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On this day, believers commemorate the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped off to his bathing trunks and immersed himself in the freezing waters of a lake late on Thursday, observing an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany .
"On occasion of the Epiphany holiday Putin attended a liturgy and also took part in the Epiphany bathing in Lake Seliger", Peskov said.
It is believed the water of the Epiphany is full of healing properties and can purify a believer of their sins.
Putin visited the Nilo-Stolobensky monastery in the Tver region after wrapping up his working visit to St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
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According to Peskov, this winter season, central Russian Federation has not been hit by traditional cold weather and this night the temperature was not below minus 6-7 degrees of Celsius.
Putin, like many Orthodox Christians across the globe, bathed in the waters of a local lake in a ceremony that in Russian Federation dates back to the 16th century, Efe news reported.
Russian television stations have shown the 65-year-old Putin approaching a hole cut in the ice on Lake Seliger in northwestern Russia and then dunking himself in and crossing himself.
Epiphany is an important Christian holiday, which is celebrated on January 6 by Catholics and on January 19 by Orthodox denominations.
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