Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine - Woman plunge in icy water in the Southern Bug River to celebrate the Epiphany religious holiday

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Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine - January 19, 2012: Woman plunge in icy water in the Southern Bug River to celebrate the Epiphany religious holiday. Orthodox feast of Baptism is celebrated annually on 19 January. To Orthodox believers, water blessed by a priest on Epiphany has miraculous powers, a belief harking back to Christ's baptism in the River Jordan

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