Archpriest Oleg Shirinkin blesses believers during Epiphany bathing in Kungur Ice Cave.19.01.2017#3012809
Believers are seen here on the river bank after Epiphany bathing in the Yenisei river in Sayanogorsk.19.01.2017#3011743
A woman takes a plunge outside the Church of St. Divine Builders in Akademishesky District, Yekaterinburg during Epiphany bathing.19.01.2017#3011878
A man takes a plunge outside the Church of St. Divine Builders in Akademishesky District, Yekaterinburg during Epiphany bathing.19.01.2017#3011871
A man takes a plunge outside the Church of St. Divine Builders in Akademishesky District, Yekaterinburg during Epiphany bathing.19.01.2017#3011872
Believers take a plunge in the Yenisei river in Sayanogorsk during Epiphany celebration.19.01.2017#3011756
A man takes a plunge outside the Church of St. Divine Builders in Akademishesky District, Yekaterinburg during Epiphany bathing.19.01.2017#3011866
Believers take a plunge in the Yenisei river in Sayanogorsk during Epiphany bathing.19.01.2017#3011757
Epiphany bathing outside the Church of St. Divine Builders in Akademishesky District, Yekaterinburg.18.01.2017#3011873
A young man kisses a cross before taking Epiphany bath in the Kazanka River near the Church of Image of Edessa in Kazan.19.01.2016#2775391
A priest during Epiphany bathing in the Kazanka River near the Church of Image of Edessa in Kazan.19.01.2016#2775390
Congregation gathers for a holiday mass on Epiphany eve in Valdaisky Iversky Monastery.18.01.2013#1343769
A traditional cross-shaped hole is prepared in the ice of the Sports Harbor in the center of Vladivostok.18.01.2013#1342990
A traditional cross-shaped hole is prepared in the ice of the Sports Harbor in the center of Vladivostok.18.01.2013#1342989
A traditional cross-shaped hole is prepared in the ice of the Sports Harbor in the center of Vladivostok.18.01.2013#1342988
A traditional cross-shaped hole is prepared in the ice of the Sports Harbor in the center of Vladivostok.18.01.2013#1342987
Believers in Chita's Cathedral of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God take in blessed water on the Eve of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1342983
Believers take in blessed water in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Southern Butovo, Moscow, on the Eve of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1343237
Believers take in blessed water in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Southern Butovo, Moscow, on the Eve of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1343236
Believers take in blessed water in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Southern Butovo, Moscow, on the Eve of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1343235
Believers take in blessed water in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Southern Butovo, Moscow, on the Eve of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1343234
Believers take in blessed water in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Southern Butovo, Moscow, on the Eve of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1343233
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the LDPR party (right), bathing in an ice hole in Bezdonnoye Lake in Serebryany Bor, Moscow.19.01.2008#179093
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the LDPR party (right), bathing in an ice hole in Bezdonnoye Lake in Serebryany Bor, Moscow. 19.01.2008#179092