A 40-minute walk from the nearest spring, upstream along the Solonka River, lies the distant Holy Spring, located near the village of Yash Kec. It is also known as "Mother Anisia's Spring" or "Anisia's Beds." Mother Anisia, a renowned ascetic, is mentioned in the 17th-century "Tale." She settled here in solitude 20 years before the arrival of Monk Euphemius, the founder of the Sedmi Ozera Monastery. When Euphemius arrived at the spring, Anisia confirmed that she had long heard angelic singing and the ringing of bells in this place. This finally convinced the new hermit that a monastery should be established here. Nun Anisia is buried by the spring, next to her "beds," which, as people believe, possess healing powers for all who come here in prayer.
This place still attracts many seeking spiritual and physical healing through the waters of the spring. Two bathhouses and a chapel have been set up at the Holy Spring. On May 2, 2010, the spring was consecrated at "Anisia's Beds." The service was conducted by the assistant of the archpriest of the High Mountain District, the rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Usada, Priest Vitaly Ulyanov. Regular prayers are held here on certain days.
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