Epiphany

                                               
                

Epiphany is a religious feast on January 19, popularly called Vodokhreshcha (Blessing of Water) or Yordan, which completes the winter festivities cycle. The Eve of Epiphany is called "the second Holy Evening" or "Shchedryi Vechir". The principal ceremony of Epiphany traditionally consists of the solemn outdoor blessing of water, usually at a river or at a well, where a cross is erected out of blocks of ice. But nowadays water may be blessed inside the church. After the blessing of the water everyone drinks it and also takes some water home to be kept for a whole year.