The Baptism Day

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In Russia there are a few traditions for a Jesus Baptism Day. This day is celebrated in 19th of January and the night before the main tradition is to go bathing in some natural source of water.

So at this day usually the local rivers and lakes are full of the people wishing to commit this ritual, not minding the temperature of the air and of the water, which is usually just a half degree up the freezing point at this time of the year.

Also, many people in Russia believe that the water being picked up at Baptism Day has some sort of magic. It can be kept next 365 days without getting any smell or become rotten. So many collect the water at that night and keep it at home, drinking it from time to time during all the year.





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    30 Responses to “The Baptism Day”

    1. IvanD says:

      FIRST! Damn this ritual appears to be some sort of sausagefest….yummy

    2. Drapan says:

      Too many dudes…

    3. mike says:

      First!!! Russia is the greatest contry in the world, Fuck America and fuck you, you fat obese pigs

    4. First in faith.

      Those people are so ugly! I hate them.

      • Miss India says:

        OMg these Russians are soooo poor, while in west we get baptised in a luxurious heated pool these poor russians are still baptised in a frozen cold river. I feel sorry for them :(

        • Laudanum says:

          We like it, dude )))

        • baptist says:

          In the west you fuck around with iPods, thats what you do, don’t be surprised to see the west falls in an event the Asians invade. People like you sit on their asses and do nothing, not even the army service, fuck, our Western world is collapsing because of you fat disgracefull bastards.

          • I agree! I have made similar observations. If Russia continues to embrace the Church, and if America continues to push it away, then I may seriously try to move to Russia someday if they will allow me. I’d rather be true to my faith than to some idiotic secular/athiest group who won’t fight for anything but their own self-interest. America is leaning more and more in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

    5. I admire these people. They are showing their commitment even in their discomfort–much stronger than words.

    6. Bilosh says:

      theses peoples has nice underpants - not like decadent capitatist underpants

    7. Jason says:

      At least there is one ruska(woman)in the pictures.

    8. Cheney says:

      Yea, and she looks like she is about to get raped by a bunch of fat Russian guys. I should bring her to Wyoming.

    9. .Memphis. says:

      Where did all the cute girls go? So many people on these pics and all I see is 2 fairly pretty girls, the rest ugly or fat and ugly!

    10. R22iGg says:

      Too much guys there, I would like to see more girls doing that.

    11. viperman says:

      I am upset!!!!
      Us men want girls in bikini pictures with cold chest and hard nipples showing!!!
      Instead we get fat Russian men who are half in the bag from drinking all day and doing little work! Wow!! Thats a shock!!! Russian men who actually show up for work!!! Russian men with boobs!!! Yuck!!!! Super yuck!!!!!!
      Please more pictures of Russian girl’s last day of school playing in the fountains!!! Wet shirts and panties and all Thats a mood booster ———->

      I got me a Russian girl and they are awesome!!!!

      Have a great day!!!!!!

    12. Ugly Russian says:

      Jesus was Jewish and his teachings are for Jews.

      It was rewritten by scammers later to claim it applied to everyone so they could collect money and control people.

      If you’re gonna believe in religious nonsense, then make it a real traditional Russian one!

      • I’m curious so please enlighten me–what would the “real traditional Russian” religion be? Honestly, I’m not sure what religion, if any, they practiced before Christianity, since Christianity was around in Russia for so many centuries.

        By the way–Jesus’s teachings were for anyone with “ears to hear,” regardless of race, ethnicity, or which god or gods they believed in.

    13. Kirov says:

      MaxD, you are a fucking moron. There are lots of sexy girls (which a shit like you would never be able to get) there, and doing this is very comfortable.

      I myself love to do such things. Does this make me a loser?
      NO, it makes YOU a loser, for thinking anyone not a coward like you or are different then you are losers…

    14. El_Greco says:

      Awesome im my country you need to travel to the mountains to see some snow : (

    15. Da says:

      #1 = Kate Mosski

    16. Naglec says:

      I think that in Russia much more pretty girls, then in any country at west ) maxD, I think, stupid fat schoolboy playing WoW more then half part a day and never saw naked girl in real life

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