AmaKristu eqiniso emhlabeni wonke ahlale ehlonishwa kakhulu yiTheotokos. Emuva ezikhathini zasendulo, lapho isonto seliqala nje, abantu baphathwa ngenhlonipho enkulu izinsuku eziningana zememori ezihambisana negama lakhe. Kunezinsuku eziningi zezintombi zaseVirginia, izindawo amakholwa azihlanganisa nokuphila kwaseMgodini uMariya zihlonishwa. Amakhulu emifanekiso kaMama kaNkulunkulu ayaziwa futhi ahlonishwa. Kukhona iholide elilodwa lesonto, eligubha ngo-Orthodoxy waseRashiya - yiKuvikeleka kweNdodana Enhle. Namuhla asifuni ukutshela umlando wokuvela kwawo, kodwa futhi ukuthi kwakunakekwa kanjani ngaphambili, yiziphi izimpawu zabantu ezihambisana nayo.
Umlando wesidlo soMvikeli weNdodana Engcwele
Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-10 i-Byzantium yahlaselwa izimpi ezinamanzi nezikhathi eziqhubekayo namaSlav eSaracens naseZizwe. Ekuphileni kukaSt. Andrew the Elder, kuchazwa ukuthi ngo-910 amabutho abahlaseli ayevimbezela uConstantinople. Ezinye imithombo zithi bangamaSulumane, kodwa kuyi-Tale of Bygone Years kuthiwa ngebutho laseRussia. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakunjani, kodwa umuzi wakwazi ukusinda kuphela ngenxa yesimangaliso. Abantu babuthana esontweni laseVlaherna, lapho eqala ukuthandazela khona izinyembezi ezivikela. Kwasekusithi, phakathi nokukhanya kwebusuku bonke, ngokungazelelwe igceke lesonto lalibonakala livulekile, futhi abantu abamangala babona iNdodana uMariya ehaqwe izingelosi nabangcwele.
Umama kaNkulunkulu waqala ukucela iNkosi ukuba ivikele amaKristu ampofu, emva kwalokho wasusa i-maforion (shawl-veil) futhi wasakaza phezu kwabo bonke abantu ababekhona ethempelini. Bonke ababekhona ngokushesha bazwa umusa futhi babakhanyiswa ukukhanya okwakusuka esiqongweni seMariya. Ngakusasa bonke abantu bomuzi bazwa ngalesi simangaliso, futhi izitha zabalekela ngokwesaba ukusuka emzini. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-Orthodox ehlonipha lesi senzakalo esimangalisayo yaqala ukugubha uMkhosi we-Intercession of Our Lady ngo-Okthoba 1, ngokusho kwesitayela esidala.
Ngokomlando, kwakungamaRussia alahlekelwa impi eConstantinople. Kodwa babe nokunye okubuyisela emuva. Lesi simangaliso sashaya amaqaba kakhulu kangangokuthi masinyane wanquma ukwamukela ubuKristu, futhi uMariya uMariya wahlonishwa eRussia njengomkhulumeli wazo wonke amakholwa. U-Andrew Andrew Bogolyubsky ngo-1165 wakha iSonto Lokudluliselwa Kwempi eNerl futhi wasungulwa ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe ukugubha ngokusemthethweni umkhosi wama-Orthodox we-Protection of the Holy Virgin.
Nakuba Ukuncenga kungabalwa kwinani lamaholide ayishumi nambili, kodwa kubantu bakithi bahlonishwa ikakhulukazi. Ngenhlonipho yakhe, kwakhiwe amasonto amaningana, futhi esifundeni saseVladimir ngisho negama lasePokrov libizwe ngegama. I-edume kakhulu eRussia yiCreathed Cathedral eMoscow (iSt. Basil's Cathedral), eyakhiwe nguJohn the Terrible. Isitayela esisha sigubha isithonjana se-Protection of the Virgin oNgcwele ngo-Okthoba 14.
Umkhosi Wokuvikelwa KweMvali Oyingcwele - izimpawu
Ezinsukwini zakudala kwakukholelwa ukuthi ngalolo suku unyaka wezolimo wawuzophela. Ehlathini abantu baqoqa amakhowe wokugcina. Uma bekukholakala ngaphambi kweveli lapho ekwindla kusesegcekeni, ngemuva kwalokho sekuvele kungenzeka ukuthi kulindeleke ukufika kwaleli busika. Abaningi babheka isibhakabhaka. Ukuhamba kokuqala kwe-cranes kuya eningizimu, ku-Intercession, kubonakaliswe ukufika kwebusika ebanda kakhulu. Abasimabhizinisi baqala ukuphuthumisa imizi yabo, ngoba ukudla kwasebusika badlulisela imfuyo. Umoya wasempumalanga wePokrov wathembisa ubusika obubandayo, futhi umoya waseningizimu wawufudumele.
U-Okthoba kuye kwacatshangwa ukubhekwa eRussia njengomshado wenyanga. Kwakuvela emkhunjini ukuthi ungashada nabantu abasha. Iqhwa elawa ngalolo suku lalibhekwa njengesibonakaliso esijabulisayo kulabo abasanda kushada. Amantombazane ahlobisa isithonjana seVirgin Mary ngethawula futhi akhuluma ngezingcweti. Bacela uMkhosi Wokuvikelwa kweNdodana Enhle uMariya ukuba bahlanganise umhlaba ngeqhwa elimhlophe, nekhanda labo elineshekeli. Abesifazane abangashadile bahamba ngamakhanda abo bengafihliwe, futhi lo mkhosi wawusho umshado oyifunayo. Amakholwa namanje akholelwa namhlanje ukuthi iNdodanakazi Ebusisiwe iyasiza ekusindiseni umuntu ekuhluphekeni, ngokuba ngumvikeli omuhle kunazo zonke kanye nezingane eziphathekayo, kanye namantombazane amancane.