Attractions of Polupanivka

The Church of the Holy Spirit was founded in Polupanivka in 1878 as a small chapel above a healing spring near the top of the Holy Mountain.

According to legends, there was an apparition of the Mother of God at this place, after which the source became a place of pilgrimage for Christians of various denominations.

Another legend tells of a local landowner who ordered a spring that flooded his fields to be filled with stones. After that, the landowner fell ill and went blind. When the spring was cleaned, the blind man washed his eyes with water and saw.

The current Church of the Holy Spirit was built over the chapel in 1989. The Catholic church and the Way of the Cross are located nearby.

"Polupanivska Holy Mountain" is a landscape reserve created in 1994 on 11 hectares of the territory of the Medobory ridge.

Rare species of steppe vegetation and animal world are found here. The mountain is composed of reef limestones. The slopes are covered with huge boulders. The location of some stones in the form of dolmens gives reason to assume that in ancient times there was a pagan sanctuary on the mountain.

In the upper part of the mountain there is a healing spring with which the legend of the apparition of the Mother of God is connected.

The Holy Mountain is a place of pilgrimage for Christians of various denominations. In 2010, the "Way of the Cross" was opened on the territory of the "Polupanivska Holy Mountain" landscape reserve with 14 stations, on which sculptures illustrating the Passion of Christ were installed.

The Church of Saint Joseph was built in Polupanivka in 1894 on the top of the Holy Mountain next to the Orthodox chapel of the Holy Spirit, which stands above the healing spring.

According to legend, the Mother of God appeared here about 200 years ago. Since that time, the Holy Mountain has been a place of pilgrimage for Christians of various denominations.

During the Soviet era, the church was closed, but in 1991 the service was resumed. Today it is the Sanctuary of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular. In 2010, the "Way of the Cross" with bronze sculptures at 14 stations was opened near the church.