Josaphat Valley - a shrine of Podillya

July 20, 2007, Vinnytsia Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program “Josaphat's Valley” is dedicated to the Christian shrine in the village of Holynchyntsi, Vinnytsia region.

The video includes: screenshots, views of the village, crosses in the valley, archival videos, priests lighting candles and praying near the crosses, people collecting and drinking water from a healing well, children making a cross and making wishes.

Commentary: Archpriest Serhiy Gurmach; Abbot of the Sharhorod Monastery, Hegumen Cyprian.

Author: Oksana Danylchenko.

Background: The Josaphat Valley, also known as the “Valley of Crosses,” is located near the village of Holynchyntsi in the Sharhorod district of Vinnytsia region. According to legend, in 1923, the Virgin Mary appeared to local shepherds and called them to erect crosses - since then, a shrine has been formed here, which now has thousands of crosses and attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims every year.