Kusukela ku-IV emazweni aseMpumalanga nekhulu le-V eNtshonalanga, elinye lamaholidi ayishumi nambili kakhulu eSonto Lama-Orthodox yiSigramente eNkosi . Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezimbili emhlabeni wonke, iyaqhubeka igubha ngoFebhuwari 15 (ngoFebruwari 2, ngokusho kwesitayela esidala).
Ngalolu suku, isonto nabo bonke abantu abakholwayo bakhumbula futhi bahloniphe izenzakalo ezichazwe yiSt. Luka eVangelini. Kodwa-ke, iningi lethu linesithakazelo kulo mbuzo: lisho ukuthini igama elithi "indalo", futhi yikuphi okushiwo yiholide, okuyinto ngaso sonke isikhathi ebhekwa njengabaluleke kakhulu kubantu base-Orthodox?
Usho ukuthini umkhosi weSuku lweNkosi?
Umlando womkhosi ubuyela emuva emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka, emuva ngalezo zinsuku lapho uMariya uMariya, kanye nosana uJesu, owayengaleso sikhathi emva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane emva kokuzalwa (uKhisimusi), wafika ethempelini laseJerusalema ukuletha umhlatshelo wokuhlanza kuNkulunkulu ngendodana yakhe. Bekulapha lapho indodana kaNkulunkulu ihlangana nendoda, echazwe eTestamenteni Elidala ngomabhalane, uLuka. Owokuqala owathatha ingane ezandleni zakhe nguSimeon. Lo muntu wayazi ngomcimbi ozayo kusukela esiprofethweni sencwadi ka-Isaya, ahumusha ngesiGreki. Lathi intombazane yayizothatha isisu sayo futhi ibelethe indodana kaMesiya. Lapho uSimon efuna ukulungisa igama elithi "intombazana" "kumfazi", ngoba owesifazane oshadile kuphela ongakwazi ukubeletha ingane, ingelosi yafika kuye, yathembisa ukungafi kumbhali kuze kube isiprofetho esichazwe sigcwaliseke. Kusukela ngalolo suku, uSimeyoni waphila futhi walinda lapho ebona umsindisi omlindele isikhathi eside ngamehlo akhe bese evele phambi kweNkosi.
Ngakho-ke, sibona ukuthi igama elithi "ukwakhiwa" alisho, lokho okunye, njengokuthi, umhlangano. Incazelo yesibili "injabulo", okushiwo ukudumisa uMsindisi owafika ezweni lethu, ngenhloso enhle nokuthula, okwamanje kutholakala emasontweni, ngokuhlonipha abhala imifanekiso ngesithombe sikaSt. Simeon obambelele umntwana.
Ekuhumusheni esontweni elidala lesiSlavic, igama elithi "umhlangano" lisho "ukuhlangana". Kwakungemva kweStreteniya neNkosi, umdala uSimeon, owayephila iminyaka engama-360, elinde ukubona isimangaliso, umsindisi wezwe konke, wayengase afe ngokuthula. Emva kwalokho, isonto lamqaphela ukuthi lingcwele futhi libiza ngokuthi uNkulunkulu obekezelela.
Kodwa-ke, kunencazelo eyodwa yalokhu okugubhayo kweNkosi echotshozayo. Kuqondene nomhlangano weTestamente Elidala neNtsha, i-Ancient World kanye nobuKristu. Ngokuhambisana nalokhu, abantu bagubha isenzo sokunikela ingane ethempelini, ngaleso sikhathi okwakungenziwa kuphela ngosuku lwama-40 emva kokuzalwa kwendodana kanye nangama-80 emva kokuzalwa kwendodakazi.
Incazelo yegama elithi "umhlangano"
Kuwo wonke amaKristu, ukuhlangana nomuntu onomuntu ukuphikisana kwamazwe amabili, ulwazi olungaziwa, olunencazelo ebalulekile ebuhlotsheni nokuxhumana kwabantu. Noma yimuphi umKristu angasho ukuthi igama elithi "indalo" kuye kakade lisho okuthile okungaqondakali, okungaqondakali ngokugcwele nokumangalisa.
Kusukela ekubukeni kweSonto Lama-Orthodox, njalo lapho ngena esontweni noma esontweni, noma ubani owela umngcele wendlu kaNkulunkulu. Kulapha wonke umuntu ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwawo siqu neNkosi kwenzeka, umhlangano ongaziwa, ongakuzwa, kodwa ongcwele. Ngeshwa, namuhla ukuhunyushwa kwegama elithi "ukwakha" neholidi ngokwalo, ngokuyinhloko kwentsha yanamuhla, kubonakala ngendlela ehlukile kunezinsuku zakudala.
Abefundisi bathi ukuqonda uma umuntu ehlangene noNkulunkulu wakhe, kudingeka uzibuze: ingabe ngiyajabula ? Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ujabule? Ushintshile? Ingabe kukhona abaningi enhliziyweni yothando, ukuziqonda nomakhelwane womuntu? Kuphela ukuze ukwazi ukuqonda okubalulekile kwenqubo.