The church beneath the lake in Ahja parish

In a village lake of Ahja, in old Võnnu parish, a church with a golden cross was said to stand on the bottom, with its own congregation holding services under water. Every New Year's Eve it rose to the surface, lights burning and singing loud. An old maid saw it at ten o'clock and ran in to fetch the others, but the church sank back with a rush. The farmer dug a ditch to drain the lake, yet each night the earth closed again.