About as far from the pleasant warm waters of the River Jordan as you can get, residents of Yakutia have commemorated the baptism of Christ in a manner fitting for Siberia – plunging half-naked into icy water. Yakutsk is one of the coldest places in Russia, a whopping -47 degrees Celsius, but a frozen city pond is no match for the Russian Orthodox Church. Not that most people need an excuse, this is a daily pastime for the ice swimmer club, after all. Or at midnight, when it’s Epiphany. Wouldn’t want to let the water get too warm now, would we? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com