A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya floodplain in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) People plunge in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk,

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus ...

Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and Eastern Europe, the ice cover is not thick enough. But believers are not letting this stop them.

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However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing holes in icy ponds and riversView on euronews

In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, a priest blesses parishioners after an Orthodox Epiphany service at the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.

Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Epiphany with a plunge into icy waters. The hadal zone, as scientists call it, is located in the ocean trenches, more than 6,000 meters below the surface. This region is all darkness and intense pressure, yet... some rare species actually make it their home.

Though they were brothers, Andrew and Simon Peter were nothing alike. The Bible tells us little about Andrew, mentioning him only twelve times in the gospels and Acts. Of these references, four are from the lists of the twelve disciples that appear in the synoptic gospels and Acts.

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A heavy storm hit the city of Murmansk in northwestern Russia on Tuesday. Murmansk mayor, Yuri Serdechkin said the prolonged snowfall brought half of the monthly precipitation to the city.