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  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..A priest makes uses holy water to make the sign of the cross on a woman's forehead as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..A priest makes uses holy water to make the sign of the cross on a nun's forehead as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160860.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Priests with an icon depicting the birth of Christ  as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160777.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Holy bread is distributes as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160896.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Holy bread is distributes as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160889.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..A priest makes uses holy water to make the sign of the cross on a woman's forehead as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160881.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..A priest makes uses holy water to make the sign of the cross on a woman's forehead as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160863.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Father Vasili waves incense and blesses parishioners as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160839.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Russian Christians cross themselves as they attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160834.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Russian Christians cross themselves as they attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160830.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Father Vasili waves incense and blesses parishioners as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160824.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Father Vasili blesses holy bread as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160822.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Flanked by Christmas trees Father Vasili blesses parishioners as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160800.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Father Vasili blesses holy bread as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160796.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160780.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Holy bread is distributes as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160895.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2011..Father Vasili kisses the bible as Russian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas service at Peter Paul church in central Moscow, late on Christmas Eve. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox believers in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the16th-century Gregorian calendar.
    russia-orthodox-christmas-ru160849.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A man in Orthodox robes crosses himself after diving into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147290.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A Russian woman jumps into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147238.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Two Russian men jump into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147219.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A Russian woman drinks holy water taken from a lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147285.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A priest dips a cruxifix into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147280.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Police use their batons to form a cordon around a procession during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147272.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Crowds of Russians climb into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147258.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Crowds of Russians climb into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147257.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Crowds of Russians queue to dive into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147255.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Crowds of Russians queue to dive into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147251.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Crowds of Russians climb into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147246.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..An Russian woman cries out from the cold after jumping into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations.Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147244.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..An old woman cries from the cold after jumping into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147232.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A Russian woman passes a bathrobe to her daughter after both had jumped into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147221.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Two Russian men jump into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147210.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A Russian man jumps into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147207.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Churchgoerwith decorated easter eggs awaits blessing by Father Vasily.<br />
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-RU1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Churchgoers kiss icons inside the church.&#xD;<br />
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-RU1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow .One woman kisses an icon while another on her knees begs forgiveness. &#xD;<br />
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-RU1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Father Vasily blesses churchgoers and food they have brought.&#xD;<br />
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-RU1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Women laugh and shout as they are blessed with holy water by Father Vasily.&#xD;<br />
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-RU1147...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Women laugh and shout as they are blessed with holy water by Father Vasily.&#xD;<br />
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-RU1147...jpg
  • Licensed to Éditions ENBIRO for school textbook and accompanying restricted access website.<br />
Title: "Les religions, une clé pour comprendre le monde"<br />
Print run: 30,000 issues<br />
Image format: 1/8 page<br />
Usage: Editorial / strictly schools<br />
Publishing date: June 2013, five year duration<br />
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Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Father Vasily blesses churchgoers and food they have brought.&#xD;
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  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A group of Russians jump into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147231.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Churchgoerwith decorated easter eggs awaits blessing by Father Vasily.
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Churchgoers kiss icons inside the church..
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Father Vasily blesses churchgoers and food they have brought..
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Women laugh and shout as they are blessed with holy water by Father Vasily..
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1147...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Women laugh and shout as they are blessed with holy water by Father Vasily..
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1147...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow. Father Vasily blesses churchgoers and food they have brought..
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1147...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 10/04/2004..Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Church of Peter and Paul in central Moscow .One woman kisses an icon while another on her knees begs forgiveness. .
    russia-moscow-orthodox-easter-ru1148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..A man gasps from the cold and crosses himself as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167994.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167961.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..Two women gasp from the cold and cross themselves as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167899.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A man emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108821.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A woman is helped from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108793.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A young women enters the water as a man emerges as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108788.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A man emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108764.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
An Emergency Situations worker reaches out to a young boy being held in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108750.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108732.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
An Emergency Situations worker carves an ice cross on a frozen lake in preparation for Orthodox Christian believers celebrating Epiphany in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108708.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
An Emergency Situations worker carves an ice cross on a frozen lake in preparation for Orthodox Christian believers celebrating Epiphany in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108705.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A priest dips a cross in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106576.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A woman crosses herself as she emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106657.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A priest with a cross made of blocks of ice as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106582.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A woman crosses herself in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106595.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A man emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106635.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A woman screams as she emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106645.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A man gasps from the cold and crosses himself as he emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106743.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A rescue worker watches a man cross himself as he emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106696.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru168021.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..A man gasps from the cold and crosses himself while he emerges from the water as  Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru168019.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167988.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..An emergency worker watches as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167986.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167971.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..A woman emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167953.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167951.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167947.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..An emergency worker watches as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167928.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..Two men gasp from the cold and cross themselves as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167910.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman and a man immerse themselves as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167903.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..Bathers watch a man cross himself in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167886.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman crosses herself in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167876.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman helps her grand-daughter from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167865.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman crosses herself while emerging from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167815.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman gasps from the cold and crosses herself while emerging from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167804.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A man gasps from the cold while emerging from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167799.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147276.jpg
  • Khabarovsk, Russia, 01/03/2004.&#xD;Russian Orthodox church and Soviet memorial.&#xD;<br />
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  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2006..Russians celebrate the lengthy New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays. Believers attend midnight mass at Red Square on Orthodox Christmas Eve.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 06/01/2006..Russians celebrate the lengthy New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays. Believers attend midnight mass at Red Square on Orthodox Christmas Eve.
    russia-moscow-new-year-ru126986.jpg
  • Khabarovsk, Russia, 01/03/2004.&#xD;Constructing a new Russian Orthodox church in the city centre.&#xD;<br />
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  • Khabarovsk, Russia, 01/03/2004.&#xD;Constructing a new Russian Orthodox church in the city centre.&#xD;<br />
    russia-siberia-winter-ru113078.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 07/01/2012..Ded Moroz and Snegurochka - Father Frost and the Snow Princess - stand in front of Red Square in pouring rain on Orthodox Christmas Day. Record high winter temperatures have left the Russian capital almost devoid of snow during the lengthy New Year holidays, and for the first time in living memory here has been no white Christmas in Moscow.
    russia-moscow-warm-christmas-ru18333...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 07/01/2012..Ded Moroz and Snegurochka - Father Frost and the Snow Princess - stand in front of Red Square in pouring rain on Orthodox Christmas Day. Record high winter temperatures have left the Russian capital almost devoid of snow during the lengthy New Year holidays, and for the first time in living memory here has been no white Christmas in Moscow.
    russia-moscow-warm-christmas-ru18333...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12706...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12077...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12065...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12706...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia 03//06/2007..Russian Orthodox believers pray, chant and sing hymns in front of a line of riot police guarding a building site in central Moscow.The crowd of Russian nationalists and Orthodox believers led by priests were demonstrating and attempting to enter a construction site where a restaurant is being built on land which they claim belongs to the adjoining church.
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  • Moscow, Russia 03//06/2007..A Russian Orthodox priest throws holy water on riot police guarding a building site in central Moscow.The crowd of Russian nationalists and Orthodox believers led by priests were demonstrating and attempting to enter a construction site where a restaurant is being built on land which they claim belongs to the adjoining church.
    russia-moscow-church-protest-ru13829...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia 03//06/2007..A Russian Orthodox priest exits a building site in central Moscow .which is protected by private security guards in riot equipment and bullet-proof jackets. A crowd of Russian nationalists and Orthodox believers led by priests were demonstrating and attempting to enter a construction site where a restaurant is being built on land which they claim belongs to the adjoining church..
    russia-moscow-church-protest-ru13831...jpg
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