Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 23, 2008 20:18
15 yrs ago
Russian term
иордань
Russian to English
Other
Religion
православие
иордань - культовое сооружение для освящения воды в релегиозный праздник Крещения.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | Jordan hole |
koundelev
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| 5 | cross-shaped ice-hole |
Alex Koudlai
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| 3 | font |
James McVay
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Proposed translations
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Jordan hole
ice hole used for water consecration on Epiphany Day
(прорубь, обычно в виде креста, вырубаемая во льду для освящения воды в праздник Крещения) ice-hole for blessing of waters, the Jordan hole
Several tens of Krasnoyarsk citizens bathed in ice hole on ...- [ Перевести эту страницу ]Traditionally, the Jordan hole was cut in the ice by the Yenisei Cossacks ... More than 1000 church people gathered on the bank of the Jordan hole to fill ...
english.newslab.ru/news/249779
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Note added at 52 mins (2008-06-23 21:10:48 GMT)
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JSTOR: The Orthodox Church and the Russian Merchant Class: Some ...- [ Перевести эту страницу ]My nurse, with great admiration in her voice, told me that my grandfather used to dive into the Neva river in the "Jordan" hole cut in the ice in front of ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0017-8160(195610)49%3A4%3C185%3ATOCATR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
(прорубь, обычно в виде креста, вырубаемая во льду для освящения воды в праздник Крещения) ice-hole for blessing of waters, the Jordan hole
Several tens of Krasnoyarsk citizens bathed in ice hole on ...- [ Перевести эту страницу ]Traditionally, the Jordan hole was cut in the ice by the Yenisei Cossacks ... More than 1000 church people gathered on the bank of the Jordan hole to fill ...
english.newslab.ru/news/249779
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Note added at 52 mins (2008-06-23 21:10:48 GMT)
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JSTOR: The Orthodox Church and the Russian Merchant Class: Some ...- [ Перевести эту страницу ]My nurse, with great admiration in her voice, told me that my grandfather used to dive into the Neva river in the "Jordan" hole cut in the ice in front of ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0017-8160(195610)49%3A4%3C185%3ATOCATR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
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24 mins
James McVay
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Quality translations at reasonable rates
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, Bulgarian to English
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4
font
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-06-23 20:46:34 GMT)
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See also: http://www.kerpc.ru/en/?cdate=2008-1-30
The Iberian Church of the Regional Clinical Children's Hospital № 1 has established a good tradition of making a Jordan ice-hole in the church yard on the Epiphany day. Last year parishioners made a font by digging a hole in a slide.
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-06-23 20:46:34 GMT)
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See also: http://www.kerpc.ru/en/?cdate=2008-1-30
The Iberian Church of the Regional Clinical Children's Hospital № 1 has established a good tradition of making a Jordan ice-hole in the church yard on the Epiphany day. Last year parishioners made a font by digging a hole in a slide.
Example sentence:
Holy water is kept in the font, the church furnishing used for baptisms.
Reference:
1 hr
Alex Koudlai
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
United States
superb quality and velocity
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
cross-shaped ice-hole
ИОРДАНЬ, название крестообразной проруби в водоеме, сделанной к христианскому празднику Крещения Господня для совершения обряда
Many people took part in cross-processions to the rivers or lakes and then watched a priest putting down a cross into the cross-shaped ice-hole. ...
Reference:
dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc1p/20102 - 33k
www.museum.vladimir.ru/eng/archive?filein=1170152100.news - 15k -
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