Celebrating the Epiphany in Pictures

Lithuanians dressed as the Three Kings at the Christmas tree at Cathedral square during Epiphany Day celebrations in Vilnius. Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks the day the three wise men visited Christ. AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis
Pope Francis attends a solemn mass to commemorate the Feast of the Epiphany at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. The Epiphany marks the coming of the three Magi who paid homage to the Christ child born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. Franco Origlia/Getty Images
Entertainers take part in the traditional Three Kings parade marking the Epiphany in Madrid. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images
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. AP Photo/Emrah Gurel
Entertainers hold a giant puppet depicting theoretical physicist Albert Einstein during the traditional Three Kings parade marking the Epiphany in Madrid. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images
Men dance in the cold winter waters of the Tundzha River in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images
Men dressed as "La Befana", an imaginary old woman who is thought to bring gifts to children during the festival of the Epiphany, row boats down the Grand Canal in Venice. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
A man dressed as one of the Three Kings greets people during the Epiphany parade in Gijon, Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
People parade through the streets as part of celebrations of Three Kings Day in downtown Vilnius, Lithuania. AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis
Men dressed as the Three Kings ride camels across the medieval Charles Bridge, as a part of a re-enactment of the Nativity scene, in Prague. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Actors perform during the Epiphany parade in Madrid. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Bulgarian men dance in the waters of the Tundzha river during a celebration to commemorate Epiphany Day in Kalofer, Bulgaria. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Actors representing biblical characters walk in Warsaw's annual Epiphany procession. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski
Hundreds follow performers during the annual Three Kings procession in Krakow Poland. Artur Widak/NurPhoto
A man holds a cross during a competition to retrieve it from the water during Epiphany day celebrations in the port village of Zygi, near Limassol, Cyprus. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
A family poses for photographs with performers dressed as the Three Kings at a fair in Mexico City. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell