br23 blog - minsk, belarus

A Belarusian girl bathes in icy water at a lake in Minsk, Belarus (January 19, 2006). (© all photos by Reuters/Vasil Fedasenka.)

A woman holds her child as they make their way to get out off the ice cold water of a lake on the eve of Russian Orthodox Epiphany in Minsk, Belarus, late Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Orthodox Church believers celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19. Extreme cold kept the region in thrall on Thursday, causing more deaths among people stranded on frigid streets but failing to freeze the spirits of hundreds who plunged into ice water for an annual ritual marking the Orthodox Christian holiday.

A Belarusian woman runs after bathing in icy water at a lake in Minsk, Belarus (January 19, 2006). Orthodox believers mark Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in icy waters regardless of the weather.

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