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

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 ...

The lakeside Blessing of the Waters ceremony, in which ice crosses are dropped into the water, is an annual event for St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. It commemorates the ...

In addition, the 45-minute event was to celebrate the Theophany ... Also during the gathering, David Gemmel, a deacon with St. John’s Orthodox Church in Campbell, said a series of prayers ...

The Orthodox church celebrates the blessings of ... (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News) Boznos told the crowd at the event that he and Pop were going to move west on the bridge to try and throw ...

“There is a little bit of luck involved — sometimes a lot of luck,” an Orthodox Jewish businessman ... in coveted territory reaching the main event’s final table, as 705 players paid ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast ... prompted local emergency services in some regions to cancel events, saying that the ice was simply too thin for worshippers to bathe safely.