SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of young men are plunging into rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to retrieve crucifixes, in an old ritual marking the feast of Epiphany. SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — ...

Epiphany bathing: tradition and its meaning Mass bathing in the ice hole, or "Jordan", has become the most famous and spectacular external attribute of the holiday. People begin to take a dip on the ...

The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 ...

The traditional Epiphany night dips were cancelled in some Russian regions due to the pandemic MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. On Wednesday, the Russian Orthodox Church is celebrating one of the 12 key ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped off to his bathing trunks and immersed himself in the freezing waters of a lake late on Thursday, observing an Orthodox Christian ritual to ...