An Orthodox believer plunges into the icy waters of a pond during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in Moscow on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





An Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water on Epiphany at a hole in Dnipro river in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, January 19, 2018. Thousands of Ukrainian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Man runs after diving in icy waters of a lake during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus January 19, 2018 on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Priest Sergei Ryzhov conducts a ceremony as a man takes a dip in the freezing waters of Lake Buzim during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations near the village of Sukhobuzimskoye north of Krasnoyarsk, Russia on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





A priest takes part in a religious ceremony as men take a dip in icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A priest takes a dip into the water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Drachevo, outside Moscow, Russia on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A man takes a dip in icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





Women get out of icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Kiev, Ukraine on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A man takes a dip in icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A man crosses himself as he dips in icy waters of a lake on the eve of Orthodox Epiphany in Minsk, Belarus on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





A man reacts as he takes a dip in icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Kiev, Ukraine on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A priest takes part in a religious ceremony as a man takes a dip in icy water during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in the village of Ivankovychi, Ukraine on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A priest immerses a cross into a lake on the eve of Orthodox Epiphany near the village of Pilnitsa, Belarus on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Priest Sergei Ryzhov conducts a ceremony as a man takes a dip in the freezing waters of Lake Buzim during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations, with the air temperature at about minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 40 degrees Celsius), near the village of Sukhobuzimskoye north of Krasnoyarsk, Russia on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)