Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Epiphany with a plunge into icy waters. Birmingham stabbing: Boy, 12, knifed to death ...

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

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through ...

A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...

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

The president said Russia has lost 15,000 troops in Kursk since August. LONDON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some 38,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded fighting ...

Ukraine appeared to launch a fresh offensive Sunday in Russia’s border region of Kursk, where Kyiv’s forces have held territory for several months. Military bloggers and local media posted ...

Russia said Sunday that Ukraine has launched a new counterattack in the western Kursk region aimed at repelling Russian and North Korean troops trying to retake territory that Kyiv’s forces ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia’s southern Kursk region. Ukrainian and Western ...