A few weeks ago in a meeting with other district clergy, a question raised was, “Is Epiphany a day or a season?” Technically, the Sundays following Epiphany (Jan. 6) are called the Sundays after ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed ...

A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...

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