Pagans lived in Russia for a very long time, many of their rites and traditions have survived to our time and are revered not only by neo-pagans, but also by Christians. What is only the holiday of Ivan Kupala (Spirits Day): millions of people gather for its celebration, the official church does not prohibit it. Meanwhile, he came to us from the Gentiles. One of the natural mysteries of pagan times is the Blue Stone.
This miracle is located on the shore of Lake Pleshcheyev, not far from Pereslavl-Zalessky. At first glance, this is the most common 3-meter boulder of gray color, only if you look closely, you can see the blue tint. But after rain, it acquires a rich blue color. Although the times of the Gentiles have long passed, today you can see offerings near the stone: coins, ribbons on the bushes, food.
People come to the Sin-stone from all over Russia to recharge their batteries, recover from various diseases, so it’s already possible to call Lake Pleshcheevo a kind of pilgrimage site. The blue stone makes a person cheerful and cheerful, cures female infertility, gives male strength, and relieves diseases such as bronchial asthma, psoriasis, and dermatosis. Also, pressure is normalized near it, heart and headaches pass.
Blue stone has a very interesting story. Two millennia ago, the Finns who were pagans settled near Pleshcheyevo Lake. On the mountain, now called Alexandrova, they noticed an unusual cobblestone. They decided that the spirit lives in him, so they made a stone an altar, made sacrifices to him, performed various rites. Over time, Russian pagans settled in this place, and the stone passed to them.
After the adoption of Christianity, the Blue Stone survived a wave of persecution. At first, the priests ordered him to be thrown off the mountain, but this did not help much. All the same, people came to the stone, begging for help. What the church just did not invent to deprive the boulder of the flock and lure the whole Pereslavl-Zalessky to itself. They even decided to bury the blue stone, digging out a huge hole, but after 15 years, it surprisingly again appeared outside.
At the end of the XVIII century, the church again made an attempt to get rid of the "competitor". Then it was decided to brick it up under the foundation of the church under construction. For this, huge sledges were built to move the boulder across the lake. But it so happened that the ice cracked, and the stone fell to the bottom. It would seem that he could not rise from a meter and a half depth, but it wasn’t there. The movement of the Blue-stone was first noticed by the fishermen. After 50 years, he got ashore. There are many versions of how this happened, but be that as it may, believers who worship the stone have noticeably increased.
At first, the Blue Stone towered 1.5 m above the ground, but now it rises only 30 cm. The fact is that, year after year, the giant goes underground, so those who want to see this miracle need to hurry. Some believe that the stone goes underground due to the marshy shores, while others think that it is hiding before the onset of bad times and appears before the good news. Be that as it may, Sin-stone cannot be an ordinary boulder, because during his long life he listened to many human stories and wishes. Perhaps this is a place where you can ask the higher powers of health and well-being. The main thing is to believe, and a stone will certainly help.
