Immersing oneself in water as a reaffirmation of faith — a second baptism — is encouraged on the winter holiday. One can only think that the hundreds of Russian Orthodox pilgrims were quite ...

remembers church members boiling large pots of water throughout a service just to fill up the horse trough with warm water during a winter baptism. The church, formerly called Aviator North ...

remembers church members boiling large pots of water throughout a service just to fill up the horse trough with warm water during a winter baptism. The church, formerly called Aviator North ...

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But on Sunday, with temperatures struggling to reach 40 degrees and a chilly wind blowing, Carla Mendelson of Rocky Mount braved the elements for her baptism by full immersion into Smith Mountain ...

If you’re part of the baptism, then opt for a matching set leaves you with one less thing to worry about. The winter season is in full swing. The bitter cold and wind definitely affects most ...

Miles Jagusch finally took the plunge. A longtime Rochester resident, the Mayo Clinic employee had never taken part in the winter baptism known as the Rochester Polar Plunge. But on Saturday ...