The communist mayor Anatoly Lokot forbade Epiphany bathings in Novosibirsk

Traditional ablution of believers for the Epiphany in Novosibirsk under a ban. It at meeting of operational staff in Government of the Novosibirsk region was declared today by the mayor Anatoly Lokot. Despite weather, in Novosibirsk every year Epiphany bathings attract a large number of citizens. To fonts and mobile baths for heating even turns are built. Usually on city reservoirs opens a little safe iordany with steps, hand-rail, watches of rescuers and physicians. This year municipal authorities decided to refuse the organized bathing. "As for a baptism, organized...