Devil's stones

An erratic boulder (Scandinavian granite) with dimensions: length 3 m, width 2.2 m, height 0.8 m. On the surface one can see holes created by drilling with an auger, probably in order to split the stone or during the celebration of the so-called "Sobotka".
According to local beliefs, the devil appeared on the stone in various forms. One version of the legend says that the devil was supposed to hurl a stone at the monastery in the White Mountains, however, he missed, and the stone was hurled into the marshy meadows. A spring bursts out just nearby, but no information has been recorded regarding possible beliefs about it. The boulder is located in a marshy wetland at the foot of the so-called "Monastery Hill." Currently it is a forested area of the Sandomierz Forest, but a few decades ago it was occupied by meadows. According to local tradition, there was supposed to be a monastery (or church) here, which had collapsed, or possibly a "pagan charm". On Pentecost, local residents used to burn St. John's Day fires at the site.

Geographic coordinates: 50.301492, 21.655571

Sources of information: Kotula 1974, 174-175, Fig. 87; information board; field queries

Location on Google maps

Location of place on Heldensfeld's map of Western Galicia (1801-1804); (Anton Mayer von Heldensfeld, Carte von West-Gallizien welche [...] in den Jahren von 1801 bis 1804...}.

The so-called "Burski Stone" according to local tradition with an imprint of the foot (or two feet) of the Mother of God, built into the wall of the Roman Catholic chapel of the Mother of the Church in Mrukov Forest. Below the chapel breaks out a spring, the water from which is said to have miraculous healing powers. Witold Fusek, in his collection of legends, fairy tales, superstitions and customs of the Biecko land, gives information obtained from an old forester: "when the statue of the Mother of God - the one that is in Tarnowiec today - years ago was transported from Hungary to Jaslo - at the place where the brick chapel stands today, they rested and placed the statue on a rock. On this rock, the body of the Mother of God miraculously embossed its reflection (...) The rock with the reflection of the Mother of God was dumped in the stream - but she herself returned to her previous place. A statue of the Mother of God was erected on this spot, and later the statue was moved lower and a chapel was built there. Lemkos pay great reverence to this rock. They kiss it and "bite it with their teeth", calling out "Our Mother". The rest of this rock is built into the wall of the chapel". According to another legend, St. Kinga was said to have passed by this miraculous place.
Franciszek Kotula recalls a local legend about a statue of the Mother of God who escaped to Poland from Hungary during the persecution of Catholics. Tired, she decided to rest on a roadside stone, in which the mark of her small foot was imprinted. A wooden chapel was then erected at the site, in which the stone was placed. According to legend, the date of the wandering of the statue of the Mother of God - the year 1444 - was placed on it. In 1906, a new brick chapel in neo-Gothic style was erected on the initiative of the Bal brothers from nearby Samokliska. A stone with a footprint was placed in its wall. The boulder was supposed to be untreatable, while when thrown into a stream it was supposed to return to its place on its own. It was also supposed to have miraculous healing powers and became the subject of pilgrimages by the faithful from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, especially on the second day of Pentecost, when crowds gathered at the site and an indulgence was held. Touching the stone
and rubbing sore spots with it was said to have healing powers, as was drinking water from a nearby spring. Its fragments were chipped off and taken home. According to local tradition, numerous miracles and healings were supposed to take place at the site. Currently, indulgences are held here twice a year: on the second day of Pentecost and on September 8, the feast of Our Lady of Sowing.

Geographic coordinates: 49.572546, 21.434961

Location on Google maps

Sources of information: Fusek 1939, 138-139; Kotula 1974, 161-164; field queries

One of the oldest places of worship and pilgrimage in Subcarpathia. According to legend, in the XIII
century an unknown man placed an image of Our Lady of Borecka in a wooden chapel on the hill.
It is painted on a linden board with dimensions of 66-74 cm. At the foot of the hill ejaculated
spring at which miracles began to happen. Next to the spring until the 19th century stood many open
wooden chapels, which were erected by the faithful, placing images of MB in them. At the end
of the 19th century, a grotto with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes was built next to the spring. Numerous
votives hang around it. Water from the spring is said to have healing properties.

Sources of information: information board at the source; Wisniewski 1998, 17-19; Chowaniec
2007, 84; http://www.nowiny24.pl/reportaze/art/6167379,borek-stary-male-cuda-dzieja-sie-tu-kazdego-dnia,id,t.html (accessed 20.03.2022); field search.

Geographic coordinates: 49.95503, 22.08140

Location on Google maps

The spring with miraculous water with healing properties, especially help
is supposed to help with eye diseases. The cult of the place dates back to the modern period. In 1878 a brick chapel
Greek Catholic thanksgiving shrine, founded by the pastor of the Greek Catholic parish in
Komańcza for the miraculous healing of his sick daughter. According to the legend, the very sick girl,
wandering in the woods experienced a revelation of the Mother of God and a miracle of recovery after washing herself
with water from the miraculous spring. In time, more testimonies of healings appeared. The site
hosted indulgent celebrations attended by the Lemko population and
from Slovakia and Hungary. The cult collapsed after the displacement of the inhabitants in 1947. At the end of the 20th century
the place was re-developed on the initiative of Father Jan Pipka of the Greek Catholic parish
in Komańcza. The shrine was consecrated in 1999. A spring in a grotto, on the road from Radoszyce to
the border crossing at the Beskid Pass. Brick chapel.

Sources of information: Pytka 2005, 134-135; http://www.twojebieszczady.net/warto/radosz.php
(accessed 20.05.2022); http://www.twojebieszczady.net/komancza%20-%20pliki/danowa.php -
written legend of the Radosha spring (accessed 20.05.2022); information board at the spring;
field search.

Geographic coordinates: 49.29646, 22.02622

Location on Google maps

A spring with miraculous water with healing properties, especially to help
with eye diseases and to counteract charms. Located at the so-called "Blacksmith's Chapel". According to tradition, the water here had a miracle of regaining sight, after a wanderer drank the water and washed his face. In the 19th century a chapel was built here. On Pentecost a solemn service was held here with the blessing of water in the spring. The faithful also headed here from further afield, and after the service the water was drunk and washed themselves with it. After World War II, the local population was displaced. The chapel was devastated. Since 1988, it has been renovated. In 2007, the shrine consecrated by a priest from the Greek-Catholic Parish in Komancza. Dedicated to Our Lady Protector of the Forest.

A. Potocki cites a legend about a blind wandering grandfather who sat
tired in this place hearing the sound of water. He asked a passerby to give him this water,
but the man did not see any intake or stream around. The grandfather began to discard stones and uncovered
a spring, after washing himself in it he regained his sight.

Sources of information: Potocki, 2008, 228-230; Pytka 2005, 131-132; http://www.twojebieszczady.
net/kapliczki/kapliczka_balnica.php - there archival photos from before the renovation (accessed
20.04.2021); information board at the source.

Geographic coordinates: 49.21100, 22.17778

Location on Google maps

"Synarewo" shrine and a spring with "miraculous water" with healing properties, especially helpful in eye diseases. An object of worship since about the 16th century. According to legend (information board), in the early
19th century a certain Mikolaj Sycz, a resident of nearby Huczwice, who grazed oxen near the spring
had a dream in which the Mother of God appeared to him. She wished him to build a thanksgiving shrine in
this place, in return for which he would be healed of his eye disease.
Before World War II, this place enjoyed a special cult. There was a procession from Huczwiska during indulgences
to the shrine. According to A. Potocki, the Virgin Mary was said to have appeared to
farmer Feci Dziule when he was grazing cows at the site. The Blessed Virgin was dressed
in a blue gown, holding field flowers in her hand. The peasant began to pray to the figure after
which the figure disappeared.

Spring under the chapel, local name Synarewo. Indulgent, cottage chapel,
brick from the beginning of the 19th century. On the slope of Lysy Wierch, water from the spring feeds Rabiański Potok.

Sources of information: Potocki, 2008, 220-222; Pytka 2005, 138; field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.304272, 22.239267

Location on Google maps

A spring with "miraculous water", in the area of the defunct village of Lopienka. Village founded
in the 16th century, displaced in 1946-1947, buildings were demolished. The only surviving
building is a brick Greek Catholic church from 1757, renovated. Once
a place of pilgrimage. There was supposed to be a miraculous spring in the village, location unknown.
According to one version, it was located near the church, at the foot of the hill on which it stands. Surface surveys have failed to locate the spring. P. Pytka locates it at the foot of the hill
with the Orthodox church, next to an old oak tree.

Sources of information: Pytka 2005, 137-138; field searches.

Geographic coordinates: 49.26310, 22.36938

Location on Google maps

The spring is located on the slope of the hill, according to tradition, the water is said to have the power
to heal, mainly curing eye diseases. Formerly a place of worship especially venerated
by the Greek Catholic population. After the displacement of local residents, the memory of the place and
the spring faded. The spring is forgotten and difficult to access. Shot by a well with a wooden cover.

Geographic coordinates: 49.32732, 22.43851

Sources of information: Pytka 2005, 129-145; field searches.

Location on Google maps

Location of the spring and shrine on Heldensfeld's map of Western Galicia (1801-1804)

"Miracle Spring".

Ruins of a Greek Catholic chapel

The spring is located at the foot of the hill on which the church stands. The spring was forgotten after 1907
and was restored in 2000 by the local pastor. In 2007 it was consecrated during
a solemn mass. A wooden
bas-relief of the Mother of God with Child was placed above the spring. On the way to the spring were placed: a wooden
chapel with a figure of the Sorrowful Christ and a brick one with a wooden figure of St.
Francis. The water is said to have miraculous healing powers. Visible are numerous folded coins
and photos, probably of sick people.

Information sources: https://polanczyk.przemyska.pl/zrodelko/ (accessed 20.03.2022); http://www.polskaniezwykla.
en/web/place/40137,polanczyk-zrodelko-html (accessed 20.03.2022); field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.36224,22.42372

Location on Google maps

According to legends, an Orthodox church was once thought to have been built at the site. At the time, a 13th-century cross from the city of Limoges, France, was found in a nearby spring, or well. A wooden cross was placed over the well. According to beliefs, water from the spring had the power to heal eyes and miraculously restore sight.

The miraculous spring in Zwierzyn is connected with the history of an unusual find - a richly decorated Limousin cross from the 1st half of the 13th century, made in France in the city of Limoges. Detailed information about the monument was quoted by archaeologist Prof. M. Parczewski in the article "Cross from Zwierzyn", which appeared in the magazine Połoniny in 1989 (M. Parczewski 1989).

Stored in the Przemyśl Diocesan Museum, the cross was described as early medieval by art historian A. Bochnak as early as 1922 (M. Parczewski 1989, 8). Earlier it was said to have been kept in an Orthodox church in Zwierzyn built in the second half of the 18th century. In 1972, the monument was described by M. Pietrusinskaya as: "enameled processional cross, 1st half of the 13th century Wood, gilded copper sheet, with grooved enamel and engravings, figural elements partially repoussed; dimensions: 28.7 x 22 cm (...)." (description after M. Parczewski 1989, 7).

M. Parczewski linked the information about the monument, which is in the collection of the Diocesan Museum in Przemyśl, to a legend recorded in the second half of the 19th century by ethnographer Oskar Kolberg, telling about the circumstances of the miraculous spring in Zwierzyn on the San River (M. Parczewski 1989, 9; O. Kolberg 1973, 80).

Oskar Kolberg cites the following entry about the village of Zwierzyn:

There is a legend of a miraculous cross, miraculous water, etc. When the stones were brought down for the construction of the house of God, it was noticed that what was brought down during the day was lost somewhere during the night. They got hooked and became convinced that some saints were dismantling and hauling away these stones. Then a well was dug there. The woman wanted to catch the cross she saw in the water; when she reached for it with her hand, the cross receded into the depths; soon she saw it rise again; she reached again but again it removed itself, and so for the third time. Only when she remembered that it was not right to reach for it with her bare hand did she take off her handkerchief from her head and grasped the cross through the handkerchief; then she saw it rise out of the water. This cross, about a foot high, is still in the church. One of the Uniate priests (30 years ago) had a larger cross erected in this well, which stands over it. He claims that God appeared to him in a dream and had the same cross erected. Sick people use the water from this well for blindness or eye diseases (O. Kolberg 1973, 80).

Among the local population, M. Parczewski noted the same tradition as cited a century earlier by O. Kolberg. Before World War II, every year on September 27 (the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross), hundreds of believers would gather at this place, and the consecration of water was performed. The cross-relic was then shown to the faithful. It is possible that the name of the village Zwierzyn (Zwizenye) comes from the feast of the "Elevation of the Holy Cross" as noted by O. Kolberg. According to M. Parczewski, in that case, the discovery of the cross and the beginnings of the cult of the place would have to have occurred before 1580, when the village is first mentioned in the sources (M. Parczewski 1989, 11).

In the 1990s the site was renovated and developed. This was done after the publication of the results of the archaeological investigation conducted by M. Parczewski in the newspaper "Nowiny". The text written by J. Miszczak contributed to the spread of knowledge about the miracle site and the cross itself (J Miszczak 1994). The Way of the Cross and the grotto of the Virgin Mary were built. Today, the spring enclosed by the grotto is visited by numerous believers.

Sources of information: O. Kolberg, Sanockie-Krośnieńskie, III, Works All 51, 1973, 80; M. Parczewski, Krzyż ze Zwierzynia, Połoniny 89. Informator Krajoznawczy, 1989, pp. 4-12; J. Miszczak, Śledztwo w sprawie krzyża, Nowiny 65 (13688), 1-4.04.1994; field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.43491, 22.39889

Location on Google maps

A rock outcrop located by the tourist trail from Myczkowiec to Orelec, on the culmination of Michalowice Hill called "Heart of the Evil Stepmother." According to legend, the stone was created by God to save twin sisters driven by their evil stepmother into the forest to perish. The girls got lost in the forest in late autumn and were surrounded by wolves, but Providence made a bear roar nearby and the wolves fled. The girls huddled together fell asleep. When the father searched for them to no avail, he suddenly saw a large stone shining with light, under which his daughters slept. When they returned home, they found their stepmother dead with her chest ripped open. The stone in the woods turned out to be her ripped out heart, cold and unfeeling.

Sources of information: Potocki 2008, 76-77; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 49.439334, 22.426742

Location on Google maps

Rock formation, an outcrop of coarse-grained Krosno sandstone, and, according to legend, "the devil's stone". Located on the road No. 84 Uherce Mineralne - Lesko. On the northern side there was a quarry. O. Kolberg writes that local residents call the stone "Kustrin".

One legend says that the stone was abandoned at this spot by the devil, who carried it to drop on the Lesko church. He was forced to do so by a church bell. Alexander Fredro cites a legend about a girl enchanted into a stone by her mother. Another legend tells of an infant abandoned here and buried, whose spirit wanders between the rocks crying. Another account says that the rock is a witch's hut turned into stone by God, who was supposed to lure a princess from Lesko Castle here by magic to marry her off to her son.

Sources of information: Fredro 1830, 137; Kolberg 1974, 8-9; Potocki 2008, 284-285; Potocki 2009, 60-61; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 49.467836, 22.357017

Location on Google maps

On the way to the Sanctuary of Our Lady in Calvary Paclawska - the so-called Calvary Chapel. Water from the spring is said to have special healing power in diseases of the stomach and digestive system. Place
often visited by pilgrims. Calvary of Paclawska is one of the most important
pilgrimage sites in Podkarpacie. It was founded by Andrew Maximilian Fedro, castellan of Lviv and voivode of Podolia in 1660-1665, who decided to map the sites associated with Jerusalem, including Golgotha and the Mount of Olives. The complex was expanded around 1770 by Szczepan Dwernicki, a squire of Przemysl.

Information sources: http://www.nowiny24.pl/reportaze/art/6168971,woda-od-matki-bozej-
-kalwaryjska,id,t.html; Chowaniec 2007, 86-87; Barcik 1985; field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.63389, 22.71567

Location on Google maps

The site of the May 16, 1949 apparition to three boys (shepherds) of the Virgin Mary.
The boys were playing priests by fumigating the shrine with smoldering wood from a bonfire. The
fire was ignited and part of the altar in the shrine caught fire. Two boys were extinguishing the fire, the third
- Janek Bukowczyk - remained by the fire, when he heard the sound of a rolling boulder and a bang.
Turning around, he was to see the figure of Our Lady with the infant Jesus against the rays of the setting
sun. The figure threatened him with her finger and admonished him to keep the holy day holy. The boy
ran to the other two and told them about the miracle, but those there saw nothing. News of
the apparition quickly spread in the area and a pilgrimage movement to the place developed. A shrine
at the site of the 1993 apparition and a spring capped by a well. Next to it is a second brick chapel.

According to beliefs, the water has healing properties. There are Stations of the Cross between this place and the church in Jaśliska. Rosary and penitential pilgrimages from May to October on every first Sunday of the month. The area of the village of Lipowiec, depopulated as part of the Vistula action. During the apparition
pastures used by the inhabitants of the village of Jaśliska. By the shrine of 1911 on the so-called
Spirited Road.

Sources of information: Szubrycht 2015; field searches.

Geographic coordinates: 49.418750, 21.787172

Location on Google maps

The spring at the base of the chapel with the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, emblazoned. According to local residents
water has healing powers. On the slope of Przymiarek, above the spa
in Rymanow Zdroj, 100 m from the tourist trail Rymanow Zdroj - Iwonicz Zdroj.

Sources of information: field search.

Geographic coordinates: 49.54169, 21.82276

Location on Google maps

Built-up spring, in the grotto under the Chapel of St. John of Dukla - in the Forest. Sacred complex,
around the Stations of the Cross. The water is said to have healing powers - in the book of graces and healings kept
numerous entries by the faithful on healings. A brick church stands
where the saint's hermitage was supposed to be located.

Sources of information: Wisniewski 1998, 22-24; Chowaniec 2007, 82-83; information board; field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.51454, 21.67714

Location on Google maps

Built-up spring, intake in the form of a tap. In the area of the Sanctuary of Our Lady
Saletine in Dębowiec, in the middle of the establishment of the Saletine Calvary on the model of the Calvary of La Salette.
Next to the oak Bartek, whose age is estimated at about 500 years. Water from the spring is attributed to
miraculous healing powers. The sanctuary is visited annually by about 70,000 pilgrims.

Sources of information: Wisniewski 1998, 22-24; https://maryjny.pl/?sanktuarium-matki-bozej-saletynskiej-debowiec (accessed 20.09.023); field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.68357, 21.46777

Location on Google maps

St. John of Dukla Spring. Brick pillar shrine over the spring, the intake landscaped and enclosed. There is a small parking lot next to it. The site is located on road number 9.

According to legend, St. John of Dukla was said to have rested at the spring while wandering from Krosno to Lviv to celebrate Sunday mass there. At this place he was seized and lifted by angels, who carried him to his destination. The spring was blessed by the saint. According to local residents, water from it has healing properties, especially for eye and skin diseases.

Sources of information: information board at the source; field search.

Geographic coordinates: 49.71399,21.89883

Location on Google maps

There are a number of beliefs associated with Mount Chelm, one of which is that it was once a place of pagan worship. On the mountain lived the Snake King, half man half snake, who was highly revered. Before World War II, residents of nearby villages warned against wandering through the woods lining the mountain during the autumn and spring solstices, as he could be encountered then. Another legend tells of a church that was supposed to stand on the mountain, built by Benedictines on the site of a pagan temple. Over time, the church collapsed, and a shrine was erected in its place. Only the linden trees surrounding it have survived. Legend has it that during an indulgence its participants got drunk and beat each other, causing a curse to fall on the church. The chapel houses an image of Our Lady of Lezaj. A legend about the huge linden tree growing next to the shrine says that it once stood next to the church. At the time of the Reformation the linden cracked while its trunk split in two, symbolizing the division of Christianity. The remains of a cross from a defunct church were said to have grown into the tree's trunk, hence the tree is considered sacred. One of the pastors from the village of Fryshak once wanted to cut down the trees, but blood poured from their trunks after the axe was struck. Mount Chelm was the site of numerous pilgrimages. A procession would go around the shrine, after which the faithful would go to the fields, where they would bury "vanillas", i.e. scraps of paper to protect the crops from disasters, on their borders. Today there is a nature reserve on Chelm Mountain with an area of 155 hectares.

GPS Location: 49°53'8.28″N; 21°33'52.81″E

According to tradition, the spring broke out at the foot of the "Bird Hill" on which
church is located today, when a chapel was erected here with an image of the Mother of God, brought from Czestochowa
around 1800 by one of the villagers. Her husband, "seeing the image of unusual beauty
was said to have expressed - We are not worthy to keep such an image at home." The hill over time
changed its name to "Jasna Górka". Water from the spring is said to have healing powers. Once
water flowed out from under the hill constantly, today it is supposed to appear only on the feasts of the Virgin Mary.
Then numerous believers come here, drink it, wash their bodies. In the church archives, there are supposed to be
accounts of healings of the terminally ill.

Sources of information: information board at the source; field search.

Geographic coordinates: 50.02645,21.29962

Location on Google maps

The erratic boulder known as the "Devil's Stone." It is the largest glacial boulder in the area of Podkarpackie province. Located on the slope of a hill, in a dense forest, it is difficult to find. Dimensions of the stone: length 3.3 m, width 1.8 m, height 1 m.

According to a local legend, the devil wanted to use it to destroy the church in nearby Nockowa,
however, during the flight the rooster crowed announcing dawn and the devil dropped the stone. The surface of the boulder shows holes from the attempt to smash it. The stone is little known among local residents, located in a hard-to-reach place.

Sources of information: Reszlowie 2013, 102; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 50.022738, 21.727302

Location on Google maps

The cult of the place dates back to the 17th century when local people protected themselves here from the
Swedish invasion. In 1860 there was a wooden chapel here, while the spring with healing water enjoyed
wide veneration. Another chapel was built in 1947. The present one dates from 1985 when a church was built in
Hermanowa and a parish was established. According to F. Kotula, local people called
"helpful water." The water is supposed to be especially curative for eye diseases.

Sources of information: Malak 1996; Kotula 1974, 63; Chowaniec 2007, 89-90; field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 49.93432, 21.99892

Location on Google maps

The Devil's Stone, now located in the area of the Myka Nature Reserve, administratively on the grounds of the village of Wyręby. According to local tradition, the devil carried the stone in order to destroy the castle in Odrzykon, but dropped it at dawn, when a hen crowed. Another legend says that the boulder was dropped by the devil when the church bells were killed. The boulder is also known as the "Erroneous Stone" because hikers passing by it were said to lose their way and wander off into the woods. According to local people, the stone used to be
much higher, reached the treetops and had a "mirror-like" surface. Each year the boulder is said to sink into the ground. During World War II, the boulder was partially destroyed by the Germans for use in road construction. In 1982 it was placed under protection - at the time it was supposed to protrude more than a meter above the surface.

Sources of information: Kotula 1974, 85; information board placed next to the boulder; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 49.836924, 22.109457

Location on Google maps

The spring covered by a well in the brick chapel. Part of the Marian Shrine in Jodlowka at the top of the hump "Mary's Mountain".

According to local tradition, the spring has healing powers. Legend tell that in 1680 an adder stung a local child. The distraught widow, the child's mother, ran with hope to a nearby spring, over which hung an image of the Virgin Mary. She washed the child's face with water and prayed before the image. The child recovered. The image was said to have been brought and hung over the spring by soldiers returning from fighting in Ukraine.
It was originally supposed to be in the Herburt castle in Dobromil. There are numerous written testimonies of healings in the church. The oldest dates back to 1724. According to the parish chronicle, about 200 healings have taken place here since 1991.

Information sources: http://www.nowiny24.pl/reportaze/art/6163729,cuda-w-jodlowce-wielka-jest-moc-wody-ze-zrodla-z-gory-maryi,id,t.html (accessed 20.03.2023); field search.

Geographic coordinates: 49.90081,22.45243

Location on Google maps

A spring captured by a well in the Chapel of the Miraculous Spring of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Basilica
O.O.. Dominicans in Yaroslavl. Under the walls of the monastery. On August 20, 1381, shepherds
are said to have found on a pear tree standing here a statue of Our Lady of Sorrows with Jesus Crucified -
now in the main altar of the basilica. A spring broke out next to the pear tree, its water has miraculous
healing power, helping with eye diseases. The present chapel from 1752 erected
in place of a wooden chapel. Decorated with frescoes with descriptions of healings and miracles that were
supposed to take place here. The entrance to the chapel is closed with a lattice, with a tap next to it where you can take
water.

Sources of information: information board, website of the O.O. monastery. Dominican monastery: https://jaroslaw.dominikanie.pl/sanktuarium/historia/ (accessed 20.03.2023); field search.

Geographic coordinates: 50.016517, 22.664220

Location on Google maps

According to legend, at the time in question, a knight was hunting in the growing wilderness here on Sunday.
When he hunted a deer, the black blood gushing from his liver doused his face and eyes, making
him blind. This was a punishment for working on a holy day. Repenting for his sin and begging the Mother of God for rescue
she appeared and ordered him to bury his hands in the sand and wash himself with the water that would appear. A spring gushed from
the sand, the knight after washing himself in its water regained his sight. According to
villagers, the spring has enjoyed a cult since ancient times, while its healing power is said to
be particularly helpful in eye diseases. The spring was buried in the 1930s during
the construction of a nearby road. In 1999 it was found. Its water now feeds the parish pond,
next to the well there is a mound of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a statue of a seated knight. The figure of the knight
is also associated with a legend about the origins of the church. The knight was said to have fallen asleep under
larches, in a dream the Virgin Mary appeared to him saying "I am coming here from Italy and here
you will erect a church for me."

Information sources: http://parafia-ostrowytuszowskie.pl/historia-sanktuarium/kult-madonny-z-puszczy/ (accessed 20.02.2022); information board; field search.

Geographic coordinates: 50.31054,21.64310

Location on Google maps

Miraculous spring and the MB shrine on the so-called Comanova Mountain, a sand dune on the San River floodplain terrace. Developed area.

According to local tradition, in the old days before the first chapel was erected here in the forest on Komanova Mountain, the Virgin Mary appeared at the spring. Since then, the water has acquired miraculous healing properties for various diseases, and especially for eyes. In 1867, a certain Wawrzyniec Gora, a miller from Radecznica near Zamosc, had a dream in which the Mother of God appeared to him and ordered that a shrine be built next to the miraculous spring near the town on the large river. The miller, looking for such a place, traveled to Krzeszow and, guided by people, arrived at Komanova Gora.

It turned out that he had seen this very place in a dream. Having returned to Radecznica, he took the wood
and a millstone, on which he erected a shrine on Komanowa Mountain. Local name -
Apparition. In the 1990s a new larger brick Chapel of Our Lady
of Sorrows was built. Mass is celebrated here every 3rd Sunday of the month from May to October.
September 15 indulgence service.

Sources of information: Ginalska 1999; field searches.

Geographic coordinates: 50.38669,22.36704

Location on Google maps

One of the most famous "miraculous springs" in the Subcarpathian region. A place known for religious worship since the 17th century. On June 12, 1636, an apparition of the Virgin Mary was said to have occurred here, who appeared to three shepherd children.

The water erupting from the spring beneath the chapel is said to have healing powers, especially for eye diseases. News of the revelation spread quickly in the area, and a cross was erected at the site of the miracle
. The owner of the Horyniec estate was initially opposed to the cult of the place.
However, when his wife begged here for his rescue from death during the war, the cult flourished.
In the altar of the chapel is a wooden statue of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. In
near the chapel and the spring, two other springs erupt from under the hill.

Sources of information: Kawalko 2006, 54-55; Wisniewski 1998, 90-92; Chowaniec 2007, 87-88; field queries.

Geographic coordinates: 50.22018, 23.40403

Location on Google maps

In the Beechwood Forest (Beechwood Wilderness) a group of rocks scattered over an area of about 100m2. The largest of them (the so-called "frog") with a hole in the middle is the object of legends. Numerous traces of karst processes - holes, depressions of various shapes. According to various legends and concepts, the stones, especially the rock with the hole, are supposed to be a pagan place of worship, or a sundial. An object of interest to neo-pagans. No evidence of the religious function of the site in the past. Natural formations, the holes visible in them were formed by karst openings.

GPS location: 50°13'43.87″N; 23°24'48.07″E

The so-called "Devil's Stone" in Verkhrat, a group of rocks on the so-called "Bear's Hump". Outcrop of Tertiary limestone rocks. Numerous traces of karst processes - holes and depressions of various shapes. According to one of the legends, the rocks and especially the largest one called "Devil's Stone" are the remains of a boulder that the devil sent from hell carried to drop on the monastery and church in Monasterz. On his way, the devil decided to rest for a while and then he was found by dawn, which forced him to drop the boulder. According to a more elaborate version of the legend, the devils were said to have their habitat in a place called "Moors." The strongest of them, unable to endure the presence of monks in Monasterz, set out for Brusno and the stone mountain where he uprooted a huge chunk of rock.

Wandering through the mountains and valleys at night, he became very tired and decided to rest for a while once he was close to the monastery. He laid down his boulders and took a nap when he was suddenly awakened by the crowing of a rooster from a nearby village. As the day dawned, the devil lost his strength and, out of rage, drove his claws into the stone, traces of which are still to be seen today, after which he fled to Moczar.

Approximately 2 km away are the ruins of a medieval Orthodox monastery.

Information source: Kierepka F., Tales from Roztocze. On the track of legends and history, Zamosc 2022, pp. 174-176; Information board of the Lubaczów Forestry Division at the boulder; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 50.266050, 23.429298

Location on Google maps