A man takes a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the village of Kormilovka in Omsk Region, Russia January 18, 2021.
People take part in celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the settlement of Moskalenki in Omsk Region, Russia January 19, 2021.
An orthodox faithful shows Serbian three-finger salute after retrieving a wooden cross from the Moraca river during an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany in Podgorica, Montenegro, January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip in the icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
Women walk to take a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the village of Kormilovka in Omsk Region, Russia January 18, 2021.
People gather around a cross-shaped ice hole during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
An orthodox priest consecrates the waters of Moraca river during an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany in Podgorica, Montenegro, January 19, 2021.
A man jumps into icy water during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the rebel-controlled town of Alchevsk in Luhansk Region, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
An orthodox priest takes a dip in the Moraca river in Podgorica during an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany in Podgorica, Montenegro January 19, 2021.
A woman takes a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany near the village of Kosmos in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow Region, Russia January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip in the icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
People take a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Achairsky convent in Omsk Region, Russia January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the settlement of Moskalenki in Omsk Region, Russia January 19, 2021.
A man steps down to take a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow Region, Russia January 19, 2021.
Men take a dip in icy water during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the rebel-controlled town of Alchevsk in Luhansk Region, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
Militants of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic take part in a procession during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the rebel-controlled town of Alchevsk in Luhansk Region, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip in the icy waters of the Istra river during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the town of Istra in the Moscow Region, January 18, 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Moscow Region, Russia January 19, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
An orthodox priest cheers after throwing a wooden cross into the Moraca river during an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany in Podgorica, Montenegro, January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip in the icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
A man takes a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 18, 2021.
A man takes a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow Region, Russia January 19, 2021.
An Ukrainian Orthodox priest blesses the water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine January 19, 2021.
Marking the Orthodox Epiphany