Orthodox Christians celebrating Epiphany
© Photo: RIA Novosti
19/1/14
On January 19, Orthodox Christians are celebrating Epiphany. One of the 12 main Christian feasts, it commemorates the baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. The great blessing of water takes place on this day. Water on Epiphany is believed to acquire magic healing properties.
Special square holes are cut out in frozen ponds, rivers and lakes across Russia on this day for believers to take a traditional Epiphany dip. More than 50 Epiphany bathing sites have been prepared in Moscow with rescuers and medics put in place to monitor the bathers’ safety.
Orthodox believes in Makhachkala, the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan in southern Russia, gathered on the Caspian coast for the water-blessing ritual this morning. In Kaliningrad, additional buses were provided to help believers get to the bathing sites.
In Moscow, the largest Epiphany ice hole is in the Serebryanny Bor district in the west of the city. There is a separate bathing site on the Medvezhye Lakes northeast of Moscow for paratroopers of a nearby airborne division.
Temperatures in Moscow on Epiphany Eve dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius.
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