Where will the font for baptism in St. Petersburg be?

Smolny published a list of 18 seats in which bathing is allowed for baptism. Fonts will appear in nine areas.

Most of the fonts will be placed in the Petrodvortsov region: three in Strelna and one in Peterhof . Two fonts will appear in Vyborg , Kolpinsky , Krasnoselsky , Kurortny and Petrograd districts. One at a time in Kronstadt , Krasnogvardeisky , Primorsky and Pushkinsky districts. Without fonts, the Admiralty, Vasileostrovsky, Kalininsky, Kirovsky, Moscow, Nevsky, Frunze and Central areas were left.

Epiphany bathing will be held on January 18 and 19. The authorities insist that washing is allowed only in the listed fonts, they are specially prepared for this, and rescuers and doctors will be on duty on the spot. In other places, bathing is life -threatening. The authorities also recommend refraining from immersion in water to people with malaise, chronic diseases and those who have become ill with coronavirus.

The full list of addresses with the font schedule is posted on the Smolny website.

Update of January 17. The list of fonts is updated according to the Ministry of Emergencies.

Middle Suzdal Lake (Nikolskaya, 13 and Bolshaya Ozernaya, 84)

The territory of the Church of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky in Ust-Izhora and the Holy Trinity parish in Kolpin

Temples of the holy martyrs of Adrian and Natalia, as well as the holy martyr Faddeus Archbishop

The temple of the apostles Peter and Paul and the chapel of the Monk Serafim Sarovsky

Fonts at the Peter and Paul Fortress and Pharmacy Embankment

Olgin Pond

Holy Trinity Primorskaya Sergiev Male Deserts, the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Znamenka, the arrival of the Church of the Holy Princess Olga

Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Overfield in the area of ​​the embankment of Petrovsky Park in Kronstadt

The territory of the yacht club "Hercules"

Colonian pond

Earlier, Paper found out that some areas refused to place fonts.

On January 14, Smolny said that they did not plan to cancel bathing for baptism due to pandemia, but will introduce some restrictions.

The chief weather forecaster of St. Petersburg Alexander Kolesov told what weather to wait in St. Petersburg for baptism.

See in the material “Papers” , as Petersburgers dived into the ice hole at the baptism of the Peter and Paul Fortress, on Lake Suzdal and Kronstadt in 2020.