Sunday, January 6, 2013
Epiphany
Miracle on 34th Street Christmas Display, Manger Scene, Baltimore, Maryland in USA
The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian holiday normally held on 6 January among Western Churches.
Eastern Churches following the Julian Calendar observe the Theophany feast on what for most countries is January 19 because of the 13-day difference today between that calendar and the generally used Gregorian calendar,
"It is an old Russian tradition - on the day of Epiphany you dip in the ice cold waters of lake or river, through a cross-shaped hole in the ice."
Epiphany in the waters of Meschersky pond in Russia
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