Small village of Zarvanitsa is located in Podolye region of Ukraine. The village is famous for Zarvanitskiy Mariyski Monastery – the main spiritual center of Greek-Catholic Church.
Legends say that after the devastation of Kyiv in 13th century one monk
ran to the west of Ukraine and during his trip he fell asleep from
exhaustion and had a dream about St. Virgin Mary blessing him. Next
morning the monk went to the spring and saw an icon in it. After he
washed his wounds from a long run in that spring they healed. This
miracle made monk to create a cell in the nearest cave and put the icon
in it.
For a long period of time many people went to that spring in order to be
healed and monks can tell about many miracles that happened in the
monastery. During the tour you will find out many interesting things
about this monastery, general information about the religion in Ukraine,
will be able to see the miracle-working icon and get some water from
the famous spring.
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