Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed of several epiphanies—and that comes as something of a relief.

“I think it will revive the hopes and spirits of everyone.” Epiphany is celebrated worldwide but the famous celebration in Tarpon Springs turns the small town known for its quaint sponge docks ...

Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by bathing in a lake in the village of Leninskoe, near Bishkek. Camera: IGOR KOVALENKO.

A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

For the past week, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral has been preparing for the 119th Epiphany celebration, which signifies the baptism of Jesus Christ by St. John the Baptist in the River ...

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Believers participate in this bathing tradition during the Orthodox celebration of Epiphany following the Julian calendar.

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 ...