APTOPIX Russia Chilly Epiphany

A Russian Orthodox believer swims in the ice hole made in a the form of a cross in a traditional Epiphany celebration, in a lake near Valdai-Iverskiy Monastery in Valdai, Novgorod region, some 400 km (250 miles) northeast from Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Temperature in the area plunged to -28 C (-18 F). (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)