Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Warm Weather Threatens Epiphany Ice Water Plunges for Russia's Orthodox Christians MOSCOW ... canceled in areas as distant as the southern Russian region of Saratov and Karelia, almost 1000 ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of ... been canceled in areas as distant as the southern Russian region of Saratov and Karelia, almost 1000 ...

A man plunges in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at an ice hole ... been cancelled in areas as distant as the southern Russian region of Saratov and Karelia, almost 1,000 miles ...

Repin has been labeled Russian in international exhibitions ... reproduction “in a place of honor” near the Christian Orthodox icons in their home, where it served as a reminder to “stand ...