A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya floodplain in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) People plunge in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk,

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

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 events of the ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war. Ukrainians have largely moved away from the Ukrainian Orth ...

Epiphany Environmental LLC, the Pittsburgh company that planned to build a frack waste treatment plant in at least one western Pennsylvania county, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Chapter 7 means liquidation.

You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that water. “It’s the baptism of our Lord on Jan 6. We bless the waters, homes and people in the homes,

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers,

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

It has been announced that from Monday 27th January, the Bill Bryson Library will no longer operate at all hours. From Monday to Friday, it will be open from 8am until midnight. From Saturday to Sunday, it will be open from 9am until midnight. The library will open 24/7 during the exam period in Easter term.

As I write this, it is the 12th of January 2025. It is the first Sunday after the Epiphany. The Epiphany took place on the 6th of January. The Gospel

Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and Eastern Europe, the ice cover is not thick enough. But believers are not letting this stop them.