Ngokushesha noma yikuphi, ngamunye wethu ubhekana nokuphila lapho umuntu efuna ukuba eseduze nakakhulu nokholo. Yingakho eBhetlehema iBandla lokuzalwa kukaKristu lingenye yezindawo ezivakashelwa kakhulu ePalestina phakathi kwamakholwa. Ngubani ohamba lapho ngemithandazo nezicelo, abafuna izimpendulo zemibuzo. Kodwa ngisho nangenxa yokuzifundela, kufanelekile ukuvakashela lezi zindawo. Uyomangala ngokuklama kwayo, ngoba iSonto Lokuzalwa KwaseBhetlehema lihlukile kwabanye futhi abantu abaningi bathi awufuni ukuhamba.
Iyini iBandla Lozalo LukaBethelehema?
Ngokombiko, iNdlovukazi uHelena, umama kaMbusi uConstantine, wayenombono. Waya eZweni Elingcwele ukuze avuselele ukholo lobuKristu. U-Elena waya ngqo kulowo mhume, lapho ngokusho intela uJesu azalwa khona. Kwakuphezu kwalesi sango ukuthi kunqunywe ukuthi kwakhiwe ithempeli.
E-Israel, iSonto Lokuzalwa kukaKristu eBetlehema, kunemithetho ecacile ngokuhlinzekwa kwezinsizakalo phakathi kwamasonto ama-Orthodox Greek namaKatolika namaKristu ase-Armenia. Ngokuqondene nendawo engaphansi komhlaba, eye igcinwe kusukela isisekelo sesonto, i-Church Orthodox Church.
Phakathi nomlando walo, iSonto Lokuzalwa kukaJesu eBhetlehema, njengePalestine, libone kakhulu ukubhujiswa nokubuyiselwa okukhulu. Namuhla ekwakhiweni kwayo kanye nomhlobiso ungathola izakhi zazo zonke izikhathi zomlando. Isibonelo, okuthiwa amaGates of Humility ngesikhathi esisodwa sanciphisa ukuphakama, ngakho-ke amaSaracens kwakudingeka akhothamise amakhanda, ngoba ayegibele amahhashi noma amakamela.
Ezinye zezimpawu zeBandla Lokuzalwa kukaJesu eBhetlehema zihlukile futhi ziyingqayizivele emhlabeni wonke. Phakathi kwabo ungumama kaNkulunkulu omomothekayo, owake wavela eNdlini Yase-Russian Imperial. I-Riza yesithonjana yenziwe ngengubo ka-Elizabeth Romanova, wayebekwa phakathi kwabangcwele.
Kukhona isibonakaliso ngesimo senkanyezi esontweni lokuzalwa kukaKristu esiseBetlehema kwa-Israyeli . Kukholelwa ukuthi kwakukhona lapho uJesu azalwa khona. Inkanyezi ngokwayo yenziwe ngesiliva futhi ifana nayo ifana ne-Bethlehem star, enezinsika eziyishumi nane. Kancane kancane eningizimu emhumeni kukhona igumbi elincane ngezinyathelo ezimbalwa ngezansi. Kukhona i-chapel encane, eqhutshwa amaKatolika. Yilapho lapho uKristu abekwa khona emva kokuzalwa.
Okuningi eBandleni Lokuzalwa kukaKristu eBhetlehema kusinda kuze kube yilolu suku. Isibonelo, odongeni kunezimbobo ezincane (njengokungathi kusuka eminwe) ngendlela yesiphambano. Ngokusho kokunikeza, kubalulekile ukufaka iminwe lapho futhi ukuthandaza ngobuqotho, khona-ke isicelo sakho sizozwakala ngokunembile.
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