Attractions of Yezupil

The pilgrimage center "Dukhova Krynytsia" is located on the western outskirts of the village of Yezupil, a little north of the village of Silets, by the Yezupilsky stream, near the miraculous spring of the same name, known since the 12th-13th centuries.

According to legend, the warriors of Yaroslav Osmomysl, Danylo Halytskyi and Semen Vysochan sanctified their banners with water from the Dukhova Krynytsia before their campaigns. There is an assumption that the chronicled Ivanovsky monastery of Ancient Halych, known since 1189, existed on this site. Perhaps it was the monks of this monastery, destroyed during the Mongol-Tatar invasion, who founded the Maniava Hermitage at the foot of the hill.

Since ancient times, Dukhova Krynytsia has been a place of pilgrimage for pilgrims from all over the region on the holiday of Ivan Kupala. In 1878, a chapel was built here, but it was destroyed during Soviet times.

The tradition was revived in the early 1990s. Now every year on the holiday of John the Baptist, a Festival of Spiritual Song is held near Dukhova Krynytsia.

The Congregation of the Incarnate Word of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church began construction of the Dukhova Krynytsia Monastery in 2023.