The diving for the cross, blessing of the waters…in Macedonia somewhere…
…and Cyprus
And here’s a random Russian image/icon of the Epiphany that brings up a question I’ve always had: how do Russians achieve that brilliant whiteness they use in icons and murals? It’s almost as if no one else knew the secret. It’s such an intense “non”-color that it serves as a foil to the saturated colors of the rest of the surface. It’s actually a saturated white, which should be an oxymoron. It’s beautiful.
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Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal 
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