Celebrating Vodokhreshchа (Epiphany), the last of the Ukrainian Christmas and New Year cycle





in Ukraine - As the faithful gather, priests normally perform the Great Blessing of the Waters twice – once on the Eve of the Feast (usually in the church) and then again on the Day of Vodokhreshche (January 19), outdoors at a body of water. Following the Divine Liturgy, the clergy and people go in a procession with the cross to the nearest body of water, be it a beach, harbour, quay, river, lake, swimming pool, water depot, etc. (ideally, it should be a body of “living water”).

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