A girl running toward the ice hole to mark the Epiphany festival with bathing, Alexander-Svirsky Monastery.18.01.2011#842091
A man bathing in the ice hole as a preparation for the Epiphany festival, Alexander-Svirsky Monastery.18.01.2011#842090
Religious procession in honor of the Epiphany festival, Alexander-Svirsky Monastery.18.01.2011#842089
Novgorod's Aquilon Dive Club members making a usual Twelfth-Day plunge in Lake Valdai outside the walls of the Iviron Monastery, Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841898
Passer-by watching the water blessing rite of the Epiphany font near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841897
Head of the Iversky Monastery Father Yefim (centre) performing the water blessing rite of the Epiphany font near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841896
Members of Novgorod dive club Aquilon making their annual dive in Valdai lake near the Iversky Monastery of the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841859
Members of Novgorod dive club Aquilon making their annual dive in Valdai lake near the Iversky Monastery of the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841858
Head of the Iversky Monastery Father Yefim (centre) performing the water blessing rite in the Epiphany font near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841857
Head of the Iversky Monastery Father Yefim (centre) performing the water blessing rite in the Epiphany font near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841856
Head of the Iversky Monastery Father Yefim (centre) performing the water blessing rite in the Epiphany font near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841854
Believers participating in the public prayer for the water blessing rite of the Epiphany font near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841853
Workers preparing ice hole for the Epiphany in Valdai Lake near the Iversky Monastery in the Novgorod Region.18.01.2011#841852
