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| Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv Archdiocese, Bishop Benedict and clergy of St. George Cathedral, January 18 |
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Greek Orthodox clergy take part in a procession toward the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River, near the West Bank city of Jericho January 18, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad |
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| Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos (2nd L) takes part in a ceremony at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River, near the West Bank city of Jericho January 18, 2012. Orthodox Christians flocked to the Jordan River on Wednesday to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany at the traditional site where it is believed John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ. REUTERS/Heidi Levine/Pool (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION) |
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| Workers prepare a cross shaped hole for bathing during forthcoming Russian Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in an air temperature of about minus 32 degrees Celsius, on the Mana river near the village of Ust-Mana, 31 km (19 miles) south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 18, 2012. Russian Orthodox believers will celebrate the religious holiday of Epiphany with a midnight immersion in water on the morning of January 19. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) |
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| A Belarus Orthodox priest dips a cross into waters of the Tsnyanskoye reservoir during Epiphany celebrations in Minsk late January 18, 2012. Orthodox Christians celebrate the religious holiday of Epiphany according to the Gregorian calendar on January 19. REUTERS/Vladimir Nikolsky |
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