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Moscow, Apr 16 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Sergei Chirikov) Russian volunteers of Russian Orthodox Church's social service 'Mercy' offer food at their feeding point 'Salvage Hangar' in Moscow. The Salvage Hangar feeds every day around 250 people who are in need. FOOTAGE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE.
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.
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.
Former British spy and Soviet secret agent George Blake has died in Moscow. He was 98. CNN reports a spokesperson for the Russian foreign intelligence agency SVR said Blake was 'highly respected and appreciated.' Blake used his position as an officer in the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, to spy for the Soviet Union. His secret work for the USSR humiliated the country's intelligence establishment when it was discovered at the height of the Cold War. In the UK he is perhaps best known for his daring escape from London's Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966.
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