Russian Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in Neva River in St. Petersburg.19.01.2014#2349959
Russian Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in Nero lake in the Yaroslavl Region.19.01.2014#2349946
A young woman celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole at Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg.19.01.2014#2349916
A young woman celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole at Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg.19.01.2014#2349908
Russian Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in Onezhskoye Lake in Petrozavodsk.19.01.2014#2349891
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in Onezhskoye Lake in Petrozavodsk.19.01.2014#2349890
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole near the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, Vologda Region.19.01.2014#2349888
A believer in an ice hole during Epiphany bathing near Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349887
A believer in an ice hole during Epiphany bathing near Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349885
Russian Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in Onezhskoye Lake in Petrozavodsk.19.01.2014#2349883
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in Volkhov River in Veliky Novgorod.19.01.2014#2349880
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in Volkhov River in Veliky Novgorod.19.01.2014#2349879
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in Volkhov River in Veliky Novgorod.19.01.2014#2349877
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in Volkhov River in Veliky Novgorod.19.01.2014#2349876
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in Volkhov River in Veliky Novgorod.19.01.2014#2349873
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in the village of Leninskoye, Novosibirsk Region.19.01.2014#2349870
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in the village of Leninskoye, Novosibirsk Region.19.01.2014#2349869
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in an ice hole in the village of Leninskoye, Novosibirsk Region.19.01.2014#2349868
Hieromonk Sergii Fedotov blesses the water of Tatarsky Strait at Kholmsk port on Sakhalin Island.19.01.2014#2349861
A clergyman conducts the rite of the Great Blessing of Water on Epiphany at Siverskoye Lake near Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349859
Clergymen conduct the rite of the Great Blessing of Water on Epiphany at Siverskoye Lake near Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349858
Believers take water from an Epiphany ice hole in Borodayevskoye Lake in the village of Ferapontovo, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349857
Believers take water from an Epiphany ice hole in Siverskoye Lake near Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349856
A believer near an Epiphany ice hole in Borodayevskoye Lake in the village of Ferapontovo, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349855
Priests bless the Epiphany jordan on Siverskoe Lake near the walls of St. Kirill-Belozersky monastery in the town of Kirillov, Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349853
Orthodox Christians during the rite of the Great Blessing of Water on Epiphany at Siverskoye Lake near Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the town of Kirillov, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349852
Believers take water from an Epiphany ice hole in Borodayevskoye Lake in the village of Ferapontovo, the Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349851
A man gets water from the baptismal jordan on Borodaevsky lake in the village of Ferapontovo, Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349849
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in the ice cold water of Borodayevskoye lake in the village of Ferapontovo, Vologda Region.19.01.2014#2349848
An elderly lady at the baptismal jordan on Borodaevsky lake in the village of Ferapontovo, Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349846
A Russian Orthodox believer celebrates Epiphany by taking a dip in the ice cold water of Borodayevskoye lake in the village of Ferapontovo, Vologda Region.19.01.2014#2349845
Believers at a baptismal jordan on Borodaevsky lake in the village of Ferapontovo, Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349844
Believers collect water from a baptismal jordan in the village of Goritsy, Vologda region.19.01.2014#2349843
A believer dives in an ice hole during Epiphany bathing in the Amur Bay in Vladivostok.19.01.2014#2349835
A believer dives in an ice hole during Epiphany bathing in the Amur Bay in Vladivostok.19.01.2014#2349834
A believer dives in an ice hole during Epiphany bathing in the Amur Bay in Vladivostok.19.01.2014#2349833
A believer emerges from in an ice hole during Epiphany bathing in the Amur Bay in Vladivostok.19.01.2014#2349832
Priests and worshippers during a procession on the Epiphany holiday at the Kremlin in Tobolsk.19.01.2014#2349830
Priests and believers near Sofiisky Cathedral during a Crucession from the Tobolsk Kremlin on Epiphany Day in Tobolsk.19.01.2014#2349829
Priests and believers go in a Crucession on Epiphany Day in Sochi's Khotinsky District.19.01.2014#2349828
Metropolitan Dimitry of Tobolsk consecrates an iordan' ahead of Epiphany bathing in Tobolsk.19.01.2014#2349821
A priest conducts the blessing of the water in the Black Sea in Sochi's Khotinsky District.19.01.2014#2349815
Prisoners at penal colony No. 18 in the Novosibirsk Region during Epiphany bathing in a font on the colony's premises.19.01.2014#2349793
A priest during Epiphany bathing in a font at penal colony No. 18 in the Novosibirsk Region.19.01.2014#2349790
A believer emerges into an iordan' during Epiphany bathing in the Chelyabinsk Region.19.01.2014#2349788
Prisoners at penal colony No. 18 in the Novosibirsk Region during Epiphany bathing in a font on the colony's premises.19.01.2014#2349782
Believers emerge into an iordan' on the Kacha River during Epiphany bathing in Krasnoyarsk.19.01.2014#2349781
Believers emerge into an iordan' on the Kacha River during Epiphany bathing in Krasnoyarsk.19.01.2014#2349780
Believers emerge into an iordan' on the Kacha River during Epiphany bathing in Krasnoyarsk.19.01.2014#2349777
Prisoners at penal colony No. 18 in the Novosibirsk Region during Epiphany bathing in a font on the colony's premises.19.01.2014#2349773
Prisoners at penal colony No. 18 in the Novosibirsk Region during Epiphany bathing in a font on the colony's premises.19.01.2014#2349772