Kubonakala sengathi kulo nyaka abantwana kumele babhale ngezenzo zabo ezinhle futhi babefisa izipho ezingahlali endlini yaseSanta Claus eRovaniemi, kodwa emzini waseTurkey waseDemre - lapho, ngokusho kwabavubukuli bendawo, ingcwaba likaSt. Nicholas!
Abacwaningi babika ukuthi babethole ithempeli futhi bahlala bengcwaba ngaphansi kwesonto laseSt. Nicholas edolobheni laseDemre, elakhiwe emanxiweni edolobheni lasendulo laseMycian laseMyra, lapho wonke umuntu ekwazi khona, uMmangalisa Oyingcwele wayehlala ekhulwini lesi-3 leminyaka le-4 leminyaka yethu!
Namuhla iBandla laseSt. Nicholas eDemre lanamuhla yiyona ndlela ekhangayo yokuvakasha kanye ne "bait", kanye nendawo ebalulekile yokuhambela kwamaKristu.
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, abavubukuli bebelokhu befunda le ndawo besebenzisa i-tomography ye-computer ne-radar. Futhi nanamuhla, lapho umsebenzi ususondele ekupheleni, banokuthile okumele bakwenze.
"Sizofika ezweni futhi mhlawumbe sithole isidumbu esingakaze sithathwe uSt. Nicholas," kusho uComil Karabayim, umqondisi womnyango wezezigodi kanye nezikhumbuzo e-Antalya eya ephephandabeni laseTurkey uHurriyet. "Sasiba nethemba lokuthi ithempeli lalingakaze litholakale futhi lingenakufinyeleleka ngenxa yokuxoshwa ngamatshe. Kodwa manje kunzima ukufika kuyo ngenxa yomdwebo phansi, esizohlola ucezu ngalunye ... "
Njengoba kwaziwa kuze kube yilolu suku, emva kokufa kwakhe uSt. Nicholas wangcwatshwa esontweni edolobheni laseMyra (iDemre) ngase-345 AD. Iningi lezintambo zakhe ngo-1087 ezivela emndenini waseSeljukid owawunqoba iTurkey owawunqobile eTurkey zathathwa abathengisi baseNtaliyane futhi zathunyelwa edolobheni laseBari (manje zigcinwa eBaselica yaseSt. Nicholas), futhi ingxenye encane yabanjwa yiVenetians ngenkathi yokuqotshwa kokuqala futhi yayisa eVenice, lapho kulesi siqhingi ULido wakha isonto likaSt. Nicholas.
Abavubukuli baseTurkey baphinde baphikisa ukuthi yonke into eyaziwa yizinsalela zompristi ongaziwa wendawo, hhayi i-saint ehlonishwayo. Futhi njengobufakazi, tshela imibhalo etholakala kule sayithi, kodwa kamuva yashiswa ngemuva kokweba esontweni.
Futhi uma esikhathini esizayo esiseduze babonisa umhlaba ukuthi bayitholaphi, amaKristu emhlabeni wonke ayoba nenye into engcwele, futhi izingane zinekheli eliqondile lezincwadi ezithandwayo kuMsindisi wabo osebenzayo!