Thursday, January 20, 2011

Epiphany around the world

I have been reticent in the past to post photo collages, but they have recently proved very popular. The below are from the Frame blog of the Sacramento Bee.



Russian orthodox believers march towards an ice hold during a religious procession to mark the Epiphany at Kolomenskoe park, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia. (AP / Mikhail Metzel)

An Orthodox priest conducts a service at an ice hole in a pond as part of Epiphany celebrations in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. (AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate Patriarch Filaret (C) blesses the Dnieper river on January 19, 2011during Epiphany celebrations. (AFP/ Getty Images / Sergei Supinsky)

An Orthodox priest pours water over a woman standing in the Kara-Balta Rver during in celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the ethnic Russian village of Sosnovka, some 90 km outside the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, on January 19, 2011. (AFP/ Getty Images / Vyacheslav Oseledko)

A Russian Orthodox believer plunges into icy waters in celebration of the Epiphany holiday in Kolpino, close to St. Petersburg, on January 19, 2011. (AFP/ Getty Images / Kirill Kudryavtsev)

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