Igama elihle lomama uCatherine linomsuka waseByzantine. Sekulokhu kusithandwa, kokubili kubantu abavamile, naphakathi kwabantu abahloniphekile. Kwakugqoke izimpumputhe ezimbili, okuhlonishwa ukuthi imizi eminingi yaseRussia ibizwa ngokuthi yi-Ekaterinoslav, Ekaterinburg, Ekaterinodar nabanye. USt Catherine Catherine Martyr Omkhulu uhlonishwa kubantu, ngisho nabantu abaningi manje bambiza ngokuthi ngamadodakazi abo, ngoba unencazelo enhle - "intombi", "hlaziya njalo". Abaculi abaningi abakhulu be-Renaissance bazama ukubonisa ukubukeka kwakhe emithonjeni yabo. URafael, uCaravaggio kanye namanye amakhosi ahlakaniphile bahlale beheha indaba efundisayo yokuphila nokuhlupheka kwalowo ofela ukholo. Kubalulekile ukukhumbula kubo bonke amaKristu akholwayo nalabo besifazane abathwala leli gama elikhazimulayo.
USt. Catherine wase-Alexandria
Ngokomlando, wayengumndeni wasebukhosini, futhi waba nobuhle obuhle. Amadoda amaningi afuna udumo lokuba ngumyeni wakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uCatherine wayazi izilimi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe, wafunda ukukhuluma, walalela inkulumo yamadoda afundile, wafunda imisebenzi yamafilosofi adumile. Wayenekusasa eliqhakazile, ingcebo nenkazimulo. Kodwa le ntombazane yayingekho esheshayo ukubiza lowo okhethiwe, iphupha lokuthola umuntu onjalo owayezomdlula ngobuhle nokufunda.
Umama wekusasa elikhulu uMartyr wavuma ngokufihlakele kuKristu. Ngesinye isikhathi, waletha indodakazi yakhe emaphandleni, efaka uyise wakhe ongokomoya. UMonk wayefisa kakhulu intombazane encane ehlakaniphile. Wakwazi ukumguqula ebuKristwini futhi wabhapathizwa ngaphansi kwegama likaCatherine. Ngokuphindwe kabili lo wesifazane wayenombono wokuthi wadluliselwa ezulwini futhi wabonakala phambi koMsindisi ngokwakhe. Ngesikhathi sokuqala wamhlubuka kuye, kodwa emva komhlangano wobhapathizo uKristu wamamukela futhi wanikeza indandatho, efanekisela ukuboshwa.
Intombazanyana encane ngemva kokushumayela ngokukhululekile ubuKristu. Wafika emkhosini wamaqaba owawuhlelwa uMbusi Maximian futhi wazama ukuphoqa umbusi ukuba amukele ukholo olusha. Inkosi enobuqili nenonya yathandwa kakhulu nobuhle bukaCatherine ngoba wayengafuni ukubulala ngokushesha intombazane. Walungisa impikiswano, lapho owesilisa owaziwayo efundwa khona amadoda kwakudingeka anqobe le ntombazane, amenze avume ukuthi uyiphutha. Kodwa lona wesifazane wabhubhisa kalula zonke izimpikiswano zabo empikiswaneni futhi bajabha ngokushesha ukubona ukuthi ukunqotshwa okuchotshozayo. Ngisho nendlovukazi yase-Augusta, emva kwengxoxo ende noCatherine, ikholelwa kuKristu.
Ngentukuthelo, u-Maximian wayala ukubulawa kwesifazane. Ngokokuqala ngqa isimangaliso saphezulu sasivimbela uCatherine ukuba avuke. Isikhali sokubulawa kwabhujiswa amandla esezulwini, futhi abahedeni abaningi bahlaselwa yizicucu zalo. I-Warlord Porfiry kanye namadoda akhe anampi bahlatshwa umxhwele ngokubonakaliswa kukaNkulunkulu abenqaba ukulalela umbusi, futhi babulawa ukuze bavuselele kwezinye izihloko. Ehluleka ukuphula intando yomfel 'ukholo nokukholwa kwakhe, uMajimi wambulala. Izinsalela zesanta zadluliselwa entabeni, eliseSinayi. Ngokushesha izintambo zikaSt. Catherine zatholakala, futhi zisalondolozwa ethempelini, eyakhiwa kule ndawo.
Usuku lweSikhumbuzo saseSt. Catherine
Esikhathini esidlule, abantu babethandwa kakhulu imikhosi kaCatherine. Ngalolu suku kwakungenakwenzeka ukuhlala ekhaya, kwakudingeka ukuba wonke umuzana ujabule futhi ujabule.