A Russian Orthodox priest crosses himself as he bathes in the icy water on Epiphany during a traditional Epiphany at the Great Palace Pond at the Great Palace Pond in Ostankino, Moscow, Russia, on ...
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 ...
A man leaves the icy water of the Volga River on the Orthodox Epiphany during sunrise in Volgograd, also known as Stalingrad, Russia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, backdropped by by the monument to Soviet ...