January 19th is Russian Baptism Day. Our Russian teacher, Elena, took us to see the happenings. The Russian Orthodox Bishop and Priests bless the water in a frozen lake to make the water holy and pure, then you are supposed to dunk yourself 3 times. This is to give you health and protect from sickness for the year. It was 4 degrees F and we were freezing in our full winter gear.... lots of people were waiting to fill a bottle with the blessed holy water to take home.
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