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Comment on Fight for Baikal lake

2010-03-15T20:46:36Z

You've got it! If you use these photos online, please give a link back to the page. Thanks for your interest.

Comment on Fight for Baikal lake

2010-03-15T11:43:21Z

I would like permission to use your photos for educational purposes. Thank you.

Comment on Epiphany bathing

2009-01-26T20:32:26Z

Actually, not. The priest must sanctify water - turn the common water to the holy water - so when you swim in it is a kind of repeating of undergoing baptism. It's just a winter swimming without a priest. And only after water hallow ceremony - it's Epiphany bathing.

Comment on Масленица. Pancake day carnival

2009-01-26T17:02:20Z

Thank you for telling me about that. It looks like it would be fun to help restore traditions. Thanks too for the link to their website. I will have to learn Russian before I read it.

Comment on Epiphany bathing

2009-01-26T16:57:58Z

It is the same here in America. Not everyone who celebrates Christmas is a believer. Is it possible that they might be believers though? Would they be able to do this as a religious observance without a priest being present? I am ignorant about the Russian Orthodox church.

Comment on Epiphany bathing

2009-01-26T15:37:34Z

I think they just follow the tradition to bath on Epiphany and their doing it for fun. Not everybody who celebrates Christmas is a believer.

Comment on Масленица. Pancake day carnival

2009-01-26T15:29:44Z

Yes, it’s the week before the lent.

It’s organized by restoration assistants club – people who found of Russian tradition and culture and help restorers for free. They invite anyone to join the upcoming celebration on their site.

Comment on Epiphany bathing

2009-01-26T15:03:42Z

Are these guys from the same local church ? Why do these not have a priest with them but the others do, in your other pictures? Are they doing this for religion or just for fun ? Maybe for both.

Comment on Масленица. Pancake day carnival

2009-01-26T14:59:08Z

This is very interesting. Do these people know each other? Are they students together at a school? Or maybe just people who met in a park? Is Pancake Week right before Ash Wednesday and Lent ?

Comment on Waxwing. Свиристель

2009-01-03T09:07:42Z

Спасибо!