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Russian Orthodox believers are blessed at Epiphany Cathedral, to mark the upcoming Epiphany in Moscow, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year's celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing. The Russian Orthodox Church follows the old Julian calendar, according to which Epiphany falls on Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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An Orthodox priest conducts a service at an ice hole in a pond in Kolomenskoe park, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged Tuesday and Wednesday into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark the upcoming Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Moscow temperatures on Wednesday dropped to -14 Celsius (7 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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A Moldovan man drinks holy water at a cathedral in Chisinau, Moldova, on Epiphany, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Epiphany marks the baptism of Jesus in the Orthodox Church, and worshippers believe that on this day water becomes holy and is imbued with special powers. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
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A woman lights prayer candles at the main cathedral in Chisinau, Moldova, during the Epiphany Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. The Epiphany, celebrated on January 19, marks the baptism of Jesus in the Orthodox Church and worshippers believe that on this day water becomes holy and is imbued with special powers. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
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Nikola Bankovic, center, celebrates after retrieving a cross partially made of ice from the water of the Savsko lake, in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. The retrieval of the cross is an annual event that marks the Orthodox Epiphany commemorating Christ's baptism. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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Nikola Kovacevic, 21, center, lifts up a wooden cross as he reaches the shoreline, after being the first to reach the cross and retrieving it from the river Danube, in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. The retrieval of the cross which is cast into the water, is an annual event that marks the Orthodox Epiphany commemorating Christ's baptism. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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**FILE** Protesters run as riot police officers use tear gas during a demonstration in the center of Tunis on Jan. 18. (Associated Press)
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Orthodox Jewish children gather outside a school in Beni Brak, Israel, on Thursday. Dramatic changes may be coming in Israel. Demographers now estimate about a third of last year's Jewish babies were born into the ultra-Orthodox community, an insular and devout minority that has long been at loggerheads with the rest of the increasingly modern and prosperous country. (Associated Press)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Satmar sect followers gather during the funeral of Rabbi Yeshayahu Deutsch in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on Thursday. Ultra-Orthodox Jews — known in Hebrew as "Haredim," or "those who tremble" before God — have a birthrate far higher than that of other Israeli Jews, with 10 children not uncommon, and they seem poised to become far more numerous and influential. (Associated Press)
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Singing "We Shall Overcome" during a service at Ebenezer Baptist Church honoring the 25th federal observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in Atlanta are (from left) Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; the Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III, two of King's children; Christine King Farris, the late civil rights leader's sister; Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.; and Sen. Johnny Isakson, Georgia Republican. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Christian Bale holds up his trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for his role in "The Fighter," during the Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful at the end of the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Benedict told pilgrims that he was praying for people in Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka who are suffering because of "devastating" flooding. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of Catholics in England and Wales, oversees the ordination of three former Anglican bishops, John Broadhurst, Andrew Burnham and Keith Newton as Catholic priests in Westminster Cathedral, London, on Saturday Jan. 15, 2011. The three have become the first to take advantage of a program announced by the Vatican in 2009 to accommodate Anglicans unhappy about the direction their church is taking. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/PA)
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Protesters run to leave the demonstration as police throw teargas in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Protesters chant slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Aliin during a demonstration in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Pakistani demonstrators shout slogans against recent statements by Pope Benedict XVI about Pakistan's blasphemy laws, next to burning tires during a rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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**FILE** Pope John Paul II (Associated Press)
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Salvation Army "soldier" Daniel Aherns collects donations on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center in New York in 2011. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 2, 2010, photo made available by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI prays before the tomb of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, during traditional All Soul's Day prayers in the Grottoes of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)
