Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...
However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...
Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and ...
A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...
Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...
Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...
Thousands of Orthodox Christians marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water.
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In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community, the feast of the Epiphany is marked by the traditional "swim for the Holy Cross." ...
Video. Epiphany ceremonies were held throughout North Macedonia, with the Holy Cross thrown into the water to commemorate the ...
Some Orthodox Christians continue to mark Epiphany in Russian-affiliated religious centers, even as Kyiv moves toward banning the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...