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

Temperatures across Russia have been increasing over the past quarter of a century in line with global warming, says ...

Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and ...

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

Thousands of Orthodox Christians marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water.

TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...

Italy expects 35 million pilgrims to visit Rome during the Catholic Church’s current “Holy Year” or “Jubilee” that runs through January 6, 2026. In modern times, Holy Years usually occur in 25-year ...