of Theophany and commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal
Veronica Allander and her husband Krag Allander hold an Icon of the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan during the Blessing at the Rio Grande by All Saints of North America Orthodox Church on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
Subdeacon John Teifel gets and his wife Dobrina Teifel prepare for the procession to the Rio Grande during the annual river blessing by All Saints of North America Orthodox Church on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal
All Saints of North America Orthodox Church parishioners Paul Reardon, left, Steve Othling and Krag Allander prepare for the Procession of the Blessing at the Rio Grande on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
All Saints of North America Orthodox Church parishioners follows a cross bearer, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, during the Blessing at the Rio Grande. The ceremony, which includes a procession to the river, marks the Sunday of Theophany and commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River Adolphe Pierre-Louis/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
A procession follows a cross during the Blessing at the Rio Grande by All Saints of North America Orthodox Church on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal
Rev. Father Nikolay Miletkov reads the Gospel during the Blessing at the Rio Grande by All Saints of North America Orthodox Church on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
Rev. Father Nikolay Miletkov leads a prayer during the Blessing at the Rio Grande by All Saints of North America Orthodox Church. The wooden cross was retrieved by parishioner Matthew Langley .Photographed on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
All Saints of North America Orthodox Church parishioner Matthew Langley retrieves a cross after it was tossed in to the Rio Grande by Rev. Father Nikolay Miletkov during the Blessing at the Rio Grande on Sunday January 8 , 2023. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
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