- Idethi yesisekelo : ngekhulu le-6
I-Dabra Damo Monastery yasendulo e- Ethiopia iyona ekhoneni lokuthula nokulondeka, phezulu phezulu ezintabeni, kude namanye abantu. Ngenxa yendawo engavamile, i-Debray Damo isendaweni engavamile futhi engaziwa, izakhamuzi eziningi eziza e-Ethiopia azikaze zizwe. Noma kunjalo, umlando ocebile kanye nemicebo yesigodi sezindwendwe kufanelekela ukunakwa kwethu ngokunganaki.
Indawo:
I-Dabra Damo Monastery yasendulo e- Ethiopia iyona ekhoneni lokuthula nokulondeka, phezulu phezulu ezintabeni, kude namanye abantu. Ngenxa yendawo engavamile, i-Debray Damo isendaweni engavamile futhi engaziwa, izakhamuzi eziningi eziza e-Ethiopia azikaze zizwe. Noma kunjalo, umlando ocebile kanye nemicebo yesigodi sezindwendwe kufanelekela ukunakwa kwethu ngokunganaki.
Indawo:
I-Dabra Damo Monastery iphezu kwesiphepho (2216 m ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle) endaweni engafinyelele enyakatho ye-Ethiopia, esifundeni saseTigray, entshonalanga ye-Adigrat.
Umlando wezindela
I-monastery yasungulwa ngumonaki waseSiriya, u-Abuna Aregavi. Kwenzeka ngekhulu le-6, ngesikhathi se-Axumite Kingdom. Ngokomlando, abangcwele baseSiriya bafika kulezi zindawo ngenhloso yokusakaza ubuKristu. U-Aregavi u-Saint wanquma ukuhlala entabeni, kodwa njengoba ekhuphuka, inyoka enkulu yavela phambi kwakhe. Ukusiza umonakalo weza uGabriyeli omkhulu, owabulala inyoka ngenkemba futhi wamsiza oNgcwele ukuba afinyelele phezulu edwaleni. Ngokubonga umloki oqoshiwe futhi ufakwe lapho isiphambano, wonke umuntu akhulekela, efika endaweni engcwele. Ama-monks asele ayisishiyagalolunye afika e-Ethiopia ne-Aregavi akha amathempeli awo ezindaweni ezizungezile.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, ithempeli eliyinhloko likaDeborah Damo, ongomunye wabakhulu kunazo zonke eTopiya, labhujiswa ngokuphelele. Ukubuyiselwa kwenzeka ngaphansi kokuqondiswa komdwebi weNgisi D. Matthews. Isici sokwakhiwa yizindonga zethempeli, lapho kunezingxenye zamatshe nezinkuni okunye.
Kuyini okuthakazelisayo ngezindela zeDabra Damo?
Okokuqala, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ngenxa yendawo yezindela ezingeni elingaphezu kwamamitha ayizinkulungwane ezimbili, akulula ukufika lapho. Izakhiwo zezindela zeDabra Damo zihlanganisa ithempeli eliyinhloko, isonto, isakhiwo sensimbi, izindlu eziningi zezindela. Ngokuphelele, izakhiwo zihlala cishe ngamamitha ayizinkulungwane eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-400. m.
Ithempeli eliyinhloko lakhiwa ngamatshe nangokhuni, elihlotshiswe ngokuhlotshiswe ngamafrescoes, izithombe zemithi kanye nezindwangu zaseSiriya ngemifanekiso yamapiko, amabhubesi, izinkawu nezinye izilwane. Izithombe zikhombisa isimo sokubulawa kwenyoka yiGabriyeli omkhulu. Ngaphakathi, i-Dabra Damo inezibi zayo, okuyinto echibi eliqoshiwe ngamatshe emhumeni ojulile ngaphansi komhlaba. Idwala lapho i-monasteri itholakala khona igcwele imigudu nemigodi eminingi.
Kusukela ekusungulweni kwayo, uDebray-Damo uye waba isikhungo semfundo seSonto Lama-Orthodox e-Ethiopia futhi liphethe iqoqo lemibhalo yesandla yasendulo eyigugu kakhulu.
Sibheka iqiniso lokuthi amadoda kuphela angavakashela i-monastery. Ukungena kuDabra Damo kuvunyelwe abesifazane. Bangathandaza phansi kwedwala edwaleni le-Theotokos Engcwelengcwele.
Ukuphila endaweni yezindela
Esikhathini samabhishi namuhla kukhona amakholi angaba ngu-200 abazibophezela ekutshaleni izitshalo nokuzalana izimbuzi nezimvu. Ngakho-ke, ngokujwayelekile, umphakathi uyanelisekile, izakhamuzi zendawo zivame ukunikeza amakholi ukudla nezinto ezidingekayo ngezikhathi ezithile.
Iholide ebaluleke kunazo zonke eDebre-Damo ngo-Okthoba 14 (ikhalenda yaseTopiya) noma ngo-Okthoba 24 (uGregorian). Kulolu suku inkumbulo yeSt. Aregavi igubha, futhi abahambeli abavela kulo lonke elase-Ethiopia bahamba baya e-monasteri.
Ungafika kanjani?
Ukuze ufike ethempelini likaDabra Damo, kumele uqale amahora amane ukufika ukusuka ku- Axum , bese uhola amahora amabili ukuhamba emgwaqeni wezintaba bese ekugcineni ukhuphukela endaweni yezindela uqobo, usebenzisa izintambo zesikhumba ezilenga phansi kwe-15 m high cliff.