A Russian Orthodox believer swims in an ice hole during a traditional Epiphany celebration in a lake near Valdai-Iverskiy Monastery, in Valdai, Novgorod region, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)