Epiphany, called Theophany in the East, commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, and the water rite follows from it. In Greek coastal towns the priest throws a cross into the harbour and young men dive for it, with the one who surfaces holding it taking a blessing for the year. In Russia and Ukraine a cross-shaped hole is cut in river ice and the faithful immerse three times, in temperatures that make it a genuine feat; Soviet suppression did not end the practice and it grew sharply after 1991. Ethiopian Timkat is the largest version: the tabot, the replica of the Ark kept in every church, is carried out in procession, watched overnight, and the crowd is sprinkled at dawn — it is the biggest festival in the Ethiopian year and is on the UNESCO intangible heritage list. The blessed water is taken home and kept, and it is used on houses, animals and the sick.