Umthendeleko weNkosi kaNtsuku kuthetha ntoni?

Ukuqala kunye ne-IV kumazwe aseMpuma kunye neNkulungwane kwiNtshona, enye yeeholide ezili-12 ezibalulekileyo kwiCawa yama-Orthodox yiSigramente enkulu yeNkosi . Emva kweminyaka engaphezu kwamawaka amabini ehlabathini lonke, iyaqhubeka ibhiyozelwa ngoFebruwari 15 (ngoFebruwari 2, ngokutsho kwesitayela esidala).

Ngaloo mini, icawa kunye nabo bonke abakholwayo bayakhumbula kwaye bazukise iziganeko ezichazwe nguSt. Luka kwiVangeli. Nangona kunjalo, abaninzi bethu banomdla kulo mbuzo: lithetha ukuthini igama elithi "indalo", kwaye yintoni eyona ntloko yeeholide, ehlala yintoni eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kubantu baseOthodoki?

Umthendeleko weNkosi kaNtsuku kuthetha ntoni?

Imbali yombhiyozo ubuya emva kweeminyaka emininzi, emva kwaloo mihla xa iNtombikazi kaMariya, kunye nosana uYesu, owayengaloo ntsuku emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amane emva kokuzalwa (iKrisimesi), wafika ethempelini laseYerusalem ukuzisa umnikelo wokuhlambulula uThixo ngenxa yonyana wakhe. Yayilapha ukuba unyana kaThixo wadibana nendoda, ichazwe kwiTestamente Endala ngumbhala, uLuka. Umntu wokuqala owathatha umntwana ezandleni zakhe nguSimeon. Lo mntu wayesazi malunga nesiganeko esizayo kwisiprofeto sencwadi kaIsaya, eyayiguqulela kwisiGrike. Yathi intombi yayiza kuthatha isisu sayo ize ibele unyana kaMesiya. Xa uSimon wayefuna ukulungisa igama elithi "intombi" "kumfazi", kuba ngumfazi otshatileyo kuphela onokuzala umntwana, isithunywa seza kuye, sathembisa ukungafi kumbhali kwada kwafika isiprofeto. Ukususela ngaloo mini, uSimon wayehlala kwaye walinda xa ebona umsindisi omlindelwe ixesha elide kunye nokubonakala kwakhe phambi kweNkosi.

Ngaloo ndlela, sibona ukuba igama "ukwakhiwa" lithethi, linye, njengentlanganiso. Intsingiselo yesibini kukuba "uvuyo", intsingiselo yaloo kukudumisa uMsindisi owafika ehlabathini lethu, enomsebenzi obulungileyo kunye noxolo, esahlaliswa esontweni, ngokubaluleka kwakhe babhala imifanekiso ngemifanekiso kaSt. umntwana.

Ekuguquleleni ukusuka kwibandla elidala laseSlavic, igama elithi "intlanganiso" lithetha "intlanganiso". Kwaye emva kweSteniya kunye neNkosi, umdala uSimon, owayephila iminyaka engama-360, elindele ukubona ummangaliso, umsindisi wehlabathi lezinto zonke, unokufa ngokuthula. Emva koko, icawa yamqaphela njengongcwele kwaye yayibizwa ngokuba nguThixo.

Nangona kunjalo, kukho enye enye intsingiselo yalo mbhiyozo weNkosi. Kuthe malunga nentlanganiso yeTestamente eNdala kunye neNtsha, kwiLizwe laMandulo kunye nobuKristu. Ngaloo nto, abantu babhiyozela isenzo sokunikela umntwana ethempelini, okwakungenziwa ngaloo mhla kuphela ngomhla wama-40 emva kokuzalwa kwonyana kunye ne-80 emva kokuzalwa kwentombi.

Intsingiselo yegama elithi "intlanganiso"

Kuwo onke amaKristu, ukuhlangana nomntu onomntu kukuxabana kwamazwe amabini, ulwazi olungabonakaliyo, olunentsingiselo ebalulekileyo kulwalamano kunye noqhagamshelwano lwabantu. Nawuphi na umKristu unokuthi igama elithi "indalo" kuye sele lithetha into engacacanga, engaqondanga ngokupheleleyo kwaye engaqondakaliyo.

Ukususela kwimbono yeCawa leOthodoki, rhoqo ngexesha lokungena ecaweni okanye kwibandla, nawuphi na umntu owela umda wendlu kaThixo. Kulapha wonke umntu ukuba ukwakhiwa kwawo kunye neNkosi kwenzeke, intlanganiso kunye nento engaziwayo, engayivekanga, kodwa ingcwele. Ngelishwa, ngoku namhlanje intsingiselo yegama elithi "isakhiwo" kunye neholide ngokwalo, inxalenye enkulu yolutsha lwanamhlanje, ibonwa ngendlela eyahlukileyo kuneentsuku zokudala.

Abafundisi bathi ukuqonda ukuba umntu udibene noThixo wakhe, kufuneka uzibuze: Ngaba ndivuya ? Ingaba uyavuya? Ngaba itshintshile? Ngaba baninzi entliziyweni yothando, ukuqonda kunye nommelwane wakho? Ngako oko kuphela uyakwazi ukuqonda intsingiselo yenkqubo.