NewStats: 3,259,229 , 8,169,535 topics. Date: Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 11:44 AM 123q1p

6z3e3g

Russians Dive Into Freezing Water To Celebrate Epiphany (Photos) - Foreign Affairs - Nairaland 5f4rh

Russians Dive Into Freezing Water To Celebrate Epiphany (Photos) (29147 Views)

WriterNig: 4:27pm On Jan 27

Orthodox Christians across 🇷🇺 Russia celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany on Sunday by plunging themselves into frigid seas, lakes and rivers in just their bathing suits.

According to tradition, one must dip below the water's surface three times to symbolize the Holy Trinity.

In the Black Sea coastal city of Anapa, Russians took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill despite concerns about the toxic pollution.

The Kremlin has not released footage of President Vladimir Putin taking part in Epiphany bathing since 2021.

Here's a selection of photos from this year's celebrations across the country:

A man takes his son for a dip into the Neva River near the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
Peter Kovalev / TASS

A man climbs out of the waters of the Lena River in Yakutsk, a city in Russia's Far East located about 450 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle.

A woman takes a dip in an anabranch of the Ob River in Novosibirsk.

Believers take dips into the Volga River in Volgograd.

Epiphany bathing at the Lake Svyatoye in Moscow's Kosino-Ukhtomsky district.

A woman wades into the frozen Sumka River at the Raifa Bogoroditsky Monastery in the republic of Tatarstan.

A man takes a dip in the ice hole on the frozen Sumka River at the Raifa Bogoroditsky Monastery in Tatarstan.

Epiphany bathing in the Big Vorontsovsky Pond in Moscow.

Epiphany bathing at Lake Svyatoye in Moscow's Kosino-Ukhtomsky district.

Epiphany bathing in the Bolshoi Vorontsovsky pond in Moscow.

Moscow Times

5 Likes 1 Share

WriterNig: 4:56pm On Jan 27

🇷🇺 🐻 ❤️

RollinTNDA: 5:27pm On Jan 27

After dipping yourself in cold water
You then get sent to the frontline in ukraine to get blown up into pieces

Then supply iran with missles to attack israel

Russia is a christian country with jihadist mindset

33 Likes 6 Shares

havenz(m): 5:27pm On Jan 27

When you believe in the Almighty then you're great.

My love for Russia no one can separate.

40 Likes 6 Shares

horia: 5:28pm On Jan 27

Their body physiology is fascinating. This same cold water bath that will make others fall terribly ill is what various age groups plunge into around the country.
I can only say that the little differences in human diversity have beautiful details in it

21 Likes 3 Shares

bestman09(m): 5:28pm On Jan 27

I'm speechless! I didn't know that such can be done in almighty Russia.
Our chosen brothers here also dive into mud water on the road!

15 Likes 1 Share

Kavod: 5:29pm On Jan 27

Only in russia do they portray Jesus in brown skin.

7 Likes 1 Share

sweetkev(m): 5:29pm On Jan 27

Jesus is Lord.

BluntCrazeMan: 5:29pm On Jan 27

Guy you too love Russian stories..

farouk2much(m): 5:29pm On Jan 27

Na containtment dey coz all this

Mozenge1: 5:31pm On Jan 27

Which one be this one again ??

franchasofficia: 5:31pm On Jan 27

Russia, a great Christian nation one Putin being misled by Moslem praisesingers is working tirelessly to destroy.

Christianity rules the world, from USA to Russia to to Britain to , Israel, etc, are all Christian nations, imagine if any of these great superpower nations were Moslem nations, the world would have seen hell cool

Jesus Christ is King, go and tell it to the whole world and He will reign forever

33 Likes 4 Shares

franugo(m): 5:32pm On Jan 27

Celebrate Jesus inside sexy see through white? grin

JAMO84: 5:32pm On Jan 27

Beware of pneumonia

32 Likes

Osariemen12: 5:32pm On Jan 27

Russians are probably the most devoted christians on earth 🌎.

12 Likes 4 Shares

cybriz82(m): 5:32pm On Jan 27

Then when this is over them will to carry guns again 🙄

1 Like 1 Share

MTCLimited(m): 5:33pm On Jan 27

MrBONE2(m): 5:33pm On Jan 27

Omoawoke(m): 5:33pm On Jan 27

Omoh!

This people get mind

Now to you foolish black Africans, (I always take joy in calling you dumb idiots out)
These are Russians worshiping what looks like them, it’s still understandable….
But for a black African man to be worshiping a white man jesus or Arab Mohammed still baffles me, same religion they use to colonize you.
For an Arab still practicing Islam is still understandable, a Chinese does their Buddha or Indian doing Hinduism
Only Africans are confused and worship what doesn’t look like them… worst of all, what was used to enslave and colonize them…

It still baffles these foreigners how black people do this, one reason they don’t even respect us… A Japanese seeing a black man bowing his head for catholic saints is still baffled and only concludes in his mind that truly, this blacks are retarddedd

11 Likes 4 Shares