Epiphany, one of the most important Christian holidays of the year, was marked in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine on 19 January.
People came to rivers and lakes for blessed water. Many of them took a dip in freezing water.
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Varvara Svezhentseva 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: Varvara Svezhentseva 
Photo: Varvara Svezhentseva 
Photo: Varvara Svezhentseva 
Photo: Varvara Svezhentseva 
Photo: Varvara Svezhentseva 
Photo: Max Trebukhov 
Photo: EPA/UPG 
Photo: EPA/UPG 
Photo: EPA/UPG To ensure safety, the Kyiv authorities dispatched
rescuers and divers to 14 specially arranged swimming sites.
Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, district heads, several officials and city councillorss took a plunge in the Natalka park.
According to Klitschko, he did this out of his own will.