Priest Holds Candles over the Blessing Water at Epiphany at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church, Virginia Beach (2025) by Shalone Cason - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo

Taken at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on January 8, 2025. During the Great Blessing of Water at Epiphany (Theophany), the priest holds lit candles and a cross over a golden vessel of water to be blessed.