Putin marks Orthodox Epiphany with icy dip

By Alexander Marrow
Updated January 20 2021 - 3:44am, first published 3:36am
President Vladimir Putin has crossed himself while bathing in icy water in Epiphany celebrations.
President Vladimir Putin has crossed himself while bathing in icy water in Epiphany celebrations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in nothing but a pair of blue swimming trunks, has immersed himself in the freezing water of a cross-shaped pool near Moscow, observing an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany.

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