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04.03.2020

It has been celebrated in Rus' for a very long time. The tradition of celebrating Epiphany began with the advent of Christianity. Currently, it is celebrated by Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants all over the world. Since ancient times, Christian believers called this holiday Epiphany, and Catholics called it the Feast of Kings.

history of the holiday

According to ancient legend When Jesus entered the Jordan River, a dove appeared to him, personifying the Holy Spirit, announcing the will of the Father that the son is a symbol of his favor. The moment of the simultaneous appearance of God, the Son and the Holy Spirit was called the Epiphany.

Catholics have a slightly different version. According to their legend, three rulers came to the newborn Jesus. They made offerings to him of gold, frankincense and myrrh, recognizing him as King, God and Man. This day was called the Feast of Kings.

Previously, the holiday was celebrated by all Christians on one day, January 6th. Centuries later, Catholics and Protestants moved Christmas to another date, but the celebration of Epiphany did not change. The Orthodox Christians introduced the Gregorian calendar and began to celebrate this day on January 19th.

All believers treat this celebration with special trepidation. The celebration begins the day before, when strict fasting is still in effect. At this time, Christians prepare a Lenten dinner consisting of kutya and oat jelly, and the blessing of water begins in churches. People come to church to confess, receive communion and listen to the liturgy. On January 9, a religious procession is held in churches, during which all parishioners join in the common joy of the holiday. All the water is marked with a cross. Everyone who wishes can plunge into the illuminated water (Jordan). This tradition has been going on for centuries. Many people collect water in vessels and take it home. It is believed that it protects the believer from troubles and adversity. Then the holiday continues with the family.

Epiphany bathing

It is believed that holy water washes away all the dirt from a person and cleanses his soul. Nowadays, more and more people are returning to their roots, so they want to experience the cleansing effect for themselves. However, we must remember that simply diving into an ice hole will not save you from your sins. The main thing in this holiday is not the ritual of ablution, but repentance for committing bad deeds. Before bathing, you must confess, take communion and listen to the service. According to Christian canons, in church you need to ask for a blessing for bathing.

In our fast-paced age, not everyone can visit church on time, endure a long service, confess and receive communion, and the clergy understands this and meets the believers halfway. Nowadays it is not forbidden to plunge into the font without visiting the temple. The main thing to know is where the place for swimming will be organized. It is also not considered a violation to refuse to bathe.

Epiphany 2019 falls on Thursday, so you can start plunging as early as Wednesday. There are no strict rules on how to dive into Jordan. Over the years, the following tradition has developed. You need to go into the water and say: “In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit” and plunge headlong. Repeat this three times.

Very often there are severe frosts outside during Epiphany. Diving into water in such conditions is a real test for an ordinary person. Anyone who dares to do such an act has great willpower. If this is done with faith in God, it is doubly commendable. After all, God's grace can protect us from illness and give us physical and mental health.

Many people do not dare to swim in an ice hole, they are afraid that they will freeze and catch a cold. Doctors are confident that, if there are no contraindications, short-term immersion in cold water cannot cause significant harm to the body. However, you need to follow some recommendations:

You must have: a towel, a change of underwear, non-slip shoes and a mat;
dress warmly and loosely;
undress immediately before entering the water;
start removing clothes from below.
dress in reverse order;
Do not dive into water naked. The Church does not welcome this;
the ideal option is to swim in long shirts;
It is prohibited to swim while intoxicated.

People who have taken forty degrees per soul are unlikely to be able to experience all the beauty of swimming. Moreover, they are often inadequate and can only spoil the general high spirits and offend the feelings of believers.

As for children, there are no strict contraindications for swimming. You can start diving into the ice hole from a very young age. If the child is participating in the ceremony for the first time or is too young, it is better to start bathing with adults. Joining the holiday will be painless and will leave vivid memories for a lifetime. Many parents try to capture in a photo their child’s first swim in an ice hole. If you're still not sure, you can try dunking your baby in the bath. Where can I get water for this?

There are many opinions on this matter. It is believed that agiasma - holy water has healing properties and does not spoil. Many are not sure that the water from the tap also underwent a modification at Epiphany. Some believers even believe that it cannot be holy, because it is used for technical purposes. They are sure that performing ablution with such water is blasphemy. Others believe that all moving water has medicinal properties. The main thing is to collect it at the right time.

It is believed that it is better to collect water from midnight 18.01 until the end of 19.01. in churches or consecrated bodies of water. Many people collect a lot of water so that they will have enough until the next holidays. They believe that every day after prayers it is necessary to take a few sips of holy water on an empty stomach. This will give the body strength and protect against evil forces. The tradition of blessing homes, cars and other property with water continues. It is believed that drinking holy water during illness helps in rapid recovery.

Epiphany water is kept near the icon. It is not customary to store it in the refrigerator or in any other place. It must not be poured down the drain. If agiasma does spoil, this rarely happens; it can only be poured into an undefiled place. Water spoils if sinful acts are committed nearby. Holy water, according to church canons, cannot be used for animals. Although some believe that if you feed livestock with such water, they will reproduce better.

Epiphany bathing 2019 in Moscow

In the capital of our Motherland, as well as throughout Russia, there is a revival of long-standing Russian traditions. More and more people began to go to temples and perform religious rituals. As you can see in the photo, holidays are especially solemn during Epiphany. Solemn liturgies are held in all Moscow churches, and water is being blessed. Many parishioners perform church rituals and, of course, bathe in holy water.

Information about where swimming will be in the capital is posted every year on the Internet service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Let's hope that in 2019 too. they will be in places already familiar to Muscovites. In Central administrative district The font for Epiphany bathing is usually organized near Revolution Square. If you are a resident of the northern part of the capital, it is more convenient for you to visit the Christmas font on the “Big Garden” pond, which is located on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street.

Guests and residents of the capital who live near the Khimki Reservoir can visit the Christmas bathing area located in the area of Pribrezhny Proezd or Leningradskoye Shosse. Some people prefer to bathe at Molzhaninovsky Pond.

But residents of the North-Eastern District were not lucky. There are no organized swimming areas on Christmas Day. They can come to the neighboring Eastern District and remember the traditions of their ancestors. Fortunately, there are enough places for the ritual of bathing. In the Eastern District, as many as seven Christmas baths are organized, located at:

Holy Lake;
Terletsky ponds;
White Lake;
Babaevsky Pond;
May Pond;
Izmailovo.

In the South-East of the capital you can find three more Jordans where you can swim in holy water. They are located in the following bodies of water:

Verkhniye Kuzminki;
Lower Lublin;
Shibaevsky pond.

In the Southern District, winter swimmers can take a dip at Christmas in the following ponds:

Upper Tsaritsynsky;
Borisovsky.

The Southwestern District was the luckiest. There are six fonts here. They are located at:

Vorontsovsky Pond;
Pond at c. Euphrosyne of Moscow;
Chernevsky Pond;
Pond near the center "Omen".

Every year more and more people in Moscow want to plunge into the icy water on Christmas Day. In this regard, the city authorities are organizing additional ice holes for Christmas swimming. Where cutting will be organized in 2019 can be found on the portal of the capital's Ministry of Emergency Situations.

They are usually arranged in the area of Meshchersky Pond and on the Moscow River. We think that in the coming year the city administration, as before, will make ice holes in the area:

Kirov floodplain;
Derivation channel;
On Bottomless Lake;
On the pond of the Chernushka river;
On the pond in Mitino near the center. "Christmas Nativity".

Where will Epiphany bathing take place in the Moscow region?

Some believers do not want to perform the ablution ceremony in Moscow. They prefer quiet places, where there is no noise and bustle of the capital, so they are interested in where Christmas swimming will be organized in the Moscow region.

Most famous place in this regard, it is located in Zelenograd. Here Epiphany swimming can be done in two places - on Black and Shkolnoe lakes. Here perfect place for lovers of silence. Nature and unity with God will make the Christmas holidays ideal. These happy days can be made more unforgettable by taking a photo as a keepsake.

Water	Place
pond	With. Teryaevo
dam	Volokolamsk
pond	Nevskoe village
Nerskaya river	With. Ashitkovo
Lake Vedenskoye	Ochevo village
pond	With. Peresvetovo
dam	With. Zhestylevo
pond	village Kuzyaevo
pond	Orudevo village
lake	village Belozersky
pond	Kulikovo village
river	Panteleevo village
dam	Bunyatino village
pond	s.p. Buzharovskoe
R. Istra	s.p. Pavloslobodskoe
pond	With. Nepetsino
water	Klin
R. Oka	g.o. Kolomna

All swimming pools will have bridges, wooden stairs with railings, and nearby there will be changing rooms and toilets.

For traditional Epiphany bathing, 59 places will be prepared at Moscow reservoirs. Citizens and guests of the capital will be able to take a dip here from 18:00 on January 18 to 12:00 on January 19.

All baths are equipped with comfortable bridges and wooden stairs with railings. Heated changing rooms and toilet stalls will be installed nearby. At night, lighting will be turned on in the area around the swimming pools. Also, everyone will be able to 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. Traffic police officers will control access to swimming areas.

Places for Epiphany 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 Vrazhek. In North-East Administrative Okrug you can take a dip in the Palace Pond. In the north of the capital, places for swimming will be installed at the Bolshoi Garden Pond, at the Dynamo water stadium, and also at the address: Pribrezhny Proezd, property 7.

For residents of the North-Western Administrative Okrug, sites will be prepared at the Baryshikha pond in Mitino, the pond in Rozhdestveno, the Derivation Canal, in the Severnoye Tushino Park and Culture Park, in the Stroginskaya and Kirovskaya floodplains, on Lake Bezdonnoye, Karamyshevskaya embankment (houses 13-15), Aviatsionnaya streets (house 79) and Boat (possession 19).

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

In the South-Western Administrative District, sites will be equipped on Vorontsovsky, Troparevsky, Chernevsky ponds, as well as on the pond of the Uzkoe sanatorium, on Nakhimovsky Prospekt (house 8) and near the temple in Zakharyin.

Residents Southern District waiting at the Borisovsky, Tsaritsynsky and Beket ponds. And in the southeast of the city the Upper Kuzminsky, Nizhny Lyublinsky and Shibaevsky ponds will be accessible.

The Vernissage font will open in the Eastern Administrative District. Everyone will also be able to take a dip in the Holy and White lakes, Terletsky ponds, Krasny, Babaevsky and Oleny ponds. And in Zelenograd, lakes Chernoe and Shkolnoe will become places for Epiphany bathing.

Most of the sites will open in the TiNAO territory - at the following addresses:

— Troitsk, Desna River, recreation area “Zarechye”;

— Treshnya river, Chernetskoye village;

— a pond in the village of Epiphany;

— a pond in the village of Pokrovskoye;

— a pond in the village of Bylovo;

— a pond in the village of Knutovo;

— a pond in the village of Oznobishino;

— a pond in the Voskresenskoye Rest House;

— a pond in the village of Svinorye;

— pond of the Ulyanovsk forest park;

— a pond in the village of Mosrentgen;

— a font in the village of the Rest House “Pleskovo”;

— font at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Vasyunino;

— a font in the village of DSK “Michurinets”;

— a font in the park “Rucheyok” (Marushkino village);

— 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 Les.

Tips and safety rules for Epiphany bathing

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

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

You should only swim in specially equipped places where rescuers, doctors, and police are on duty.

Small children should not approach the ice hole without adults.

It is prohibited to bring dogs or other animals with you.

You can’t plunge into the ice hole hungry. It is better to have a snack at least an hour before swimming.

Do not drink alcohol before swimming.

Undress in specially equipped tents.

Before plunging, it is advisable to do several squats and bends.

When approaching the ice hole, stand alone, as the ice may not be able to bear large quantity of people.

Be careful when descending into the hole. If there are stairs, hold on to the railing.

Never dive into the hole head first. After dipping three times, don’t linger, make room for the next ones.

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 knows how to swim.

When you get out of the water, dry yourself with a towel and get dressed immediately; do not stay in the cold for long. If you feel chills, you need to immediately get dressed or cover yourself with a blanket, drink hot tea, preferably herbal tea.

If possible, move to a warm room. If your health suddenly deteriorates, contact doctors, rescuers or police officers.

Under medical supervision

60 visiting teams of the Scientific and Practical Emergency Center will be on duty at Epiphany bathing sites. medical care, as well as the Ambulance and Emergency Medical Care Station named after A.S. Puchkova.

Three additional medical teams will be organized at ambulance substations in TiNAO. 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 Metochion of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity.

Believers are preparing to meet another important church holiday– Epiphany of the Lord, which will be celebrated on January 19, 2018. This holiday is always accompanied by swimming in ice-cold Jordan baths - they are opened the day before in many cities and villages. It is believed that at Epiphany the water becomes holy, it washes away all the bad and gives rise to good things.

On the evening of January 18 - Epiphany Eve - a festive liturgy will be held in all churches, after which the water in churches and fonts will be blessed so that those who wish can plunge into them. Festive services will also be held on the morning of January 19. It will be possible to perform the ritual of immersion in water starting from 18:00 on January 18th until the evening of January 19th.

History and traditions of the holiday

For Orthodox Christians, baptism is a symbol of the beginning of the emergence of the Christian religion, the moment from which the worship of God, who ceased to be unknown, began. After all, it was on the day that Jesus was baptized that people knew great secret worship of God, witnessing the appearance of the Holy Trinity: the Father (God), the Son (Jesus) and the Spirit, who appeared in the form of a dove.

The literal meaning of Baptism is “immersion in water.” The Old Testament speaks about the wonderful properties of water - its ability to wash away everything bad and give rise to everything good. In pre-Christian times, ablutions were used for moral cleansing, but now baptism with water brings deliverance from sins and contributes to the emergence of spiritual life.

How Epiphany 2018 is celebrated

Before the holiday of Epiphany, Orthodox Christians observe a strict one-day fast. January 18 – On Epiphany Eve you can eat exclusively lean flatbreads made with hemp oil, popularly called sochen and kutya. Before the holiday, housewives do general cleaning and prepare the festive table. It should have a lot of meat, honey and cereal dishes. The main treats of the Epiphany table are cookies in the shape of crosses, which are baked from sweet dough, pancakes and baked pig. in the old days, the meal was organized strictly in order: first, cross cookies and blessed water, then pancakes, and then everything else. Believers were confident that the heavens would open at Epiphany, and therefore all sincere prayers would be heard and wishes would come true.

The main event of Baptism is the blessing of water. This ritual is performed in all temples. Epiphany water is used to treat diseases, cleanse the home, and protect against troubles and evil forces. Their miraculous properties Holy water lasts for exactly one year.

Another holiday tradition is swimming in open reservoirs where ice-holes-Jordans are built. Bathing allows you to wash away your sins. According to tradition, you need to plunge into the water three times.

How to swim in an ice hole for Epiphany

To ensure that the ritual of swimming in an ice hole at Epiphany does not lead to undesirable consequences, you must follow a few simple rules.

There is no need to plunge into the water suddenly - go knee-deep, wash, and then take a plunge (for this there is no need to go completely into the hole). The maximum time spent in cold water is 15 seconds.

You should take off your clothes immediately before you are about to take a plunge. The longer you stand in the cold without clothes, the greater your chances of getting sick after swimming.

After finishing swimming, you need to quickly dry yourself with a towel and put on warm clothes. Then go indoors and drink hot tea. Remember that you cannot drink alcohol after swimming.

Where you can swim at Epiphany in St. Petersburg

The main baptismal font in Northern capital will be open for the ceremony at the walls Peter and Paul Fortress- the consecration of water will be performed by Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius on January 19 at 13:00. Every year, more than 10,000 people take a dip in the font at Peter and Paul Fortress, and over 25,000 citizens come to the festive events. It is known that the font in 2018 will have a rotunda and a dome. Rescuers will closely monitor the swimming, and warm tents will be set up near Jordan for changing clothes. There will also be hot tea and pies. In total, as the Petersburg Diary writes, 26 fonts will be equipped in St. Petersburg ( full list can be found on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for St. Petersburg).

The publication notes that district administrations, together with relevant departments, will ensure safety in public bathing areas. In total, it is planned to involve more than 400 rescuers.

Where you can take a dip in the hot tubs in Moscow

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that in 2018 the authorities prepared 59 places for Epiphany bathing, which will be equipped with safe approaches, descents to the water and lighting. Heated changing rooms and toilets will be installed next to the swimming pools, parking lots and places where everyone can warm up and drink tea will be equipped. In the North-East Administrative District and the Central Administrative District - 1 font, Zelenograd - 2, the Northern Administrative District, the Southern Administrative District and the South-East Administrative District - 3 fonts each, the Western Administrative District - 4, the South-Western Administrative District - 6, the Eastern Administrative District - 7, the North-Western Administrative District - 10, the TiNAO - 19. Since winter this year in Since the central part of Russia is warm and the ice cover has not yet formed, it will not be possible to see ice holes in the form of crosses everywhere. But this will not become an obstacle for the clergy to bless the water. By the way, in those areas where there are no open bodies of water nearby, they will install fonts - special barrels of water, which will also be blessed before the ritual.

A complete list of addresses of places where Epiphany bathing will be held can be found on the Moscow government website.

TV channel "360" publishes a list of places.

Epiphany, or Holy Epiphany, is one of the ancient Christian holidays that ends the Christmas season. After the Epiphany Eve meeting, on the night of January 18-19, Orthodox Christians celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord. One of the main traditions of this holiday is swimming in an ice hole. In the Moscow region there will be 208 places for Epiphany swimming, in Moscow - 60. The 360 TV channel is publishing a list of places where you can plunge into the ice hole on Epiphany.

Moscow region

Volokolamsky municipal district

Joseph-Volotsky stauropegial monastery, With. Teryaevo, pond;
Vvedensky Temple, village. Spirovo, font
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Volokolamsk, dam

Voskresensky municipal district

With. Ashitkovo, Church of the Resurrection of Christ, r. Nerskaya
village Belozersky, lake near the Church of All Saints in the Russian Land of the Shining Ones
Voskresensk, lake in the Lopatinsky microdistrict
Nevskoe village, pond near Nevskoe village

Dmirovsky municipal district

Church of the Intercession Zhestylevo Reservoir
Church of the Sorrows Peresvetovo
Church of the Nativity of Christ, Chapel-font with. Ilyinskoye
Recreation center "X-LAND" s. Ilyinskoye
Lake Vvedenskoye, village Ochevo
With. Zhestylevo Intercession Church, Dam
With. Peresvetovo Sorrowful Church, Pond
With. Orudevo Intercession Church, Pond
With. Podcherkovo Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
village of Kuzyaevo Pond near the hotel "Aliriko"
With. Ignatovo Shooting complex "Fox Hole"
village Iksha, st. Komsomolskaya, 18 Temple of Seraphim the Hieromartyr (Zvezdinsky) Bishop of Dmitrovsky
Panteleevo village, Sestra River near Trinity Church
With. Kulikovo, st. School, pond
Lugovoi village Territory of Nikolo-Peshnoshsky monastery
With. Ozeretskoye St. Nicholas Church, Font on Lake Krugloe
d. Podmoshe font at the temple
R. Lbovka village Rogachevo, pl. Osipova
R. Dyatlinka village Karpovo
Bunyatino village, dam

Zaraisky municipal district

Aponitishchi village, ice hole
Rozhnovo village, ice hole
Kuvshinovo village, font
Zaraysk, "White Well" bathhouse

Istra municipal district

g.p. Istra Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery 200 m. from Skete r. Istra
s.p. Buzharovskoe farm Limishino ice hole on the Istra reservoir opposite the Temple of the Kazan Mother of God
s.p. Buzharovskoe village Kurtnikovo pond opposite the Temple
s.p. Ermolinskoye village Darna ice hole on the pond (dam) near the Temple of the Exaltation of the Cross
With. Ermolinskoye village Hills ice hole in the pond near the Church of the Sign
s.p. Novopetrovskoe st. Collective farm ice hole on the pond
s.p. Novopetrovskoe village Ustinovo ice hole on the pond
s.p. Pavloslobodskoye village Pavlovskaya Sloboda r. Istra

Klin municipal district

Klin, Demyanovo village, pond near the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Kolomensky municipal district

Right bank of the river Oka near Trinity Church. Kolomna (Shchurovo)
Kolomna district, village. Nepetsino Near the Church of the Sign on the pond

Krasnogorsk municipal district

Dam on the river Bathhouse, Krasnogorsk, st. Rechnaya, (ski resort)
Church of St. Elizabeth, town Krasnogorsk, microdistrict Opalikha, st. Opalikha pond
Metochion of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' - Church of Demetrius of Thessalonica, r. Istra village Dmitrovskoe, s.p. Ilyinskoye
Ilyinsky Temple Krasnogorsk district, village. Ilyinskoye, st. Embankment, r. Moscow
Branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main UpdK under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia MZK" MOSCOW COUNTRY CLUB", Nakhabino-1, branch pond

Leninsky municipal district

Vidnoye, pond
Vidnoye, pond
p. Volodarsky, r. Pakhra
Gorki Leninskie village, pond
With. Molokovo, pond
With. Island, pond

Lukhovitsky municipal district

gp. Beloomut, lake Sosnovoe

Lyubertsy municipal district

Lyubertsy Natasha Ponds
g.p. Malakhovka Lake Malakhovskoe
g.p. Kraskovo Big Korenevsky quarry

Mozhaysky municipal district

With. Sivkovo, pond
village Zachatiye, pond
Mozhaisk, font
Sychiki village, blue lake
village Klementyevo, r. Iskona
village of Goretovo, Mozhaisk Reservoir.
g/p Mozhaisk village, Isavitsy "Ferapontov source"
Selyatino village, Raduzhny pond
village Sloboda embankment, Protva river
village Smolino, spring

Naro-Fominsk municipal district

Slepushkino village, font
Afeneevo village, font
Vereya, Embankment 12, Protva River
Naro-Fominsk, st. Peshekhonova, b. Nara
Church of the Ascension of the Lord, village of Selyatino, Pionersky Pond
Vereya, Protva river, Komsomolsky lane
Tashirovo village, Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God

Noginsk municipal district

Chapaevo village, Sokolovskoye lake
Elektrougli, st. Parkovaya, 20B, Kamensky Pond
Old Kupavna, Shalovka River
With. Biserovo (from the village of Biserovo)
from Resurrection, Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Noginsk Deanery of the Moscow Diocese - font
D. Avdotino, b. Vorya
D. Bolshoye Bunkovo, Lake Borovoe
Ivashevo village, outdoor swimming pool on the territory of the Trinity Church
With. Kudinovo, sand quarry
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Noginsk, R. Klyazma
With. Ivanovskoe, pond
With. Makarovo, r. Pruzhonka

Odintsovo municipal district

g.p. Novoivanovskoye, Skolkovo village (pond)

Orekhovo-Zuevsky municipal district

Lake Amazon
Orekhovo-Zuevo, Pond in the city park

Pavlovo-Posad municipal district

village Zaozerye village Kuznetsovskoe
Chasovaya Temple Trinity-Chizhi
Church of the Nativity, Zaozerye village, pond
Voznesensky Temple, Pavlovsky Posad, Korporativny Lane, 2

Pushkinsky municipal district

Serebryanka River
river Ucha Mr. Mamontovka
p. Sofrino, pond on the river. Talitsy
Lesnoy village (pond near the Church of the Prophet Elijah)

Ramensky municipal district

Ramensky district, village Zyuzino, Tsentralnaya St., near house No. 73B there is a font
Ramensky district, village Mikhailovskaya Sloboda font
Ramensky district, Eganovo village, font
Ramensky district, Ryleevo village, near the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, font
Ramensky district, village Gzhel, font
Ramensky district, Pervomaika village, Bobok lake, font
With. Malyshevo, st. Garden Dead End (near the Malyshevo hockey rink), pond
With. Zavorovo, font
With. Ignatyevo, river
With. Sinkovo (upper pond)

Ruzsky municipal district

Komlevo village, Ruza river
Komlevo village, Ruza river
Komlevo village, Ruza river
Komlevo village, Ruza river

Sergeevo-Posad municipal district

r.p. Bogorodskoye, Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Holy Trinity Lavra (pond near the temple)

Serpukhov municipal district

Avangard village territory of LLC "Park - Hotel "Vozdvizhenskoe"
village Starye Kuzmenki pond near the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
m. Danki, pond
"Drakino Island" (Drakinsky quarry)

Solnechnogorsk municipal district

Lake Senezh

Stupinsky municipal district

With. Verzilovo, a holy spring in the name of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.
Stupino, "Belopesotsky pit" at the Holy Trinity Belopesotsky Convent.

Taldomsky municipal district

Taldom, lake on Krasnoarmeyskaya street.
Ulyantsevo village, quarry
Semenki village, pond
village Zaprudnya reservoir in the area of the sports complex "Antey"

Chekhovsky municipal district

Holy spring Talezh, village Talezh
Chekhov, Source, St. John the Baptist Church
With. Khlevino, Source of the Archangel Michael Church
With. Prokhorovo, source
With. Vaulovo, Source of the Trinity Church

Shatura municipal district

Shatura, st. Moskovskaya, 41, holiday home "Saint Lake", lake. Holy

Shchelkovsky municipal district

Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River
Shchelkovo city beach on the territory of the Shchelkovo City Park of Culture and Recreation, Klyazma River

Balashikha urban district

right bank of the river Pekhorka VSS2

Bronnitsy urban district

Gorka village, pond

Dzerzhinsky urban district

Dezrzhinsky, on the water in the area Ski resort LLC "Freestyle"

Dolgoprudny urban district

(Kotovsky Bay of the Moscow Canal) near the MROP parish of the Spassky Church with. Kotovo, Dolgoprudny Municipal District of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
(Klyazma River Bay) near the Temple in honor of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands (Spasskaya Church) in the village. Paveltsevo MROP

Domodedovo urban district

Obraztsovo village
With. Bityagovo
With. Yam

Dubna urban district

Bolshevolzhskoye Lake
Dubna, st. Ratmino, Dubna River near the Church of the Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Yegoryevsk urban district

Gridino village, Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
S. Nikolo-Krutiny
D. Spas-Leonovshchina
D. Low
S. Radovitsy
Yegoryevsk pond
D. Vasilyevka
D. Bobkovo
Leonovo village, pond Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Zhukovsky urban district

Parish of the Church of John the Baptist, Glushitsa district, Moscow River

City district Star City

Temple, font

Zvenigorod urban district

Temple, font

Ivanteevka urban district

Temple, font

Kashira urban district

Kashira, Kolodezny Lane, Plotomoynya
Kashira, Yamskoy proezd, Dairy near the church
Kashira 2 ravine near the village of Khitrovka spring

Kolomna urban district

Oka River

Korolev urban district

Temple Font
(Local religious organization Orthodox parish of the Trinity Church in the city of Korolev, Moscow region, Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church)

Krasnoarmeysk urban district

Krasnoarmeysk, Zubova Boulevard (Vorya river)

Lobnya urban district

(pond of the Lugovaya microdistrict) near the Temple in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves”

Lytkarino urban district

Lytkarino, watered quarry "Volkusha"

Mytishchi urban district

Trinity Church in the village of Drachevo
Reservoir (ice hole).
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, village. Nikolo-Prozorovo, st. Nikolskaya, 1, Reservoir (ice hole);
Church of the Holy Trinity, p. Trinity (ice hole);
Temple of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Vitenevo village, st. Central, 18-a (ice hole);
pond in Skolkovo
Church of the Nativity, Ostashkovo village, 38 (ice hole);

Ozyory urban district

Sosnovka village, holy spring
village of Gory, holy spring
village Sennitsy-2, holy spring
Belye Kolodezi village, holy spring
Komarevo village, holy spring

Orekhovo-Zuevo urban district

Lake "Blue"
village of Stary Pokrov, Parish spring of the Church of the Intercession of the Akhtyrskaya Mother of God
Gora village, Parish spring of the Church of the Nativity
Lake Amazon
Pond in a city park

Podolsk urban district

Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Park Talalikhina"
Reutov, Trinity Church

Podolsk urban district

Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Park Talalikhina"

Reutov urban district

Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Park Talalikhina"

Roshal urban district

village Zamoshye spring "Holy Well"
With. Ramenje pond near the Temple of John the Baptist
g.o. Roshal, st. Karl Liebknecht, Yubileiny Lake

Serebryanye Prudy urban district

With. Petrovo font at the Holy Spring "Joy to all who mourn"
Nizhnyaya Purlovka village, river bank Kudesna (Font)

Serpukhov urban district

Serpukhov, Balaton pond
R. Nara
Serpukhov, pond microdistrict. Nogina

Fryazino urban district

Fryazino, Big Lake, near PSO

Khimki urban district

microdistrict Novogorsk AGZ EMERCOM of Russia
microdistrict Podrezkovo, pond
Khimki Canal named after. Moscow, basketball center "Khimki"

Shakhovskaya urban district

Ramenskoye s/p pond near the church. Ramenier
village of Zamoshe, spring "Holy Well"

Elektrostal urban district

Reservoir "Western"

Moscow

Central Administrative District

Fonts on Revolution Square

North-Eastern Administrative District

Palace Pond (1st Ostankinskaya Street, 7)

Eastern administrative district

Lake "Holy" (Orangereinaya str., 18)

Lake "White" (B. Kosinskaya St., 46)

Terletsky Ponds (Svobodny Prospect, 9)

Red Pond (Izmailovsky Forest Park)

Font "Vernissage in Izmailovo" (Izmailovskoye sh., 73zh)

Babaevsky Pond (Kurganskaya St., 59)

Maysky Pond (Sokolniki Park)

South-Eastern Administrative District

Upper Kuzminsky Pond (Kuzminskaya St., 10)

Shibaevsky Pond (Zarechye St., 14)

Lower Lublinsky Pond (Shkuleva St., 2b)

Southwestern Administrative District:

Vorontsovsky Pond (Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Vorontsovo, Ak. Pilyugina St., 1)

Pond of the sanatorium "Uzkoye" (Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Uzkoye, Profsoyuznaya St., 123b)

Troparevo Pond (recreation area "Troparevo", Academician Vinogradova St., 7)

Pond on Nakhimovsky Prospekt (Nakhimovsky Prospekt, 8, near the Church of Euphrosyne of Moscow)

Chernevsky Pond (decorative pond No. 1, Church of the Nativity in Chernevo, Yuzhnobutovskaya St., 62)

Pond on the territory of the temple (Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Znamenie", Shosseynaya St., 28a)

Southern Administrative District

Upper Tsaritsynsky Pond (Dolskaya St., 1)

Beket Pond (Zagorodnoe Highway, 2)

Borisov Ponds(Borisovskie Prudy St., 2g)

Western administrative district

Pond Meshchersky (Voskresenskaya St., 3a)

Moscow River (Rublevo village, V. Botyleva St., 41)

Moscow River (B. Filevskaya St., 40a)

Moscow River (Filyovsky Br, 21)

Northwestern Administrative District

Baryshikha River ( Landscape park, st. Baryshikha, ow. 4)

Pond in the village Rozhdestveno (pond in the village of Rozhdestveno, behind the Church of the Nativity, Mitino district)

Derivation canal (opposite the house on Malaya Naberezhnaya street, 3, building 1)

Pond on the Chernushka River No. 4 (Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo Natural History Park)

Khimki Reservoir, Moscow River (Svobody St., 56, PKiO "Northern Tushino")

Stroginskaya floodplain (Tvardovskogo St., building 16, building 3)

Kirov floodplain (Isakovskogo st., building 2)

Lake Bezdonnoe (Tamanskaya St., 91)

Moscow River (Karamyshevskaya embankment, 1315)

Moscow River (Zhivopisnaya St., 50, Moskvoretsky Natural History Park, diversion canal, Lodochnaya St., 19)

Diversion channel (Lodochnaya street, property 19).

Northern Administrative District

Bolshoi Garden Pond (Bolshaya Akademicheskaya St., 4749)

Hospital Bay Khimki Reservoir(Coastal Ave., property, 17)

Voikovsky district: the water area of the Khimki reservoir near water stadium"Dynamo" (Leningradskoye Shosse, building 3943)

Molzhaninovsky ponds (Molzhaninovsky district, Burtsevo village, Burtsevskaya street, 3537)

Zelenograd administrative district

Lake "Shkolnoe" (10 microdistrict, on the western side of the pond)

Lake "Black" (6 microdistrict, Lesnye Prudy alley, font on the west side)

Novomoskovsky and Troitsky administrative districts

MUSP "Fishing and sports base" (Troitsk island, Desna river in the Zarechye recreation area)

Pond in the village Pokrovskoye (Voronovskoye settlement, Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pokrovskoye village)

Pond near the Archangel Michael Church (Krasnopakhorskoe village, Bylovo village)

Pond (Filimonkovskoe village, Knutovo village)

Pond (Shchapovskoye village, Oznobishino village, Holy Trinity Church)

Pond (Voskresenskoye settlement, territory of the Voskresenskoye village, dam No. 1)

Pond (Marushkinskoye settlement, Bolshoye Svinorye village)

Pond (Moskovsky village, Ulyanovsk forest park village, LLC "Gloria" temple chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God "Unfading Color")

Pond (Moskovsky village, Govorovo village, pond No. 2, Central St.)

Pond (Mosrentgen village, middle pond of the Troitsky Estate cascade)

River (Rogovskoye village, Vasyunino village, 100 m from the Church of the Holy Trinity on the river)

Font (village Vnukovskoe, village DSK "Michurinets", Zheleznodorozhnaya str., 1; font next to the Setun river)

Font (Marushkinskoe settlement, Marushkino village, Rucheek park)

Font (Klenovskoe village, Tovarishchevo village, Pechenka river)

Font (Desenovskoe settlement, Evseevo-Kuvekino village)

Font (Pervomaiskoe village, Puchkovo village, Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God)

Font (Mikhailovo-Yartsevskoe village, Shishkin Les village, p. 43, Church of the New Martyrs)

The Baptism of Jesus Christ is considered one of the 12 main Orthodox holidays. Another name is Epiphany, which is explained by its descent in the form of a dove onto the water.

This is a non-moving holiday, which is celebrated every year on January 19 (in 2019 it falls on Saturday) and is not included in the list of official holidays and weekends in the Russian Federation.

Many believers are already wondering when they can swim at Epiphany in 2019, but to find the answer, we need to remember some ancient traditions.

Features and customs

In the evening, parishioners attend a church service, and on the night from 18 to 19, clergy bless water in churches and reservoirs, after which everyone can collect it in containers and plunge into the font.

You can collect water for 3 days from the 19th to the 21st, but it is considered the most energetically powerful Epiphany water January 19.

The main tradition is swimming in an ice hole, which is carved in the shape of a cross and is called “Jordan”. The main requirement, according to the canons of the church, when choosing a place for an ice hole is natural open water, river. After consecration by the priest, the water becomes healing and can relieve illness, mental and physical torment.

Many people believe that ablution Epiphany water is equivalent to the forgiveness of a person’s sins, but this is not true: this requires visiting church, repentance and confession.

It is not at all necessary to dive and stay in icy water for a long time; it is enough to plunge your head three times and cross yourself 3 times before entering the ice hole.

Swimming in Moscow

IN last years Among Russian residents, diving into ice holes is becoming quite popular. For example, the number of people who took the plunge in 2018 in the capital is about 120,000 people. Therefore, the number of places in Moscow where you can swim on Epiphany will increase in 2019.

As always, the days when everyone will have the opportunity to swim at Epiphany in Moscow, in 2019 will be the night from 18.01. on 19.01. and 19.01. until the evening - during this period near the places mass bathing Ambulance crews and rescuers will be present.

Winter in climatic zone, in which it is geographically located Russian Federation, may surprise you with abnormal heat, as in some previous years. Then the reservoirs do not freeze, and it is simply impossible to make an ice hole. However, in 2019 in Moscow this will not be an obstacle to organizing places where you can swim at Epiphany. Based on the experience of 2017-2018, this list is about 60 points.

For the safe and convenient stay of people in official places in each district of the capital, additional means and activities will be used:

anti-slip mats;
railings;
changing cabins;
hot drink outlets;
car parking;
lighting lamps;
biotoilets;
heating and medical care tents.

Usually, on the eve of the holiday, sanitary service specialists take water samples in the proposed swimming areas. Often the results of the analyzes are unsatisfactory, which is the reason for closing some reservoirs. For example, in 2018, 2 ponds were subject to such a ban - Pionersky and in the Catherine Park of the capital. The press service of the institution recommends that citizens first view the list of permitted places on the website of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for Moscow.

Center

There will be 3 points in this part of the capital:

Revolution square.
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Chisty Vrazhek.
Catherine Park (Suvorovskaya Square).

North

It is planned to hold events on the Bolshoi Garden Pond (Bolshaya Academicheskaya St.). In Khimki, at the reservoir, swimming will take place in 2 places:

Dynamo Stadium, Leningradskoye Highway.
Beach "Levoberezhny", Pribrezhny passage.

In the Northeast, the main scene of action is the Ostankino (Palace) pond.

Residents of the North-West will be able to come to such reservoirs as:

Strogino floodplain.
Bottomless lake.
Moscow River – Northern Tushino Park.
St. Svobody, st. Zhivopisnaya, st. Aviation.
Derivation channel.
Chernushka River in Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo Park,
Landscape park "Mitino" (Baryshikha).
Karamyshevskaya embankment.
Kirov floodplain.

East

The area is characterized by the presence of many picturesque ponds:

Babaevsky.
Red.
May.
Silver-Grape.
Alder (Terletskaya Oak Park).
Putyaevsky.
Oleniy (Sokolniki Park).

Also popular among residents of the district are such vacation spots as:

Font "Vernissage".
Lake "White" and "Holy".

South

Epiphany rites will be organized by local authorities at the following ponds:

Borisovsky (Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, Borisov).
Upper Tsaritsynsky.
"Beket" (Country Highway).
Upper Kuzminsky.
Nizhny Lublinsky.
Shibaevsky.
Vorontsovsky (Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, Vorontsovo).
Chernyavsky (Church of the Nativity, Chernevo).
Sanatorium “Uzkoe” (Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Yasenevo).
Tpoparevsky (recreation area "Tpoparevo").
Nakhimovsky prospect.
Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign”, Zakharyino.

West

Mass baths await visitors on Meshchersky Pond and the Moscow River:

Filevsky Boulevard.
St. Bolshaya Filevskaya.
Rublevo.

Behavior rules

For safety, it is worth remembering and following simple recommendations from experts:

Have a small snack with high-calorie foods to provide the body with the necessary energy. Avoid smoking before and after swimming to avoid additional stress on the heart.
Quick entry to prevent hypothermia.
Staying in the water for beginners is no longer than 20 seconds, maximum for trained people is 2 minutes.
You should not dry yourself with a towel after getting out of the water, so as not to damage the capillaries of your skin in the cold.
The fastest way to get dressed in dry clothes with a minimum of fasteners.
Drink hot tea.
Go for a short jog to warm up your body.

There are also a number of signs of hypothermia, in the event of which a bathing person needs emergency medical assistance:

Sharp redness of the skin.
Pain in the back of the head and temples.
Fatigue and stiffness of movement.

It is worth remembering that this ritual is not mandatory, but a voluntary action, so if you decide to undergo it, it is important not to harm your body and your health.

Contraindications for swimming

To ensure that the celebration of Epiphany in 2019 in Moscow passes calmly and without incident, emergency care specialists have prepared in advance a list of restrictions with which it is strictly forbidden to swim in an ice hole:

Cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and nervous system disorders.
Pregnancy.
Age up to 12 years.
State of drug or alcohol intoxication.
The presence of infectious diseases or gynecological inflammations.
A state of exacerbation of chronic diseases.
Diabetes mellitus and diseases of the genitourinary system.

To dive into water, you should choose specially designated and prepared places where rescue service representatives are present. Diving alone is also prohibited, since in the event of an unforeseen situation no one can help a drowning person.

More about the rules of Epiphany bathing: video