Award: Documentary Award

Time: January 19, 2006
Place: Sestroretsk, Russia

January, 19 is the Day of Epiphany in Russia . The festive group of strong believers came to Razliv Lake after the Great liturgy in church. There is the tradition in Russia to do the ablutions in memory of Jesus' Christening in Jordan River on the day. Despite the fact that the frost was very hard (twenty seven below zero in Celsius) many people dipped into Lake's water, what had been consecrated before it. The Head of the local church Archpriest Sergy was the first man who made the ablution. Other people followed him and the queue was generated. There were three assistants who secured and helped each bather; the man putted into the ice-hole with help of the bamboo stick.