A priest blessing the water in an ice-hole at Blyudtse Lake in Novosibirsk's Leninsky District.19.01.2013#1347827
A priest performs the rite of blessing the water in an ice-hole on Lake Arkhiereiskoye in the village of Tarlashi, Laishevo District, Tatarstan.19.01.2013#1345119
A Cossack religious procession to an ice hole on the Don River in the city of Kalach-on-the-Don.19.01.2013#1344847
Parishioners during the festive service in the cathedral of the Valday Iversky Monastery.19.01.2013#1344735
A priest performs the festive prayer service before the rite of blessing the water on the Kazanka River in Kazan.19.01.2013#1344663
A priest performs the festive prayer service before the rite of blessing the water on the Kazanka River in Kazan.19.01.2013#1344662
A man takes blessed water from an ice-hole in the village of Goritsy, Vologda Region.19.01.2013#1344450
A man takes blessed water from an ice-hole in the village of Goritsy, Vologda Region.19.01.2013#1344449
An old woman after the rite of blessing the water at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.19.01.2013#1344448
A priest performs the rite of blessing the water at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.19.01.2013#1344447
Residents of Nizhni Novgorod line up for a plunge in an ice hole on the rowing canal.19.01.2013#1344267
A man takes a plunge in baptismal waters in Serebryanny Bor on the Feast of the Epiphany.19.01.2013#1344153
Muscovites take a plunge in the baptismal waters in Serebryanny Bor on the Feast of the Epiphany.19.01.2013#1344151
A man bathes in baptismal ice hole in Serebryanny Bor on the Feast of the Epiphany.19.01.2013#1344150
A man bathes in baptismal ice hole in Serebryanny Bor on the Feast of the Epiphany.19.01.2013#1344149
Muscovites take a plunge in the baptismal waters in Serebryanny Bor on the Feast of the Epiphany.19.01.2013#1344148
Muscovites are about to take a plunge in the baptismal waters in Serebryanny Bor on the Feast of the Epiphany.18.01.2013#1344147
Belarusian Emergencies Ministry officer bathes in Tsna reservoir in Minsk to celebrate the Epiphany holiday.18.01.2013#1344073
Belarusian Emergencies Ministry officer bathes in Tsna reservoir in Minsk to celebrate the Epiphany holiday.18.01.2013#1344072
Vladivostok residents take a dip in a swimming hole on the Epiphany holiday in Sportivny harbor.19.01.2013#1343830
Vladivostok residents take a dip in a swimming hole on the Epiphany holiday in Sportivny harbor.19.01.2013#1343829
Vladivostok residents take a dip in a swimming hole on the Epiphany holiday in Sportivny harbor.19.01.2013#1343828
Congregation gathers for a holiday mass on Epiphany eve in Valdaisky Iversky Monastery.18.01.2013#1343769
A woman takes a plunge in an ice hole on Epiphany, lake Kenon outside the city of Chita with air temperature of 25 degrees Celsius below zero.18.01.2013#1343603
A man takes a plunge in an ice hole on Epiphany, lake Kenon outside the city of Chita with air temperature of 25 degrees Celsius below zero.18.01.2013#1343587
A man bathing in an ice-hole cut in the shape of the Orthodox cross during the celebrations of the Feast of Epiphany on Lake Vyacha, near Minsk.18.01.2013#1343391
A man bathing in an ice-hole cut in the shape of the Orthodox cross during the celebrations of the Feast of Epiphany on Lake Vyacha, near Minsk.18.01.2013#1343389
A man bathing in an ice-hole cut in the shape of the Orthodox cross during the celebrations of the Feast of Epiphany on Lake Vyacha, near Minsk.18.01.2013#1343388
A man bathing in an ice-hole cut in the shape of the Orthodox cross during the celebrations of the Feast of Epiphany on Lake Vyacha, near Minsk.18.01.2013#1343387
