Epiphany statistics for Russia

More than a million Russians took part in the Epiphany events.

On January 19, 2021, according to police, more than 1.2 million Russians took part in baptismal "religious events." Apparently, we are talking not only about attending a service, but also about swimming in an ice hole and visiting a church for the sake of holy water. The policemen of St. 49 thousand people), in Moscow - 3 thousand (in 2020 - 125 thousand). At the same time, the churches of the capital were visited by 100 thousand believers (in 2020 - 125 thousand).

Recall that in some regions of Russia, local dioceses supported the authorities' ban on Epiphany bathing - in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Tomsk and Kaliningrad regions.

Sources

• More than 14 thousand Petersburgers plunged into Jordan on Epiphany night // Interfax-religion. 2021. January 19.
• More than 1.2 million people took part in the celebration of Epiphany in Russia // There.
• Only about 3,000 Muscovites took part in Epiphany bathing // There.