January 19, 2018. Archimandrite Arkady (Gubanov), the abbot of St. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery, second left, is seen here by an ice hole as Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. President Vladimir Putin attends an Epiphany service at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Stolobny Island in Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. President Vladimir Putin attends an Epiphany service at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Stolobny Island in Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin before taking a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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January 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a plunge in an ice-hole in a traditional celebration of the Orthodox feast of Epiphany at St Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger.

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