On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the events of the ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated ... She asked Father Sergiy ...

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Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Orthodox Christians in Tampa Bay and around the world are celebrating the Epiphany on Monday, marking the end of the Christmas season. It is also known as the Feast of ...

MOSCOW — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their ...

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov ...

Warm Weather Threatens Epiphany Ice Water Plunges for Russia's Orthodox Christians MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers ...