was erected on the source, the place where according to legend, in 1330 the Tatars have tortured a Genoese merchant, John of Trebizond , who refused to convert to Islam .
In the Slavic legend John merchant of Trebizond (the southern coast of the Black Sea , modern Turkey) , who lived at the beginning of the XIV century, led a trade in the Golden Horde Belgorod. John refused to accept Islam , was subjected to brutal torture. He was tied to a wild horse, which carried him through the city. Death of Ivan was terrible - he cut off his head.At night the area around the remains of the lit . The body was placed in a small chapel near the Church of St. John the Baptist , later incorrupt relics were bought out by the Moldovan voivode Alexander, moved to the capital of the kingdom - city of Suceava (modern Romania) , which holds to this day in the monastery of St. George.
In 1884,at the request of the priest John Akkerman Enakevicha , rector of St. Nicholas Church , the relics were transported in Ackerman .
The original source of the chapel was built of stone, whitewashed from all sides . The chapel was a large ancient icon depicting St. George .
The name of John Suchavskogo at the time of the Mongol-Tatar , and then Ottoman rule in Moldavia was a symbol of loyalty to his beliefs - Christianity.
This is the source of the people are called Praskovya Krynica , Krynica St. , Praskovya source of the legend in honor of a girl from a poor Christian family, who did not want to be a concubine of the mayor .Praskovya fervently asked God for deliverance from the pursuing her eunuchs. And the stone beneath it razverzsya , taking in his bosom , and at this point, scoring a source of cold and curative water.
In the late XIX century, over the underground church was sooruzhenp pavilion in the forms of Byzantine religious architecture.
In the South- West corner of the church is a rectangular pit , lined with stones .
The monument is unique and unparalleled in the architectural heritage of Ukraine. Church of St. John Suchavskogo is important in the history of Orthodoxy edge.
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