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People bath in Moskva river in Moscow

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-19 09:38

Orthodox priests bless the waters of the Moskva river 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]