The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the holiday of Epiphany according to the Julian calendar on January 19. In Eastern Christianity, the feast of Epiphany commemorates the Baptism of Jesus. About 2 million people participated in Epiphany bathing in Russia this year. Orthodox Epiphany celebrations - in photo gallery by TASS
Celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany holiday in Russia
Orthodox Christians celebrate the religious holiday of Epiphany according to the Julian calendar on January 19
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Orthodox believers plunging into a basin with cold water during celebrations of Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovo Kremlin in Moscow
© Artyom Korotayev/TASS Celebrations of Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovo Kremlin in Moscow
© Artyom Korotayev/TASS Russian State Duma member, former professional boxer, two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuyev taking a dip in the icy waters through a hole carved into the frozen Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk
© Irina Yakunina/TASS Orthodox believers waiting in the snow to dip in the icy waters of the frozen Sportivnaya Harbour, Amur Bay, in Vladivostok
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Believers plunging in the icy waters through a Cross shaped hole carved into the frozen Sportivnaya Harbour in Vladivostok
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Believers taking dip in the icy waters of Orekhovo Ozero Lake, during the celebration of Epiphany in Ryazan
© Alexander Ryumin/TASS Celebrations of Orthodox Epiphany in Moscow's Revolution Square
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS A woman in a basin of cold water in Moscow's Revolution Square
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS A girl dips into a basin of cold water in Moscow's Revolution Square
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS Believers plunging in the icy waters through a hole carved into a frozen river in Kaliningrad
© Vitaly Nevar/TASS Orthodox believers queue to take a dip in the icy waters of the Neva River, during the celebration of Epiphany in Saint Petersburg
© Alexander Demianchuk/TASS A girl seen after taking a dip into the icy waters of Lake Shartash in Yekaterinburg
© Donat Sorokin/TASS People plunging into the waters of non-freezing springs in the village of Shopino, Belgorod region
© Anton Vergun/TASS Celebrations of Orthodox Epiphany in Sochi
© Artur Lebedev/TASS Orthodox believers taking dip in waters of the Black Sea in Sochi
© Artur Lebedev/TASS