- Umhla wesiseko : ikhulu le-6 leminyaka
I-Dabra Damo Monastery yakudala e- Ethiopia yikona yokuthula kunye nokuzimela, ukuphakama kwiintaba, kude nemehlo yabantu. Ngenxa yendawo engavamile, iDebray Damo isengendawo engaqondakaliyo kwaye engaziwayo, apho abaninzi abavakatyeleli beza eTopiya bengakaze bave. Nangona kunjalo, imbali yesityebi kunye nobutyebi bendlu yeendwendwe zifanelwe ingqalelo yethu engathandabuzekiyo.
Indawo:
I-Dabra Damo Monastery yakudala e- Ethiopia yikona yokuthula kunye nokuzimela, ukuphakama kwiintaba, kude nemehlo yabantu. Ngenxa yendawo engavamile, iDebray Damo isengendawo engaqondakaliyo kwaye engaziwayo, apho abaninzi abavakatyeleli beza eTopiya bengakaze bave. Nangona kunjalo, imbali yesityebi kunye nobutyebi bendlu yeendwendwe zifanelwe ingqalelo yethu engathandabuzekiyo.
Indawo:
I-Dabra Damo Monastery iphezulu kwinqaba (2216 m ngaphezu kwezinga lezilwandle) kwindawo engasenyakatho enyakatho yeKopiya, kwingingqi yaseTigray, nentshonalanga ye-Adigrat.
Imbali yeendwendwe
I-monastery yasungulwa ngumonki waseSiriya, u-Abuna Aregavi. Kwenzeke ngekhulu le-6, ngexesha le-Axumite Kingdom. Ngokomxholo, 9 amaSiriya angcwele afika kula mazwe ngenjongo yokusasaza ubuKristu. U-Aregavi oNgcwele uzimisele ukuhlala entabeni, kodwa njengoko ekhuphuka, inyoka enkulu yavela phambi kwayo. Ukunceda uMonki wafika ngeGabriyeli oyiNtloko, owabulala inyoka ngekrele waza wancedisa oyingcwele ukuba afinyelele phezulu kwidwala. Ngombulelo umloki oqoshiwe kwaye ufakele khona umnqamlezo, lowo wonke umntu unqula, efika kwindawo yokuhlala engcwele. Ama-8 ahlala e-Ethiopia kunye ne-Aregavi ezakhele i-8 ezazakhela iitempile zazo kwiindawo ezikufutshane.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, itempile ephezulu yeDebray Damo, enye yeyona ndlela endala kwiTopiya, yayisondele ngokupheleleyo. Ukubuyiselwa kwenzeka phantsi kolawulo lwezakhiwo zeNgesi D. Matthews. Into ebalulekileyo yokwakha iindonga zetempile, apho iindawo zamatye kunye neenkuni zikhona.
Yintoni enomdla malunga neNdlunkulu yaseDabra Damo?
Okokuqala, kufuneka kuphawulwe ukuba ngenxa yendawo yokuhlala yeendwendwe kwizinga elingaphezulu kwama-2 eekhilomitha, akulula ukufika apho. Izakhiwo zeendwendwe zeDabra Damo ziquka itempile ephakamileyo, isithintelo, inqaba yentsimbi, izindlu ezininzi zee-monastic. Iyonke, izakhiwo zihlala malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-400 zeekwere. m.
Ithempeli eliphambili lakhiwe ngamatye nangemithi, ehlotshiswe ngeefrescoes, ezenziwe ngemithi kunye neengubo zaseSiriya ngemifanekiso yamaphiko, iingonyama, iinkunzi kunye nezinye izilwanyana. Imifanekiso ibonisa isimo sokubulawa kwenyoka nguGabriyeli oyiNtloko. Ngaphakathi, i-Dabra Damo inesiqithi sayo, isitye esenziwe ngamatye emqolombeni ophantsi komhlaba. Ilitye apho i-monasteri ihlala khona inemihlaba emininzi kunye nemigodi.
Ukususela ekusekeni kwayo, uDebray-Damo uye wakhonza njengeziko lezemfundo leCawa laseOthodoki e-Ethiopia kwaye liphethe iqoqo yemibhalo yesandla yamandulo.
Siyakuthathela ingqalelo ukuba abantu bodwa banokutyelela iindwendwe. Ukungena kwiDabra Damo akuvumelekanga kubafazi. Bangathandaza enyantwini yedwala kwi-nunnery ye-Most Holy Theotokos.
Ubomi kwiindwendwe
Kwimonastri namhlanje kukho ama-monks angama-200 abo ngokwabo ababandakanyekayo ekukhuleni izityalo kunye nokuzalisa iibhokhwe kunye neegusha. Ngoko ke, ngokubanzi, uluntu luzinelisekile, abahlali basekuhlaleni banikezela ngezihlandlo izixhobo zokutya kunye nezixhobo eziyimfuneko.
Iholide ebalulekileyo kwiDebbre-Damo ngo-Oktobha 14 (ikhalenda yeTiyopiya) okanye ngo-Oktobha 24 (uGregorian). Ngaloo mini imemori yeSt. Aregavi ibhiyozelwa, kwaye abahambahambayo basuka kulo lonke elaseKopiya bahamba baya kwi-monasteri.
Ndingafika njani?
Ukuze ufike kwiNdlu kaDabra Damo, kufuneka uqale iiyure ezingama-4 ukufika ukusuka e- Axum , emva kweeyure ezingama-2 ukuhamba endleleni yeentaba kwaye ekugqibeleni ukhuphuke kwi-monastery ngokwayo, usebenzisa iimbambo zesikhumba zixhomekeke kwi-cliff ephezulu ye-15 m.