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The authorities of Krasnoyarsk have canceled traditional Epiphany bathing due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the region, the press service of the mayor’s office reports. At the same time, believers will be able to visit churches and collect baptismal water.
It is noted that the decision was made in the city administration at a meeting on the organization of order during the celebration of the Epiphany in Krasnoyarsk, which was attended by specialists from the public security department, police, traffic police and the diocese.
It is emphasized that there will be no equipped and consecrated fonts at the places of baptismal bathing traditional for the region.
In turn, representatives of the Krasnoyarsk diocese urged citizens not to go to unorganized places for swimming, especially when drunk, emphasizing that dipping into an ice hole, according to the Orthodox canon, does not wash away sins, but is a “culturological tradition.”
According to the regional head office of Rospotrebnadzor, about 13 thousand cases of influenza and SARS were detected in the region last holiday week. The epidemic threshold was exceeded by 61.5%.
Source: Rosbalt
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