CrimeaPRESS reports:
Festive events for the day of the Epiphany in Sevastopol will begin 18 January. Services and prayers for the blessing of water will be held in Orthodox churches. The list of temples can be found at link. Also, traditional Epiphany bathing will be held in the city. They are organized in specially designated places:
- on the territory of the Tauric Chersonese Museum-Reserve — from 7: 00 before 20: 00 00 January;
- in the area of berth No. 23 in the Cossack Bay — from 00: 00 00 January and from 9: 00 00 January;
- in the area of the Radiogorka pier — from 9 : 00 19 January;
- on the territory of Omega Beach — from 9: 00 19 January;
- on the territory of the beach «Gorodskoy» in Balaklava — from 9: 00 19 January;
- on the territory of the beach «Crystal» — from 18: 00 18 January to 18: 00 19 January;
- on the waterfront ha riverside beach in Kutch — from 18: 00 00 January to 18: 00 19 January.
FROM 18: 00 00 January to 18: 00 19 January, the search and rescue units of the Center for Civil Protection of Sevastopol will switch to an enhanced mode of operation in the areas of responsibility. In addition, medical workers will be on duty in places where people bathe.
Due to festive events from 6: 00 to 00: 00 00 January traffic will be limited on the street Ancient from the intersection with the streets of Eroshenko and Dmitry Ulyanov to the museum-reserve «Tauric Chersonese». The restrictions will not apply to public transport and cars of the museum-reserve employees.
Also, a temporary traffic restriction is introduced on Mikhailovskaya Street from house No. 21 A and on Gromova Street until the intersection of these streets with : 00 until the end of events 00 January. The restrictions will not affect public transport and vehicles owned by persons residing in the zone of the imposed restrictions.
Route No. 22 from 21: 00 before 23: 00 18 January will work in enhanced mode. The current schedule of public transport of Sevastopol is posted on the website of the Directorate for the Development of Road Transport Infrastructure in the «Urban Transport» section .
Those who plan to take part in Epiphany bathing should take a large terry towel to rub themselves after leaving the water and avoid hypothermia. It is also recommended to have a dry change of clothes that you can quickly put on, a hat, hot tea in a thermos.
Recall that swimming in the winter can be dangerous for people with chronic inflammatory diseases, primarily the nasopharynx (otitis, sinusitis), chronic bronchopulmonary, cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the central nervous system. It is also undesirable to go into ice water for people with osteoarthritis, with often recurrent osteochondrosis of the spine.
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