Shortly before the feast of Epiphany, I visited Kalozhitsy (between Volosovo and Kingisepp). Below are photographs taken near the source of St. Panteleimon. Today, January 16th, Epiphany is a good reason to post a photo.

About Saint Panteleimon

Panteleimon - (275 - July 27, 305) is a great martyr of the Orthodox Church. Saint Panteleimon was born around the middle of the 3rd century in Nicomedia Bithynia, in Asia Minor. His former name was Pantoleon, and he came from a wealthy family in the city. His father was a citizen (idolater), while his mother Ewulie converted to Christianity and began teaching him Christianity at a very young age. From an early age he studied both general sciences and rhetoric. Panteleimon chose medicine as his calling in life. His family's relationship with the palace was very good and soon brought him as a doctor to the court of the pagan emperor Diocletian. Finally, he accepted Christianity. but his mother had died by that time.

A miraculous event once happened to Panteleimon: he saw that a child had fallen dead, stung by a viper. He thought that if there really was a God, then he could save the child, which was done. The child was resurrected, and the viper burst from the inside.

His father died a short time later, Panteleimon became the owner of a large fortune. But he sold his property and began to give money and treat free of charge to the poor who could not pay for treatment.

However, his free medical practice caused indignation among the court doctors. They reported to Panteleimon that he was a Christian. He was arrested and taken to the emperor. Deocletian called upon Panteleimon to sacrifice to idols to atone for his guilt and free him. But Panteleimon replied that he would not sacrifice to false gods. Then they brought a paralyzed man to him so that he could prove that he had the true God. Saint Panteleimon healed the paralyzed man, which caused great surprise. Then the emperor tried for the last time to dissuade Panteleimon from Christianity. Panteleimon did not listen to the emperor and was sentenced to torture. The torturers either burned his body with torches, then whipped him, or poured hot oil on him. The torment did not cause him any pain. To kill him, they threw him among the wild animals, but they did not harm him.

In the end it was decided to behead him. When he was transferred to the place of execution, he prayed constantly. A voice was heard from heaven that called him by name Παντελεήμων (Panteleimon), instead of Pantoleon. When the executioners beheaded him, milk poured out of his body instead of blood. The olive tree to which he was tied immediately bore fruit.Wikipedia.

About the water source

The source of cold spring water is located right next to the highway 41A-002 “Volosovo - Rabititsa - Bolshaya Vruda” between the villages of Kolozhitsy and Opole. The source is located 1.5 km after the village of Kolozhichi to Opole.

Coordinates of the spring: 59° 24' 54.92 " N° 28° 59' 2.70".
Map:

The spring, if you drive from the city of Volosovo, is located on the left side of the highway.
There is a "Drinking Water" sign near the road:

Surprisingly, the water in the spring literally comes from underground, from bottom to top - from a layer of limestone and karst faults.

Water from the spring is used for fonts (sometimes called “Jordan”) - organized baths of believers for the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ (celebrated by the Orthodox Church on January 19, which corresponds to January 7 according to the old style).

Geography and ancient history

The relief in this place does not have hills, it is flat - like the region of the East European (Russian) Upland. The height above sea level is approximately 100 meters, formed after the retreat of the glacier at the end of the Ice Age 12...11.50 thousand years ago. Then a polar desert formed in this place and gradually changed. The climate in that era was cold and dry.

The first inhabitants of these places after the retreat of the glacier were hunters ([“Finns”](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%83 %D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B#%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F) is a Germanism literally meaning “seeker”). Among the Finno-Ugrians, gathering (fishing, harvesting wild berries, mushrooms), agriculture and cattle breeding flourished.

On the Izhora land in the 1st-19th centuries lived the indigenous peoples of the Izhora Upland - [Finno-Ugric](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1% 83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B):

• Vepsians - vepsläižed, vepsä (pagans who revere the spirits of nature - shamanism) - the people of Karelia,
• Izhora - inkerikkoloi, ingeroset, ižorat (pagans and Orthodox) - an ancient Finno-Ugric people, practically assimilated in our time with the Russians,
• [Ingrian people - inkerinsuomalaiset](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D 1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B#%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%84%D0%B8 %D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0) (Lutherans) - who spoke an eastern dialect of Finnish
• vod - vađđa - from the word “Water”, a now disappearing people (less than 100 people).

History of the Izhora land - from the ancient Slavs to the present time

In the 8th century, [Eastern] Slavs](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5), who also engaged in agriculture, livestock breeding, beekeeping, hunting, fishing. In 750, the city of Ladoga arose, the most important political and economic center for the formation of statehood in Ancient Rus' (source).

In the 12th century, the territory on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland became part of the [Novgorod republics](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0% B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0), which had political independence. She was commanded by [Novgorod princes](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80 %D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C%D1%8F).

The first mention of Izhora is 1221 in the Chronicle of Henry of Latvia, in connection with the invasion of German knights into its lands. The Novgorod Chronicle in 1228 tells about the Izhora people, who repelled the raid of the Finnish tribe in the Ladoga region.

In December 1237, Catholic Pope Gregory IX proclaimed a second crusade to Finland. Swedish feudal lords joined him.

The Swedes seized Russian lands under a religious pretext: “to protect the new planting of the Christian faith against the infidel Russians.” In the next message dated February 27, 1233, the Russians (Rutheni) are directly called “enemies” (inimici). The “apostolic legate” [Wilhelm Modena](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B 5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9). The Italian cardinal considered the lands near Narva as a springboard for the advance of the Roman Church to the East.

Catholic expansion with the participation of the Swedes in the Neva region was prevented by soldiers under the command of Prince Alexander Yaroslavich (Battle of Neva) - July 15, 1240 at the confluence of the Izhora River with the Neva River. Prince [Alexander Yaroslavovich Nevsky](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D 0%AF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9) - military leader, canonized by the Orthodox Church. The Akathist to him is included in the collection of texts for worship - Minea.

To protect the northwestern borders of Rus' from the Swedes, [Novgorodians](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0 %B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0) in the XIII-XIV centuries they created fortresses [Yam](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC(%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C)), Koporye, Nut, Korelu, Tiversky town.

The Novgorod Republic ceased to exist after the defeat by the Moscow Tsar Ivan III, who accused the Novgorodians of treason for the attempt of the boyars enter into an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

There was a battle on the Sheloni River between Moscow troops and the people militia of Novgorod, in which the Novgorodians suffered a crushing defeat. In 1478, Novgorod was annexed to the Moscow Principality.

From 1598 to 1613 - the period of the Time of Troubles.

The next stage is [Russian-Swedish war 1610-1616 years](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%88%D0%B2% D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0(1610%E2%80%941617)) on the territory of Ingria.

In 1611, taking advantage of the fact that a 10-month truce was concluded between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden in April, the Swedish mercenaries, having not received the payment promised by Tsar Shuisky for their services, began to seize the Novgorod lands - the Russian border fortresses of Korela, Yam, Ivangorod, Koporye and Gdov were taken by storm.
Wikipedia "Russian-Swedish War (1610-1617)"

Veliky Novgorod, due to poor organization of defense (“confusion”), was captured by the Swedes and was occupied for six years:

• since July 25, 1611
• before 1617

However, the Novgorod land as a whole was occupied by the Swedes for almost 100 years before the conclusion of ("Stolbovsky world"):

According to the “Peace of Stolbovo”, the cities of Staraya Russa, Ladoga, Porkhov, Gdov with counties and Pskov, the region near Lake Samro, captured during the Time of Troubles, passed from the Swedes to the Russians.

The Izhora land, the entire coast of the Gulf of Finland, began to belong to the Kingdom of Sweden - the Russian cities of Ivangorod, Yam, Koporye, Korela, the entire Neva River and the Oreshek fortress with the district.Source: Zhukov K. History of the Nevsky region (from ancient times to the end of the 18th century). St. Petersburg, 2010, p. 138.

Russia's attempt in 1656-1658 to return the lost territory by armed means was unsuccessful.

Northern War from 1700 to 1721 - Russia won. Izhora has been returned - (Ingria). As a result of the Northern War, Russia recaptured the Baltic Sea coast, returning previously lost lands.

In 1770, the lands near the village of Koporye were part of the Novgorod and Vyborg provinces (see Map by Ya.F. Shmita).

Before the revolution of 1917, the region near Koporye to Kingisepp was called "[St. Petersburg province](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80% D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" Russian Empire. The occupation of local residents is supplying food for St. Petersburg. The owners of the land are the landowners. Center - Yamburg (since 1922 Kingisepp).

After the revolution of 1917, the administrative-territorial division of the Leningrad region changed [several times](https://pomnirod.ru/materialy-k-statyam/administrativno-territorialnoe-delenie-rossijskoj-imperii/gubernii-rossii/sankt-peterburgs kaya-guberniya/poslerevolyucionnye-dokumenty14/spravochnik-istorii-administrativno-territorialnogo-deleniya-leningradskoj-oblasti.html).

In 1917, Yudenich’s White Guard army passed through Kalozhitsy:

In the occupied territory, the whites began to restore pre-revolutionary order. Their former owners returned to the factories and factories, and landowners and managers flocked to the estates. The “illegal” land was taken away from the peasants. All property confiscated from them was returned to landowners and capitalists. Flogging was reintroduced for peasants. In the village of Kalozhitsy, several girls were flogged before a general gathering of residents just because they danced with the Red Army soldiers.
VK discussion "Yamburg district from 1917 to 1920"
https://vk.com/topic-19465805_23154322

In the 1930s, collectivization began (the forced unification of small farms into collective farms, the deprivation of land from the “kulaks” and the transfer of ownership to the collective farm). Part of the harvest was given to workers for “workdays.” Not only the wealthy, but also ordinary peasants suffered from collectivization, who sometimes received 200 grams of grain per day of work. (Source: PDF).

During the Great Patriotic War, from 1941 to 1944, the Leningrad region was occupied by Nazi troops. What were they doing? ““..The Germans behaved treacherously, they took away everything they could: they caught chickens, piglets”... No wonder they were nicknamed “Kurols.” Estonians and Finns joined the Germans:

The occupiers, without any hesitation, not taking into account the obvious poverty of the population and the presence of many children, took everything they wanted.
In the house of R.D. Khilovskaya, “the mother hid clothes: warm socks, sweaters, everything she had. So the Finns (who served with the Germans) came from Luga and did more mischief. The Estonians were also very angry. They arrived on bicycles and searched through the chest of drawers for everything that the mother had. They took all the linen, they took everything warm. And you won’t say anything.”

Or here's a witness's account:

“We came and went from house to house to see where things were. And we stand there like fools... they gave us a house: you,
they say, spend the night here so that no one touches you. And they themselves occupied our houses.”

(PDF)

During the years of occupation, many local residents joined the partisans.

After the end of the Great Patriotic War in 1945, the village of Kalozhitsy belongs to the Volosovsky district of the region.

The post-war population of the village in relation to the pre-war one was halved: 200 versus 500 people.

Post-war period 1945-1985

During the war, agriculture was completely destroyed: breeding cattle and tractors were evacuated, cowsheds and barns were destroyed during the hostilities. In the first post-war years it was necessary to restore it, but the collective farms were weak and underpowered. In 1946, the first inter-collective farm Ustyevskaya power plant on the Vruda River produced electricity.
Source: Volosovskyrayon.rf.

By the 1970s, powerful farms began to appear: the Volosovsky state farm. It employed 506 workers and employees. The main type of occupation is animal husbandry, potato growing, and seed production of perennial grasses. Medical services for the population, roads and communications were improved.

1985-2017

The leading place in the region's agro-industrial complex is given to livestock farming: milk and meat production.
Gross milk production amounted to 86.5 thousand tons. The average milk yield per cow was 7955 kg.
Source: Volosovskiyrayon.rf.

2017 - present

Small and medium enterprises (LLC) are developing. Agricultural production growth is planned:

• production of greenhouse vegetables on the territory of Sabsky, Rabititsky, Kalozhitsky rural settlements
• production of tomatoes by Agrotekhnologii LLC in the village of Kalitino
• Construction of a rabbit breeding complex of APK Vesta LLC in the village of Kalozhitsy
  etc.
  State subsidies are allocated for this. Source: monitoring.lenreg.ru

Spring in the village of Kalozhitsy today

The cadastral number of the plot where the Church of St. Panteleimon is built is 47:22:0208001:414. Land category: Agricultural land, land plots (territories) for public use; its area is ~ 0.75 hectares.

The church next to the spring of St. Panteleimon was built in 2004 next to an ancient stone cross. The initiative to build it belongs to a local resident named Begun.

On his initiative, the area around the holy spring was cleared and fenced off from the highway. In 2004, a chapel was erected here, consecrated in the name of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon.
blagozdravnica.ru

Source

Nothing is known about the quality of the water. Since the spring flows from under the road embankment, I did not drink the water. The water looks clean and very clear.
The source is seasonal: it temporarily dried up, but appeared again.

Entrance to the church is free, cleanliness and silence reign everywhere. I didn’t see any abbots or locals praying nearby during my visit, although it was Saturday. There is no information on healing from this source. The source for religious purposes is relatively new. In my opinion, the source is not popular among local residents, because walking along the 3 km highway is not as exciting as coming here by car. Ablution on the Epiphany holiday is more of a tribute to tradition; pilgrims are brought here from St. Petersburg. The cost of the trip is 1800 rubles.

Conclusion: an attempt to create beauty near a water source commands respect. Moreover, the initiative to build the temple came from a local resident of the village. I recommend visiting this place on the weekend. Probably, at the beginning of summer this place looks more joyful and blooming. Now there are quite a few visitors (with the exception of Epiphany on January 19, when everyone is eager for “holy water” in the ice hole or bathhouse).

P.S.
Another source, according to legends with real imprint of the Virgin Mary's foot on a stone is in Kotelsky rural settlement.