UCatherine waseMandulo yeGrike - intombazana ecocekileyo, ehlambulukileyo. Ummeli ngamnye weli gama unomhla wakhe welosi kaCatherine, kwaye yiyiphi inombolo efanelekileyo yokubhiyozela, kuphela yena owaziyo. Emva koko, lo ngumhla apho wabhaptizwa khona. I-Namedays yimihla yokukhumbula uSt. Catherine, eyayihlonipha iOthodoxi.
Igama lomhla ka-Ekaterina
Amantombazana analo negama abhiyozela imini yabo ngaphezu kanyaka ngonyaka. Amagama kaCatherine kwikhalenda yecawa yenzeka ezintlanu kwiinyanga ezilishumi elinesibhozo: ngoFebhuwari 5, ngoFebhuwari 17, Matshi 20 , ngoDisemba 7 noDisemba 17. Kodwa umhla ogqwesileyo kunye owona mfuneko nguDisemba 7, xa kukhunjulwa i-Great Martyr Catherine yaseAlesandria. Ngaloo mini bonke abaOthodoki bakhala ngoCatherine, obomi bakhe budibaniswa negama likaYesu. Kukho ubungqina bokuthi wayevezwe yimfundo ephakamileyo kunye nobuhle obuhle. Xa kwakuyiminyaka yokutshata, uCatherine akazange afune ukuba ngumfazi womntu ongathandwayo nomntu ongafanelekanga - uMaximilian, owayengumlawuli. Wayevutha ngumsindo waza wathandana nentombazana ukuba ihlaselwe kakubi. Nangona kunjalo, akazange akhiphe kwaye ngokuzithoba wayibeka intloko phantsi kwekrele lombulali, ngaloo ndlela eqinisekisa ukuthembeka kuphela kuYesu Kristu.
Ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe, uCatherine wathandaza kuMama kaThixo ukuba wayemvumela ukuba abone uNyana wakhe. Emva kokuba intombi ikholelwa kwaye idlulisela umvuzo wobhaptizo , iNkosi yamnika ingxowa yokubandakanya ngexesha lokuziphatha. Oyingcwele wafunyanwa esandleni sakhe emva kokuvuswa. Intombi ikholelwa ukuba akukho mntu unokuthelekisa noYesu ngobulumko bakhe, ubuhle kunye nokuphakama. Ngoko ke, ndathembisa ukuba ndingalokothi nditshatile kwaye ndithwale abantu kwiholo lobuKristu kunye nemfundiso yeNkosi. Ngoko wenza, ukuzincama egameni lemigaqo yakhe nokuzinikela. Ukuzalwa kwama-Orthodox kaCatherine - enye yeeholide zasebusika eziphambili. Ngaloo mini, bonke abathwali beli gama elihle bakhumbule ingcwele yabo baze bamcele ukuba azikhusele.