Ukushesha kukaKhisimusi kuqhubeka kahle izinsuku ezingamashumi amane. Iqala ngonyaka ngonyaka wamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye kaNovemba bese uqhubeka kuze kube nguJanuwari 7. Kule nkathi, amakholwa kudingeka agcine imingcele nemithetho ethile.
Kwenzeke ukuthi amaholide amaningi ama-Orthodox amaKhristu namadili afana namasiko abo kanye nezinqatshelwe. Isiko ngasinye esinjalo sithwala ulwazi oluthile oluye lwaqoqwa amakhulu eminyaka ngamakhokho ethu asekude. Ukuze ungenzi isono kuNativity Fast, umuntu kufanele alahle okuningi, kufaka phakathi izinyathelo eziqinile.
Kungenzeka yini ukushada ngeposi likaKhisimusi?
Umshado ekuthunjweni okukhulu kukaKhisimusi kuyisenzakalo esingathandeki ngenxa yezizathu eziningana. Abamele iSonto bathi akufanelekile ukushada nokuqhuba umkhosi womshado ngalesi sikhathi. Ukuze uqonde ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukushada kuNativity Fast, kubalulekile ukutadisha amasonto esonto. Ngokusho kwabo, ukuzila ukudla kuyadingeka ngezinhloso ezilandelayo:
- ukuqinisa umoya wakho ngokudla. Lokhu ngeke kuqiniseke kuphela intando yomuntu, kodwa futhi kuhlanze umzimba wakhe wenyama;
- ukuze bakwazi ukulawula izifiso zabo. Lokhu ngokuyinhloko kuhlobene nokusondelana. Ngesikhathi sokushesha, kuvunyelwe ukuvinjelwa. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi kubalulekile ukucabanga ngokukhanya nokucabangela, ukukhohlwa ngakho konke okujabulisayo kokuphila komhlaba.
Ngokuvumelana nalokhu, kuyacaca ukuthi kungani umuntu engakwazi ukudlala umshado ku-Nativity Fast. Ngokusobala insizwa isona, igcwalisa ngalesi sikhathi umthwalo wokuqokwa, ukuvumela ukugubha nokugubha.
Isifiso esingathandeki sokudlala umshado ngesikhathi sokuzila ukungakwazi ukulawula izenzo nezithandwa zomuntu, okuyisono futhi, okuyinto okufanele kuphendule ngesikhathi esifanele.
Ukuzila kuyisikhathi sokuhlanzwa kwemicabango, umphefumulo nomzimba. Ngakho-ke, umuntu okholwayo ngempela ngeke aphathe kancane zonke amasiko futhi abuyele umkhosi womshado kuze kube sekupheleni kokuzalwa kukaNativity.