The Tekunok spring is located near Golova Lake, southwest of the village of Uzhin. Believers consider it a Holy Spring, and chemical analysis confirms that the water in the spring is very clean and contains silver ions. There are several dozen sources of drinking water in the Valdai National Park, but the Tekunok spring and Sokolovsky Springs are the most famous.
Uzhin Lake is one of the largest in the Valdai National Park. It is squeezed between glacial elevations, therefore it has the name Uzhin. It stretches for 20 km from north to south.
The spring is located on the channel that connects the lakes Uzhin and Golova. In 1653, the Valdai Iversky Monastery was founded on Lake Valdai. There are records in his archives about the healing properties of water from the Tekunok spring. In the 19th century, a chapel of the Tikhvin Icon of the Holy Virgin Mary was built next to the spring. A font was built next to it for pilgrims who wanted to plunge into the waters of the holy spring.
The Bolsheviks destroyed all these buildings in the 1930s, and the spring itself was covered with soil, but the water from it continued to drain into Golova Lake. In 2006, the Tekunok spring was consecrated again. The chapel of the Tikhvin Icon of the Holy Virgin of Mary and the font were newly built nearby. The spring water is drained through a pipe over which a cross is erected.
