People plunge in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Epiphany

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A woman crosses herself while plunging in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Vorontsovsky park in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Lithuanian Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water during Epiphany in a lake outside Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People cross themselves as they plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)
A Russian Orthodox believer plunges in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany in a lake outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Christian Orthodox believers jump in the icy water of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Christian Orthodox believers walk after a swim in the icy water of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
A Russian Orthodox believer plunges in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the ice hole in a pond in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People plunge in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)
A man plunges in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Vorontsovsky park in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A man plunges in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Vorontsovsky park in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Christian Orthodox believer kisses a hand of Metropolitan Chrysostom during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A Russian Orthodox believer crosses hierself in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany in a lake outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Christian Orthodox believers prepare to jump in the icy water of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Priests pull out Christian Orthodox believers from the cold water, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19, swim to retrieve a cross of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Christian Orthodox believers swim in the icy water of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
A man plunges in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)
Christian Orthodox believers warm up before swimming to retrieve a cross from the Drina river during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
People gather to watch as Orthodox believers swim to retrieve a cross from the Drina river during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A Christian Orthodox believer swims to retrieve a cross from the Drina river during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A Christian Orthodox believers swim to retrieve a cross from the Drina river during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A Christian Orthodox believer holds up a cross after retrieving it from the Drina river during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A man plunges in icy water celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya floodplain in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Russian Orthodox believer plunges in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the ice hole in a pond in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman plunges in icy water celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya floodplain in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts an Orthodox Epiphany service at the Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Sergei Vedyashkin Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)
Parishioners collect holy water after an Orthodox Epiphany service at the Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Sergei Vedyashkin Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)
Lithuanian Orthodox believers bathe in icy water shortly after midnight during a traditional Epiphany celebration in a lake near Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A Russian Orthodox believer plunges his son in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the ice hole in the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Rescue workers observe a Russian Orthodox believer crossing himself in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the ice hole in the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)
A woman lies in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)
A woman plunges in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)

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