for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm saul gonzalez in los angeles. >>> finally, some orthodox christians celebrated epiphany this week, a day on which they commemorate the baptism of jesus. as is traditional, in istanbul, greek orthodox christians jumped into the bosphorus to retrieve a cross, other orthodox christians, including the russian and coptic churches, will celebrate epiphany on january 19th. >>> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. there's always much more on our web site as well. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, more scenes of epiphany and orthodox christmas. major funding is provided by --