Believers participate in this bathing tradition during the Orthodox celebration of Epiphany following the Julian calendar.

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A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia on January 18 damaged St. Andrew's Cathedral of the UOC-MP. It happened the day before Epiphany according to the Julian calendar. Two people were in the church during ...

TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...