The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local ...
On January 19, the Orthodox Church commemorates the event described in all four Gospels of Matthew, Luke, John and Mark - the baptism of Jesus Christ in the waters of the Jordan River by John the ...