About 2,000 people, as many as to fill to capacity, attended the service marking Epiphany Day. Alexy II congratulated Christians on the holiday.

Ceremonies to bless water are held in churches on the day.

Hundreds of people stood in line to the Epiphany Cathedral to take blessed water. Police ensured order near the cathedral. No incidents were reported

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. Believers filled containers with blessed water to drink it during the year.

MOSCOW, January 19 (Itar-Tass)