Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and ...

Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Reeves has gone from being accused of talking the country down to sounding as if gripped by starry-eyed fantasy. She needs to be careful about her mood swinging too far the other way, writes John Rent ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

Ukrainians have largely moved away from the Ukrainian ... But some still celebrate Epiphany on January 19, including followers of the UOC, threatened with a ban over its links with Moscow.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany on the night of Jan. 18-19 ... of Anapa said the festivities went ahead on the city’s beach, despite the entire area having been contaminated by an ongoing major ...

Officials have reacted so far by creating alternative ... Across Russia, the Orthodox devout celebrate Epiphany on 19 January by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through ...

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...