Igama elihle lomfazi uCatherine linomsinga waseByzantine. Kusoloko idume kakhulu, kubini kubantu abaqhelekileyo, naphakathi kwezinto eziphathekayo. Kwakugqitywa ngamabini amabini, ngokuhlonelwa kuyo imizi eminingi yaseRussia-Ekaterinoslav, Ekaterinburg, Ekaterinodar nabanye. USt. Catherine the Great Martyr uhlonishwa phakathi kwabantu, ngoku baninzi abantu bamthiya ngeentombi zabo, kuba unentsingiselo enhle-"intombi", "hlambuluka rhoqo". Abaninzi abaculi be-Renaissance bazama ukubonakalisa ukubonakala kwakhe kwiindawo zabo. URafael, uCaravaggio kunye namanye amakhosikazi abaqaqambileyo bahlala bekhanga ibali elifundisayo lobomi kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwalo mfela. Kufanelekile ukukhumbuza kuwo wonke amaKristu athembekileyo kunye nalawa mabhinqa abathwala eli gama elizukileyo.
USt. Catherine waseAleksandriya
Ngokomxholo, wayeyintsapho yasebukhosini, kwaye wayenomhle kakhulu. Amadoda amaninzi afuna idumo lokuba ngumyeni wakhe. Ukongezelela, uCatherine wayesazi ezininzi iilwimi zasemzini, wafunda isifundo, waphulaphula intetho yamadoda afunde, ufunda imisebenzi yefilosofi ezidumileyo. Waye nekamva eliqaqambileyo, ubutyebi nozuko. Kodwa le nto mbazana yayingekho ngokukhawuleza ukubiza igama elikhethiweyo, iphupha lokufumana umntu onjalo oza kumdlula ubuhle nokufunda.
Umama wexesha elizayo uMartyrr okhulu wakholwa kuKristu. Ngesinye isikhathi, wazisa intombi yakhe emaphandleni, wazisa uyise ongokomoya. UMonk wayenomdla kakhulu kwintombazana ehlakaniphile. Wakwazi ukuguqula ubuKristu waza wabhaptizwa phantsi kwegama likaCatherine. Ngokuphindwe kabini umfazi wayenombono wokuthi udluliselwe ezulwini waza wabonakala phambi koMsindisi ngokwakhe. Ngethuba lokuqala wayemshiya, kodwa emva kokubhaptizwa uKristu wamkela waza wanikela isalathisi, ebonisa ukutshatyalaliswa.
Intombazana encinci emva kokushumayela ngokusemthethweni yobuKristu. Wafika kwimthendeleko yobuhedeni ehlelwe nguKumkani Maximian waza wazama ukukholisa umlawuli ukuba amkele ukholo olutsha. Inkosi enobuqili nekhohlakeleyo yathandwa kakhulu kukuba ubuhle kunye nesizathu sikaCatherine ukuba akafuni ukubulala ngokukhawuleza intombazana. Walungiselela impikiswano, apho amadoda awaziwayo adume ukuba awanqobe le ntombazana, amenze avume ukuba wayephosakele. Kodwa loo ntokazi ibhubhisa ngokutsha zonke iingxabano zabo kwingxabano kwaye bahlazola kungekudala baqonde ukutshatyalaliswa. Nangona ukumkanikazi waseAugusta, emva kwengxoxo ende noCatherine, wayekholelwa kuKristu.
Ngomsindo, u-Maximian wayala ukuba umntu abulawe. Ngokokuqala ngqa ummangaliso kaThixo wathintela uCatherine ukuba ahlambe. Isixhobo sokubulawa satshatyalaliswa ngamandla esezulwini, kwaye abaninzi abahedeni babethwa yiziqwenga zawo. I-Warlord I-Warford kunye neentonga zakhe zazihlaba umxhwele ukubonakaliswa kukaThixo ababenqwenela ukuthobela umbusi, kwaye zabulawa ukuba zenze ezinye izifundo. Ayikwazi ukuphula ukuthanda kukaMartyr kunye nokholo lwakhe, uMajimi wambulala. Iintsali zengcwele zadluliselwa entabeni, efumaneka kwiSinayi. Kungekudala iziphumo zeSt. Catherine zafunyanwa, kwaye zigcinwa ethempelini, eyakhiwa kule ndawo.
Usuku lweSikhumbuzo saseSt. Catherine
Ngaphambili, abantu babethandwa kakhulu imikhosi kaCatherine. Ngaloo mini kwakungenakwenzeka ukuhlala ekhaya, kwakudingeka ukuba yonke idolophana ibe nemihlali kwaye ijabule.