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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.
A Moscow mum appeared to be having snow much fun last weekend as she struggled through the recent record snowfall, doing what appear to be lunges in a comical attempt to push her baby through the powder. Over 17 inches fell in just 24 hours on Moscow last weekend, breaking a record last set all the way back in 1957.
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.
The Siberian village of Sosnovka now has its very own functioning Orthodox church, the very first church here, thanks to a resident named Alexander who built the structure entirely out of ice so that the village faithful wouldn't have to travel far just to pray. Inside his icey construction everything looks like in the usual church – there is an altar, a copy of the New Testament and dozens of icons. Alexander named his church after the Christ’s birth – ‘Christorozhdestvenskaya’. In total, the functioning chapel features an impressive 106 square feet of prayer space to worshippers. The cross at the top of the church brings the frosty building to over 15 feet in height. Alexander spent a total of one and a half months to build his chapel and used over 400 cubic feet of snow in its construction. Before the start of the construction, he asked for a blessing from the local archpriest. Now the small church offers Sosnovka residents a holy place to pray. It will take a real miracle to keep the church standing once the warm weather starts to come around, but Alexander proved that all things are possible with a bit of faith.
Robert Downey Jr. brought his fabulous personality to Moscow and the Russian people were thrilled and loudly cheered as he took the stage and promoted his new film "Iron Man 3".
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