Cross-shaped ice hole called the Jordan for the Epiphany bathing in the Velikaya River at Vybuty Pogost near Pskov, Russia.
Cross-shaped ice hole called the Jordan for the Epiphany bathing in the Velikaya River at Vybuty Pogost near Pskov, Russia. According the Russian Primary Chronicle Vybuty Pogost is the birthplace of Princess Olga of Kiev, the first Christian ruler of Kievan Rus, late canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Olga of Kiev Equal-to-apostles. Church of Saint Elijah the Prophet built by order of Ivan the Terrible is seen in the background.
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