January 17, 2003. Immersion for Greek Orthodox, a religious ceremony at Lake Kinneret in honor of the New Year. In the Christian religion, immersion in water symbolizes identification with the death and resurrection of Christ. The Church of the Apostles, which belongs to the Greek Orthodox community and is near the entrance of the Capernaum national park, was built in the 1920s and dedicated to the 12 Apostles of Jesus.