Destination Spiš - Spiš Jerusalem

Spiš Jerusalem, under this name conceals the unique Slovak phenomenon, such as the religioncountry on Pažici, including Spišská Kapitula and Sivá Brada.

It is located in the vicinity of the world cultural and natural heritage site Spiš Castle and its surroundings and to the Spiš-Gemer branch of the historic Gothic journey (Spišské Vlachy-Spišské Podhradie – Levoča). It is also a part of the territory of European importance  Travertíny by Spišské Podhradie. It also has a significant importance – Spišská Kapitula is residence of bishopric.

Just this territory recalls a symbolic Jerusalem. Pažica itself and the chapel located there, represent the floor plan of the actual Jerusalem in a map scale 1:1.

With the disposition of objects in the Jerusalem corresponds position of the religion objects in Spiš, which is certainly not a coincidence, but the intention of the creators.

It is the chapel of sv. Saint Rozalia, sv. Francis Xavier, the pilgrimage chapel of sv. The cross on Sivá Brada, who obviously reminds of Golgota and also the Dome of St. Martina.

One of the sites of Spiš, inspired by the Getsemans gardens, unfortunately already disbanded. It was found only throught archiv survey. It is located in village Jablonov in form of gardens in the pond.

According to archaeology and historians, these places allow believers in times, when because  the war with the Turks, were the pilgrimage to the Holy Land problematic, as closely as possible to survive cross-path.

Similar symbolic country is nowhere in Slovakia (the nearest is a Polish Calvary Zebrzydowska).

S cieľom prezentovať ukrajinskú kultúru, ako aj kultúru Zväzu Rusínov-Ukrajincov SR, ich kultúrne zvyky a tradície, s víziou pokračovania v tejto aktivite aj v budúcnosti, Združenie FEMAN v spolupráci s Mestom Košice, K13 - Košické kultúrne centrá, Zväzom Rusínov – Ukrajincov SR a partnermi na slovenskej i na ukrajinskej strane podujalo zorganizovať v Košiciach  3.ročník tohto podujatia.