Then the priest launched the jeweled cross through the air and into the frigid Hudson water. Without hesitation, the nine men ...
A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...
OLEG VAROV / RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PRESS SERVICE / AFP The Kremlin ... in the Ukrainian war will be decorated with military crosses blessed by Kirill himself – and engraved on the chains ...
The lakeside Blessing of the Waters ceremony, in which ice crosses are dropped into the water, is an annual event for St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. It commemorates the ...