A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...
Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...
But there is one more occasion on the religious end of the holidays. The Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, is on Sunday, Jan. 5, or Monday, Jan. 6, this year, depending on the religious denomination.
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 ...
Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...
Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Monday braved the freezing winter weather to plunge into icy waters as they observed centuries-old Epiphany traditions ...
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 ...
You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that ...
26 January, Nehemiah 8.1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19 (19.1-6); 1 Corinthians 12.12-31a; Luke 4.14-21 WHEN I ask people to read in worship, I advise them to prepare by reading the passage beforehand, ...