Crimea special place, the peninsula has always attracted attention. Its diverse nature will not leave anyone indifferent. Here you can see the hot sea, and shady valley, picturesque mountains and caves. What holiday do you like? Some people like to lie down on a hot beach and in the evening to relax in a fun cafe to whom - they like mountain peaks, and there are fans of a peaceful rural holiday. Increasingly, tourists are trying to combine rest with rehabilitation. A great opportunity is given to such tourists to visit many sacred springs in the Crimea.

Many springs in the Crimea were overgrown with legends, he is credited with healing properties. Gradually, these sources become objects of pilgrimage. A feature of the Crimean sources is that - that they are visited by believers of different faiths. In the Crimea since ancient times coexist peacefully Eastern and Western religions, cultures, lifestyles.

For example, in the town of Stary Krym, which is located on the border of the steppe and mountain areas, there is a source of St. Panteleimon. Legend has it that one person to get lost in the woods. For a long time he could not find the way home and was thinking that is missing. And when he fell asleep from exhaustion, in a dream he was a saint and shows the way to the source. When this man, overcoming fatigue, got to the fountain, drank some water, strength returned to him. Soon a woman came to power and showed the way home. Since the source guard, and named it in honor of the healer and Panteleimon. inevitably will help all those who suffer defeat disease.

And now the source of one of the visited places. The area around it landscaped. In 1997, near the holy spring, a chapel was laid.

And every year, in summer, August 9 - the day of Panteleimon, the pilgrims from all over the Crimea gather around a source of drinking holy water and pray for healing.