“By 01:00 baptismal fonts in Moscow were visited by more than 37 thousand people, of whom about 23 thousand bathed. Near midnight, people actively went to the ponds,” the Moscow news agency reports.
It is clarified that the most popular places for swimming were the Holy Lake (about 5 thousand people), a pond in Sokolniki Park (3 thousand people), Strogino and Bolshoi Sadoviy Pond (more than 2 thousand people).
Earlier, therapist of the highest category, Alexei Vodovozov, in an interview with URA.RU, gave recommendations to those who wish to bathe at Epiphany.