NgoDisemba, iiholide ezininzi zamaKristu. Kukho abathathu abahamba ngomnye emva kokunye kwaye bahlonishwa ngokukhethekileyo phakathi kwabantu - Abarbare, eSawa, eNicholas . USavar Varvara wahlupheka ngenxa yokholo lwakhe, wahlupheka kakhulu kwaye wafela ukholo. Ngulo mkhol 'ukholo ukuba amakholwa amaninzi akhetha njengomlamli wabo, thandaza kuye ngezicelo zokuphilisa. Abantu bahlala benomdla kwizenzo zakhe, babuze ngubani ogcinwa nguSt. Barbara uMartyr Great. Waba yedwa ovumelekile ukuba abambe iqhosha ezandleni zezithonjana (isitya sokunqula). Ngokutsho kweenqanawa zecawa zale ndebe, akukho mntu wabantu abaza kubamba. Kubalulekile ukuba wazi iimeko zakhe ezimbi ukuqonda ukuba kungani uSarvar Varvara efumana inkazimulo enkulu kangaka.
Njengomntwana, uVarvara wachitha ixesha elininzi kwinqaba, ejikelezwe ngabakhonzi beeNtlanga. Ulahlekelwe ngumama wakhe kusasa, kwaye uyise wodwa wayebandakanyekile ekukhuliseni kwakhe. Wazama ukwenza konke ukufihla intombi yakhe ukuba ingaboni amehlo. Kodwa intombazana yadibana namaKristu kunye nentliziyo yakhe yatshiswa ngothando lweNkosi. Wafunda izinto ezisisiseko zokholo lokwenyaniso waza wamkela ukubhaptizwa. UBawo, ekuva ukuba uVarvara akasayikunqula oothixo bamandulo, wamxabela ngentombi yakhe ngentlungu. Kodwa ukuhlushwa akuzange kumphoqe ukuba alahle uMdali. Emva koko uDioscor wadlulisela kuMartian, umtshutshisi onamandla onke amaKristu.
Akukho ntshutshiso inokunyanzela umfazi ohluphekileyo ukuba atshintshe iinkolelo zakhe. Ebusuku, ukuKhanya kwakukhanyisa umgudu wakhe, kwaye uYesu wabonakala kumfel 'ukholo. Wamphilisa amanxeba akhe kwaye wamthuthuzela intombazana. Ngentsasa, abathuthunyiswayo bamangaliswa ngommangaliso baze bahlushwa iVarvara nangaphezulu. Eqonda ukuba loo mfazi wayengeke anqunywe, wayegwetywa. Uyise ngokwakhe wabulala intombi yakhe engathobeli ngekrele. Ababandezeli abazange bathele ixesha elide, bakhawuleza bashaywa ngumsindo weNkosi. UMartian noDioscor babulawa ngudumo olwaphelisa aboni.
Ukususela kwinkulungwane ye-VI, iimpendulo zomfel 'ukholo zazigcinwa eConstantinople. Kwenzekile ukuba iNkosana Varvara, intombi ye-Byzantine umbusi uAlexy I, watshata nomphathi waseRussia uSvyatopolk. Ubaba wavunyelwa ukuthatha iRashiya iimpahla zeSt. Barbara. Ixesha kunye nabantu ababi babengenakuzitshabalalisa. Ininzi yazo igcinwa kwiVladimir Cathedral, kwaye inyawo langasekhohlo ngo-1943 lithathwe e-Ukraine. Ngoku useCanada kwi-Holy Barbarian Cathedral (i-Edmonton).
Yimiphi imithandazo yaseSt. Barbara?
Ngobusuku bokubulawa, umfel 'ukholo wacela iNkosi ukuba incede onke amaKristu athembekileyo ayemthandazela uncedo lwakhe. Abo baya kucela ukukhuselwa kwiinkathazo zengozi, ukufa ngokukhawuleza, abesaba ukufa ngaphandle kokuguquka, bonke baya kufumana uncedo oluvela ku-Saint Barbara. Amandla okuphulukisa eempahla eziyingcwele zaziwa ngabantu bexesha elidlulileyo. Izilonda ezibhubhisayo zahlasela iRashiya amaninzi, kodwa yayisoloko idlula i tempile engcwele, apho yayilala khona.
Umhla wememori kaSt. Barbara ibhiyozelwa ngoDisemba 17. Amakholwa amaninzi ajika amehlo abo ebusweni bakhe. Yintoni eyenza uSt. Barbara? Ngamaxesha onke, ukukhuselwa kwakhe kwacelwa ngabo bahlala bebeka ingozi ekufeni ngaphandle kokuguquka kokufa ngokukhawuleza. Babengabantu abahambahambayo, abathengisi, abantu abanomsebenzi onobungozi (abavukuzi, umkhosi). Umfel 'ukholo uthethwa ngethuba lokuduma kwezulu, ukuze akhusele amaKristu ekukhanyeni kombane. Kwakhona, iSaint Varvara ithathwa njengongqongqo wabasebenzi.
Iimpahla zeSt. Barbara ziye zadlulelwa ixesha elide kwiimpawu ezimangalisayo. Bekholelwa ukuba banako ukuhlawula amandla abo ovela kuThixo nezinye izinto. Kwi-crayfish kunye neengqungquthela, amakholwa agcina iminqamlezo yabo kunye namaconki okwesikhashana, aze azenzele ngokwawo njengamaqhinga anamandla.
Kuba abasetyhini baseRashiya babebhekwa njengesono esikhulu sokuhlamba, ukugcoba okanye ukuxolela udongwe ngomhla kaSt. Barbara. Kwakunokwenzeka ukwenza izandla zobugcisa kuphela, kodwa oku kwavunyelwa kuphela emva komthandazo okhethekileyo. Ngaloo mini abahlolokazi bapheka i-vareniki nge-poppy kunye ne-cottage cheese, kunye namantombazana amantombazana azama ukuqagela inqaba. Kwaye kuyimfuneko ukuphula i-cherry ye-cherry engadini kwaye uyibeke emanzini. Ukuba iKrismesi iyaqhakaza, ke kulo nyaka umtshato ophumelelayo unokwenzeka. Kwakhona, ngokwemiqondiso ethandwayo, kwakukholelwa ukuba ukuba imimoya iya kuba njani eVarvara yayiya kufana nesitalato kunye neKrismesi eqaqambileyo.