TOP-10 most vivid Theophany photos from around the world
On the feast of the Theophany of the Lord, Orthodox Christians around the world commemorate one of the most important events in the history of the Church and celebrate it according to traditions formed over centuries.
Theophany bathing. Israel. On the Jordan River
Theophany in Palestine
Theophany in Antarctica
Antarctic station
Theophany in Istanbul, immersion in the Bosphorus
Theophany in Volgograd. Immersion in the font of a spring that healed the wounded during the Battle of Stalingrad
Theophany in Greece
Theophany bathing. Adelaide. Australia
Theophany. Kalofer. Bulgaria
Theophany of the Lord in the USA
Theophany in the USA, Florida
Theophany in Africa
Read also
The monks who were 300 years ahead of progress
An inventory compiled by royal officials in the 16th century shows that these silent monks created Europe's first industrial network.
Bach’s Cathedral Not Made by Hands
Bach buried more than ten of his children, fought the city council over firewood, and went blind. Yet he managed to build a cathedral that no one can destroy.
Podil’s ark amid the plague catastrophe
In the mid-17th century, Kyiv found itself at the epicenter of an epidemic and war. Court records and chronicles reveal how residents sought refuge inside their locked homes.
The plot against the inventor of musical notation
The invention that rescued church music from oblivion cost its creator persecution and exile. The documents of the eleventh century allow us to reconstruct how it happened.
The right to eternal rest
Ancient Rome mercilessly erased the names of millions of ordinary people after death. Christians brought about an extraordinary revolution, restoring spiritual dignity to every human being.
The hidden heroism of Byzantium's underground Church
Textbook history reduces Iconoclasm to theological disputes in Constantinople. Yet the real drama unfolded far from the imperial capital – in forgotten villages where ordinary believers risked everything to preserve the faith.