Dormition Cathedral superior Yevgeny Popichenko performs a water blessing service over a hole for believers' icy dips in the frozen Verkh-Isetsky Pond on the eve of Epiphany, in Yekaterinburg, Russia. A Christian feast is celebrated on January 19 according to the Julian calendar.18.01.2022#6743765
A priest blesses the water at the Novosibirsk hydroelectric power station reservoir during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the village of Bystrovka, Novosibirsk region, Russia.19.01.2023#8356345
A woman takes a dip in the icy waters of the Black Sea during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany, in Yalta, Crimea, Russia.19.01.2023#8356691
A girl takes an icy dip in the Verkh-Isetsky Pond on the eve of Epiphany, in Yekaterinburg, Russia. A Christian feast is celebrated on January 19 according to the Julian calendar.18.01.2022#6744093
A woman takes a dip in the icy waters of the Neva River by the Peter and Paul Fortress during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany, in St. Petersburg, Russia.19.01.2023#8356632
Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations help the girl to get out of icy waters of Ob River during the celebration of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Novosibirsk, Russia.19.01.2022#6744301
A man takes a dip in icy waters of the Yenisei river during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia.19.01.2022#6744171
Bottles with blessed water are pictured ahead of the Epiphany celebrations at the Church of St. Ioann of Kronstadt in Moscow, Russia. Following the Julian calendar, Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of Epiphany on January 19 marking the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River and his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.18.01.2022#6743915
Archpriest Oleg Shirinkin blesses believers during Epiphany bathing in Kungur Ice Cave.19.01.2017#3012809
An elderly woman takes water from an Epiphany ice hole in Borodayevskoye Lake in the village of Ferapontovo, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349847
Hieromonk Sergii Fedotov blesses the water of Tatarsky Strait at Kholmsk port on Sakhalin Island.19.01.2014#2349761
The Omsk Region, Russia. Local residents bathe in a curative mineral water source at the Achairsky Convent of the Holy Cross of God.19.01.2017#3012105
Priests conduct religious service before Epiphany bathing in the Black Sea in Khosta.19.01.2015#2557391
Dean of Prince Alexander Nevsky Church Father Artemy takes a bath in an icehole on the Miltyush River, near the village of Burmistrovo, Novosibirsk Region.19.01.2015#2557408
A priest consecrates water in a font basin outside the Church of Kirill and Maria of Radonezh in Kaliningrad.18.01.2016#2774812
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during the divine liturgy with the Great Blessing of Waters in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.18.01.2016#2774704
People carry holy water during the Epiphany celebration on the Irtysh River in Tara, Omsk Region.19.01.2016#2775246
An ice hole is prepared for Epiphany bathing at Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery in Volokolamsk District in the Moscow Region.18.01.2017#3011473
A girl attends the Epiphany Eve church service at the St. Catherine Cathedra, Krasnodar.19.01.2017#3011869
A girl seen here during Epiphany bathing at the Zhitenny Theotokos Convent, Ostashkov.19.01.2017#3011908
The Omsk Region, Russia. Local residents bathe in a curative mineral water source at the Achairsky Convent of the Holy Cross of God.19.01.2017#3012081
Consecrating water in a mineral water spring at the Achair Convent of Holy Cross in the Omsk Region.19.01.2017#3012090
A priest blesses believers on Epiphany Day at the Achair Convent of Holy Cross in the Omsk Region.19.01.2017#3012095
The Omsk Region, Russia. A local resident bathes in a curative mineral water source at the Achairsky Convent of the Holy Cross of God.19.01.2017#3012101
