Shades, sparks and snow: Africa's top shots
In Senegal's capital Dakar the following day, wrestlers compete in the country's specific form of the sport - known as laamb.
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U.S. Sister Killed in the Amazon Honored at Rome ‘New Martyrs’ Shrine
A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S. member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ...
In Serbia, swimmers brave icy waters for Orthodox Epiphany
In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community, the feast of the Epiphany is marked by the traditional "swim for the Holy Cross." ...
Video. North Macedonia celebrates Epiphany with Holy Cross retrieval ceremony
Video. Epiphany ceremonies were held throughout North Macedonia, with the Holy Cross thrown into the water to commemorate the ...
Participants across Serbia brave icy waters in the traditional Holy Cross swim
Braving the icy waters, participants across Serbia embraced tradition in the annual Swim for the Holy Cross, marking a major ...
Warm weather threatens Epiphany ice water plunges for Russia’s Orthodox Christians
Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Epiphany
A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...
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FACTBOX: Orthodox feast of Epiphany
TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...