RADOSZYCE, GM. KOMAÑCZA, POW. SANOCKI
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
