State institution Volozhin Centre for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health

For the mass influx of people for the Orthodox rite are ready at all OSVOD rescue stations. Traditionally, lakes and reservoirs in Naroch and Myadel, Borisov and Smolevichi, Soligorsk and Vileyka become places of pilgrimage to Epiphany. By the way, from a church point of view, until the rite of consecration of water, which passes after an evening service on Epiphany Eve, is not perfect, bathing in an ice-hole is considered only winter swimming.