People bath in Moskva river in Moscow
(Reuters) Updated: 2007-01-19 09:38

Orthodox priests pray during a ritual baptism ceremony at the
Moskva river in Moscow January 19, 2007. Orthodox Russians indulged on Friday in
the annual Epiphany tradition of diving into blessed water, only this year
instead of digging a hole into the ice as normally during Russia's severe
winter, bathers shivered in rainy weather as temperatures hit a seasonal record
high. [Reuters]
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