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All fonts will have bridges, wooden stairs with railings, and close by - changing rooms and toilets.

For traditional Epiphany bathing, 59 places will be prepared in the capital's reservoirs. Citizens and guests of the capital will be able to plunge here from 18:00 on January 18 to 12:00 on January 19.

All fonts are equipped with comfortable bridges and wooden stairs with railings. Heated locker rooms and toilet cabins will be installed nearby. At night, lighting will be turned on in the area around the fonts. Also, everyone can get hot tea.

About 2.5 thousand people will monitor the safety of the events, including doctors, police officers, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and search and rescue stations. Travel to the bathing places will be controlled by the traffic police.

Places for baptismal bathing

A font for residents of the Central Administrative District will be installed in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Chisty Vrazhka. It will be possible to plunge into the North-East Administrative District in the Palace Pond. In the north of the capital, places for swimming will be equipped on the Big Garden Pond, at the water stadium. Dynamo", and also at the address: Coastal passage, possession 7.

For residents of the North-West Administrative District, sites will be prepared at the Baryshikha pond in Mitin, the pond in Rozhdestveno, the Derivative Canal, and the PKiO "Northern Tushino", in the Stroginskaya and Kirovskaya floodplains, on Lake Bezdonny, Karamyshevskaya embankment (houses 13-15), Aviation streets (house 79) and Lodochnaya (possession 19).

In the west, Epiphany bathing will be held in the Meshchersky Pond and the Moscow River near the village of Rublevo, house 40a on Filevskaya Street and Filevskogo Boulevard (house 21).

In the SWAD, sites will be equipped on the Vorontsovsky, Troparevsky, Chernevsky ponds, as well as on the pond of the sanatorium " Narrow”, on Nakhimovsky Prospekt (house 8) and near the temple in Zakharyin.

Residents of the Southern District are expected at the Borisovsky, Tsaritsynsky and Beket ponds. And in the south-east of the city, Upper Kuzminsky, Lower Lyublinsky and Shibaevsky ponds will be available.

A font will open in the Eastern Administrative District " Vernissage ”. Everyone can also take a dip in the Holy and White lakes, Terletsky ponds, Red, Babaevsky and Deer ponds. And in Zelenograd, lakes Chernoye and Shkolnoye will become places for Epiphany bathing.

Most of the venues will open on the territory of the TiNAO - at the following addresses:

Troitsk, Desna river, recreation area “ District ”;

Treshnya river, Chernetskoye village;

Pond in the village of Epiphany;

Pond in the village of Pokrovsky;

Pond in the village of Bylovo;

Pond in the village of Knutovo;

Pond in the village of Oznobishino;

Pond in the rest house "Resurrection";

Pond in the village of Svinorye;

Pond of the Ulyanovsk forest park;

Pond in the village of Mosrentgen;

Font in the village of Rest Houses “ Pleskovo ”;

Font at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Vasyunino;

Font in the village DSK " Michurinets";

Font in the park Creek ”(village of Marushkino);

Font in the village of Tovarishchevo;

Font in the village of Evseevo-Kuvekino;

Font in the village of Puchkovo;

A font in the village of Shishkin Les.

Tips and safety rules for Epiphany bathing

To swim in the ice-hole, take a towel, a terry bathrobe, a set of dry clothes, swimming trunks or a swimsuit (underwear, shirt), a rubber cap and non-slip slippers, or woolen socks with you.

Before diving, be sure to consult a doctor. Winter bathing is contraindicated for people with kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, as well as for diabetics and pregnant women.

It is necessary to bathe only in specially equipped places where rescuers, doctors, police are on duty.

Small children should not approach the ice-hole without adults.

It is forbidden to bring dogs and other animals with you.

You can not plunge into the hole hungry. It is better to eat at least an hour before swimming.

Do not drink alcohol before swimming.

Undress in specially equipped tents.

Before dipping, it is advisable to do a few squats and tilts.

When approaching the ice hole, stand alone, as the ice may not support a large number of people.

When descending into the hole, be careful. If there is a ladder, hold on to the railing.

Never dive headfirst into an ice hole. After dipping three times, do not linger, make room for the next.

If you have a child with you, keep an eye on him as he dives into the hole. A frightened child can easily forget that he can swim.

After leaving the water, dry yourself with a towel and immediately get dressed, do not stay long in the cold. If you feel chills, you should immediately get dressed or cover yourself with a blanket, drink hot tea, herbal tea is best.

If possible, move to a warm room. In case of a sharp deterioration in health, contact the doctors, rescuers or police officers.

Under medical supervision

In the places of baptismal bathing, 60 mobile teams of the Scientific and Practical Center for Emergency Medical Assistance, as well as the Station of Ambulance and Emergency Medical Care named after A.S. Puchkov.

At the ambulance substations in TiNAO, the work of three additional teams of doctors will be organized. Doctors from the Scientific and Practical Center for Emergency Medical Care will also be on duty at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Epiphany Cathedral and the Patriarchal Compound of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity.

Source: mos.ru

The great consecration of water is performed on Epiphany Christmas Eve in all churches - it is consecrated with a special rite, which is called the Great Hagiasma, which in Greek means "shrine".

Water is consecrated by the rite of the Great Blessing of the Water only twice a year - both on Epiphany Christmas Eve and on the feast of the Epiphany itself.

Water consecration in some churches is also carried out at springs, lakes and rivers, since baptismal bathing in consecrated water is the main tradition of the day.

Sputnik Georgia asked how water blessing is carried out, where and when you can swim, and what safety rules you need to follow.

Great blessing of water

On Epiphany Christmas Eve, which the Orthodox celebrate on January 18, according to church canons, a believer must go to church, defend the service, light a candle, collect blessed water.

On this day, an unusual service is held, in view of the special prescriptions of the Church Charter, first a liturgy, then a great vespers, after which the clergy bless the water with a great rite.

The great blessing of water is called by the special solemnity of the rite, imbued with the memory of the gospel event. The blessing of water on the eve of the feast and on the Baptism of the Lord is performed in memory of the fact that the Savior blessed the water with His Baptism.

Translated from Greek, the word "I baptize", "I baptize" means "I immerse in water", therefore, without understanding the real and symbolic meaning of water in the Old Testament, it is impossible to understand the importance of baptism.

Water is the beginning of life, and it is from it, fertilized by the life-giving Spirit, that all living beings come.

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Believers on Epiphany Christmas Eve annually line up at churches in long lines to stock up on Epiphany water for the whole year. Epiphany water, as a rule, is drunk in the morning on an empty stomach, they consecrate houses and offices with it in order to call on the grace of God to help.

But the main point is to attend the prayer service and pray during the blessing of water, because God, at the request that is expressed in prayer, it is with holy water that gives grace for healing from various diseases.

Blessing of water in some churches is also carried out at springs, lakes and rivers, where the clergy go out in procession - it is called the procession to the Jordan.

The hole made at Epiphany, for water blessing and bathing, is also called Jordan, but no one requires to plunge into the icy water, especially if the person is not ready for this.

Holy water in the Baptism of the Lord has the greatest symbolic meaning - it is used to wash in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, cleanse a person from sins, and relieve ailments. Temples, houses and animals are consecrated with it, they are given to drink to seriously ill patients.

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Epiphany bathing

Quite a lot of people decide to swim in the hole with ice water - people believe that baptismal bathing in ponds can cleanse from all sins and make a person spiritually stronger.

In order for the baptismal bathing to benefit people, after the service, the clergy go in a solemn procession to a nearby reservoir. First, a cross is cut through the thickness of the ice, called the jordan, and then the place is consecrated again.

The water in the hole after consecration becomes healing, so the Orthodox wash themselves with it. The most courageous "dive" into the hole - every person who swims in it feels a surge of strength, both physical and spiritual.

The Orthodox Church says that water on the day of the Baptism of the Lord is sanctified by the grace of the Lord God Himself through the prayers of the clergy, and for the manifestation of its healing properties, first of all, sincere faith of a person is necessary.

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Therefore, there is an opinion that those who do not believe in the healing properties of water should not bathe, since it will not benefit them.

The clergy, in turn, warn that one must be able to swim in the hole correctly, although there are no strict rules.

Epiphany bathing is a triple immersion in water with the head, during which the believer is baptized and says the following phrase: "In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit!"

But before swimming, you must definitely go to the temple and pray. Also, you can’t go into baptismal water full and drunk - the Almighty will not send his blessing anyway, since gluttony and drunkenness are considered serious sins.

It is not appropriate for a woman to enter the holy water in an open bathing suit or underwear - preferably in a closed and new shirt, which she can later wear when she gets sick or just feels bad. The clergy believe that the grace that descends while swimming in the hole will protect the whole year.

Epiphany bathing in Rus' has been considered healing since ancient times. By the way, the tradition of bathing in an ice-hole in Rus' dates back to the times of the ancient Scythians - they dipped their babies into ice water, accustoming them to the harsh nature.

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Safety regulations

On the eve of the feast of the Epiphany in large cities of Russia for the mass bathing of believers on the rivers, ice holes are specially cut down and equipped, and the population of these cities is informed about this in the media.

For the sake of safety, you need to swim in ice holes specially equipped near the shore, preferably under the supervision of lifeguards.

It must be remembered that Epiphany bathing in an ice hole is a procedure for trained people, who are called walruses, they harden the body for years. Accordingly, people with chronic diseases should either refrain from baptismal bathing, or observe all safety measures.

In particular, the body must be warmed up before Epiphany bathing in the hole.

You need to approach the ice hole slowly, in easily removable and non-slip shoes - preferably in boots, woolen socks or special rubber slippers.

For Epiphany bathing, you also need to grab a towel and a terry bathrobe, a set of dry clothes, swimming trunks or a shirt, a rubber cap and, of course, desire.

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The ladder along which you descend into the hole must be stable, otherwise, for safety, you need to lower the edge of a thick, strong rope with knots firmly fixed on the shore into the water so that the divers can get out of the water with its help.

Jumping into water and submerging headfirst in water is not recommended - this increases temperature loss and can lead to cold shock. It is best to dive up to the neck without soaking your head in order to avoid reflex constriction of the vessels of the brain.

To avoid general hypothermia of the body, it is not recommended to stay in the hole for more than one minute.

It is also not easy to get out of the hole - it is advisable to use a dry towel or scoop up more water in a handful and, leaning on the handrails, rise quickly and vigorously.

Getting out in a vertical position is difficult and dangerous, because if you break, you can go under the ice, so you need to secure each other.

Dry yourself thoroughly with a terry towel after bathing and put on dry clothes. Then drink hot tea from a pre-prepared thermos to strengthen your immune system and avoid possible hypothermia.

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It should be remembered that Epiphany bathing is contraindicated for people with the following acute and chronic diseases: nasopharynx; of cardio-vascular system; central and peripheral nervous system; endocrine system; organs of vision and respiration; genitourinary system; gastrointestinal tract; skin and venereal.

Material prepared on the basis of open sources

On the night of January 19, the ceremony of Epiphany bathing will take place. Events will be held from 18:00 on January 18 to 12:00 on January 19. It is expected that about 130 thousand people will take part in the ceremony. If there are more applicants, the opening hours of the sites will be extended. About where you can swim on the night of Epiphany - in our material.

CAO

• Temple on Pure Vrazhek.

• Big Garden Pond;
• Coastal passage, vl.7;
• Water stadium "Dynamo".

• Palace Pond.

All places for Epiphany bathing with safe approaches and descents to the water, as well as heated changing rooms, toilets and car parking.

HLW

• Lake Holy;
• lake Beloe;
• Terletsky Ponds;
• Red pond;
• font "Vernissage";
• Babaevsky pond;
• May Pond.

• Shibaevsky pond.

SAO

• Borisovsky Pond (according to Rospotrebnadzor, the water in the pond does not meet sanitary standards);
• Tsaritsynsky Pond;
• Becket pond (according to Rospotrebnadzor, the water in the pond does not meet sanitary standards).

During the events, the safety of citizens will be ensured by about 2.4 thousand people and 180 pieces of equipment, including 776 emergency rescuers and volunteers, 21 rescue hovercraft, 163 vehicles, 1587 police officers and 60 medical teams. At the same time, there will be almost three thousand vigilantes.

SWAD

• Vorontsovsky pond;
• pond of the sanatorium "Uzkoe";
• Troparevsky pond;
• a pond on Nakhimovsky Prospekt, 8;
• Chernevsky Pond;
• a pond near the temple in Zakharyino.

Company

• Meshchersky pond;
• Moscow river - Rublevo village;
• Moscow river - Filevskaya street, 40A;
• Moscow river - Filevsky Boulevard, 21.

• Baryshikha pond in Mitino;
• pond in the village Rozhdestveno;
• derivation channel;
• Pond No. 4 on the Chernushka River;
• PKiO "Northern Tushino";
• Stroginskaya floodplain;
• Kirov floodplain;
• Lake Bezdonnoe;
• Karamyshevskaya embankment, 13-15;
• Picturesque street, 50;
• South Tushino, Lodochnaya street, vl.19.

ZelAO

• lake Black;
• school lake.

For those Muscovites who prefer to stay at home on the night of January 19, the Window to the City portal will hold.

TiNAO

• Troitsk, Desna River, Zarechye recreation area;
• a pond on the river Treshna, village Chernetskoye;
• a pond in Epiphany;
• a pond in Pokrovskoye;
• a pond in Bylovo;
• a pond in the village of Knutovo;
• a pond in Oznobishino;
• pond in DO "Voskresenskoye";
• a pond in the village of Svinorye;
• pond of the Ulyanovsk forest park;
• pond in the village Mosrentgen;
• font in the village DO "Pleskovo";
• temple complex of the icon of the Mother of God in Shcherbinka;
• Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Vasyunino;
• font in the village DSK "Michurinets";
• park "Rucheyek", village Marushkino;
• a font in the village of Tovarishchevo;
• a font in the village of Evseevo-Kuvekino;
• a font in the village of Puchkovo;
• a font in the village of Shishkin forest.

Here's what you need to know if you decide to swim:

January nineteenth The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the twelfth (one of the twelve most important) holidays - Epiphany or Epiphany.

Meaning of the Feast of Epiphany

Epiphany- this is one of the oldest Christian holidays (along with Easter and Pentecost), dedicated to events related to the Nativity of Christ and subsequent life events Jesus Christ.

In later times, in Orthodoxy, the feast of the Epiphany was combined in meaning with Baptism of the Lord, having lost the original connection with the Christmas events. In modern Orthodoxy, Epiphany and Baptism are the names of the same holiday. The plot of the holiday Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River with the help of a prophet John the Baptist.

Epiphany- this is the appearance of God during Baptism in the fullness of the Trinity (God the son was baptized, God the father spoke to him from heaven, God the holy spirit descended in the form of a dove).

Epiphany holes

Literally, Baptism in Greek means immersion in water. In memory of the Baptism of Jesus - baptism is the first and most important Christian sacrament that introduces a person to the church.

On Epiphany Christmas Eve - on the evening of January 18 - the consecration of water in churches is held. January 19 - on the feast of Epiphany itself - the blessing of water is carried out on open water bodies - rivers, lakes, ponds, etc.

Believers believe that on Epiphany night all earthly waters become holy, divine. Epiphany water is considered healing, Christians also believe that dipping into a consecrated hole washes away sins committed over the previous year from a person. In churches, blessed water can be collected until January 27, and believers are trying to stock up on holy water for the whole next year, until the next Epiphany.

When can I swim in the hole for Epiphany - 2017

The Russian Orthodox Church blesses Epiphany bathing from 20:00 on January 18 to 8:00 on January 20.

The rules of baptismal bathing

• You can swim only in specially equipped ice holes near the shore, preferably under the supervision of employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations or the police and vigilantes.
• You can not drink alcohol before diving into the hole and it is undesirable to do this after the ceremony.
• People with cardiovascular, pulmonary and other diseases should be especially careful and it is advisable to consult with doctors before baptismal bathing. Remember, Epiphany bathing is optional, and the church does not bless bathing at the expense of health.
• Before going to the Jordan (this is how the ice-hole for Epiphany bathing, carved in the ice in the form of an Orthodox cross, has been called since ancient times), you should eat, and just before diving into the hole, you need to warm up by doing a little warm-up.
• You need to approach the ice hole in comfortable, non-slip and easily removable shoes.
• In no case should you dive, it is undesirable to plunge with your head in order to avoid hypothermia and a possible sharp narrowing of the vessels of the brain.
• You can not stay in Jordan for more than a minute to avoid hypothermia.
• After bathing, you need to immediately rub yourself and put on dry warm clothes.
• Children should be closely monitored and not allowed to dive into the hole on their own. The participation of children in baptismal bathing is the responsibility of parents and, according to doctors, does not pose serious threats to the health of minors.

Where can you swim at Epiphany in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In Moscow, more than 60 fonts are equipped for Epiphany in different parts of the city, in St. Petersburg, the largest urban Jordan is traditionally arranged near the Ioannovsky ravelin of the Peter and Paul Fortress on the Neva. In total, about two dozen fonts will open in St. Petersburg in different parts of the city and in the nearest suburbs.

Read more about this in the article. Federal News Agency .

Epiphany rules and prohibitions

Among the people, Baptism was called Vodokreschi - this is the day of the folk calendar, which also falls on January 19 (January 6, according to the old style). On this day, Christmas time ended, the consecration of reservoirs took place, people swam in the hole and began to prepare for the winter wedding season.

From folk baptismal prohibitions, the following are known:

• You can not quarrel and even argue, holding a vessel with holy water in your hands, otherwise it will lose its healing power.
• You can’t be greedy and collect too much baptismal water in a church or in a pond.
• Starting with Baptism, it is strictly forbidden to guess, and for those who participated in Christmas fortune-telling, it is advisable to plunge into the hole in order to wash away this sin.
• Two days after Epiphany, you can’t wash at home; for open reservoirs, this ban is valid for two weeks. In general, on Epiphany, which is a great Christian holiday, all work, except for the most necessary, is prohibited.
• If a bird knocks on the window at Epiphany, you need to pray for the dead relatives - it is believed that their souls are asking for help from the living.
• On Epiphany in the villages there is a ban on feeding poultry, it is believed that if you feed the chickens on this day, then in the summer they will rake the beds and spoil the seedlings.

Before diving, you need to eat, you can not drink

The Feast of Epiphany is approaching with traditional immersions in fonts or ice-holes. In order for the bathing to take place in the safest possible environment, the mayor of the city, Sergei Sobyanin, instructed to equip special places for Epiphany bathing with safe approaches and descents to the water. “There will be locker rooms, lighting, parking lots, a place to warm up and drink tea. Look at the list of fonts, ”Sobyanin writes on his official page on the social network. In addition, doctors and rescuers will be on duty near the bathing places (there are 59 in total) to provide timely assistance to those who overestimated their strength before entering the water. Experts remind that it is better to abandon the observance of the tradition for people with chronic diseases (especially the cardiovascular system), diabetes, pregnant women and young children. It is also not recommended to take risks for those who suffer from chronic colds, bronchitis, have recently suffered pneumonia.

The feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated from January 18 to 19 - as the Gospel says, these days the thirty-year-old Jesus entered the waters of the Jordan River, and the world learned about his divine origin. Since then, every Christian can follow his example - it is believed that baptismal water washes away any sins. Diving into an ice hole or font on the night of January 19 has become a tradition. A suitable ice hole can be found in every metropolitan area - bathers will be waiting for the doctors on duty and hot drinks.

Muscovites were promised that snow and blizzards should be expected on the night of Epiphany, and the temperature would drop to 7–9 degrees below zero, although because of the wind it would seem to someone that everything is minus 18 outside. This is by no means a weather record for Moscow, but that’s all Epiphany bathing can be a serious test.

As representatives of the authorities note, it is thanks to the high level of security organization during Epiphany bathing that there have been no tragic cases in Moscow over the past few years. Those who needed it were given help immediately, near the font or Jordan. But in those cities where the level of organization is not so high, every year there are reports of several drowned during Epiphany bathing - for example, in 2017, a bright holiday in the Kirov region and Stavropol region was overshadowed by victims. The cause of the tragedies was swimming in the wrong places and non-compliance with safety regulations.

Places for Epiphany bathing are equipped in each metropolitan area. So, for example, residents of the Central Administrative District will be offered to plunge into the font in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Chisty Vrazhka, and in the North-Eastern District - into the Palace Pond; for bathing residents of Zelenograd equip lakes Chernoe and Shkolnoe. Muscovites living in the west or northwest are more fortunate: they will have several fonts equipped right in the Moscow River at their service. Several bathing places are being equipped in the South-West, South-America, Eastern and other districts, and the most enviable are the prospects for the inhabitants of the TiNAO: more than a dozen places for Epiphany bathing will appear on the territory of New Moscow.

According to the head of the capital's housing and communal services complex Petr Biryukov, swimming areas are provided taking into account the state of ice and weather conditions and will be equipped near the shores of reservoirs, excluding mass access to dangerous ice. Swimming areas will also be equipped with special flooring. If the approach to the ice hole seems too dangerous, you can plunge into the font - alternative places for swimming will also appear throughout Moscow.

Where ice-holes and fonts are equipped near temples, ceremonial services will also take place simultaneously with the dives. According to the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption, these places will be provided with an increased level of security control.

“Order during Epiphany bathing on the night of January 18-19 at the bathing places, as well as at the temples (more than 400) where festive services will be held, will be provided by more than 8 thousand law enforcement officers - police officers, traffic police inspectors, employees of the national troops guards and members of the people's squad and private security organizations, ”reported representatives of the department.

The capital expects that about 100,000 people will take part in Epiphany bathing this year. Everyone who wants to take a dip is recommended to take a cap, shoes that will not slip on the ice, and a large terry towel for rubbing the body after swimming. Dive time, on the advice of doctors, should not exceed one minute.

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