Priestly blessing of the water and parishioners’ immersion (kupan’nje – купаньне; also called Jardan’ (Jordan) – Іардань) on the January 19 Orthodox feast of the Baptism of the Lord/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha). River Moustva, Tsjerablichy 2018. The custom of purification by total immersion in icy mid-winter water is pre-Christian, and is not recognized by the Orthodox church… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 20, 2019
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