Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...

Just as ancient Roman Empire had its protective geniuses of war, so in today’s dominant new patriarchal martyrology, the ...

Cultures across the globe have their version of utopia: the Garden of Eden, Elysium, Shambhala. In the heart of Eurasia, ...

People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing ... when asked about the relationship between the Danilov Monastery and the Kremlin, just waves his hand. It's not only because he fears ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

The schism was prompted by Russian Patriarch ... large groups of citizens. The monastery, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, was one of a number of Orthodox churches raided on Tuesday, as ...

18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in Russian far east port Vladivostok ...

This included the imposed authority of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) over Ukraine's churches. But in 2019, the recently formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was granted independence by ...