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Moscow, Feb 11 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Sergei Ilnistsky) Russian volunteers from the social services of the Russian Orthodox Church "Mercy" offer food to about 400 homeless people daily at their food point "Salvage Hangar " in Moscow. FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR FOOD AND VOLUNTEERS IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, Jan 6 (EFE/EPA).- Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill led Wednesday a Christmas service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow under strict health measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Russian Orthodox church celebrates Christmas following the Julian calendar. (Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A CHRISTMAS MASS AT THE CHRIST THE SAVIOR CATHEDRAL IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
Kiev (Ukraine), Jul 28 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko).- The leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church led a prayer service on Monday at the Saint Vladimir Hill in Kiev to commemorate the anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus.FOOTAGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF KIEVAN RUS.
Moscow (Russia), 7 June, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Sergei Chirikov).- Russian Orthodox believers are celebrating Holy Trinity Day today amidst restrictive measures to contain the COVID-19 epidemic, which has already claimed nearly 6,000 lives across the country.FOOTAGE OF THE RELIGIOUS SERVICE AT THE EPIPHANY CATHEDRAL IN YELOW, MOSCOW.
A German tourist braved freezing conditions in Oymyakon, one of the coldest inhabited settlements in the world, on Thursday, as he took an icy dip into the river while air temperatures stood at -50° Celsius (-58° Fahrenheit). Ice-dipping is a long-held tradition among Orthodox Christians, for Epiphany Day, which is observed on January 19th in the Orthodox calender. It celebrates the baptism of Jesus Christ and is said to cleanse and purify the plunger.