Honorable Mention / 2023 / Press / Feature Story

Magic water

It is wartime in Ukraine now. But there is one holiday on which people are not afraid of anything. On January 19 of each year, Orthodox people in Izmail celebrate the consecration of water. On this day, water is considered holy. In the city water supply and in the river. People drink it and bathe in it. On this day, the water becomes holy and washes away all his sins from a person and the person recovers. In the morning, the water is blessed in the church and people then all bathe in the Danube River. Someone just sits in a bar, and someone on this day catches holy fish in the river.