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U-January 7 uwusuku lomkhosi omkhulu, onesizotha, “umama wawo wonke amaholide,” ngokukaSt. John Chrysostom. UKhisimusi iholidi lamaKristu elidala kunawo wonke, elasungulwa kakade ngesikhathi sabafundi bakaJesu Kristu - abaphostoli. Ngosuku lukaKhisimusi ngoDisemba 25 (Januwari 7 - ngokusho kwesitayela esisha) kuboniswa ngekhulu lesi-II nguSt. Clement wase-Alexandria. Khonamanjalo, ukuthi sekungamakhulu eminyaka abantu begubha uKhisimusi ngosuku olufanayo akusho nhlobo ukuthi uKristu wazalwa ngaleso sikhathi.
Iqiniso liwukuthi umthombo oyinhloko womlando wobuKristu - iBhayibheli - udlula usuku oluqondile lokuzalwa kukaJesu. Mayelana nezenzakalo ezandulela ukuzalwa kwakhe, kukhona. Cishe ngosuku olulandelayo ngemva kokuzalwa - futhi. Kodwa alukho usuku. Okuningi mayelana nalokhu namanye amaqiniso angalindelekile ngoKristu funda lapha.
“Ngenxa yokungabikho kwekhalenda elivamile ezweni lasendulo, usuku oluqondile lukaKhisimusi lwalungaziwa,” kuphawula uFata Alexander Men encwadini ethi The Son of Man. Ubufakazi obungaqondile buholela izazi-mlando ukuba ziphethe ngokuthi uJesu wazalwa c. Ngo-7-6 BC”
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AmaKristu ashiseka kakhulu aqala ukulungiselela iholide isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuqala kwayo - ngokuzila ukudla okuqinile. Ibizwa ngoKhisimusi. Noma uFilippov (ngoba iqala kusukela ngosuku lomkhosi womphostoli uFiliphu). I-Lent, okokuqala, isikhathi sokuzola okukhethekile komoya, umthandazo, ukuthobeka, ukuvimbela ukuthambekela komuntu okubi. Ngakho-ke, ngokudla, uma ulandela i-charter eqinile, ngezinsuku ze-Advent (November 28 - January 6):
- ungadli inyama, ibhotela, ubisi, amaqanda, ushizi
- NgoMsombuluko, ngoLwesithathu nangoLwesihlanu - ungadli inhlanzi, ungaphuzi iwayini, ukudla kulungiswa ngaphandle kwamafutha (ukudla okomile)
- ngoLwesibili, ngoLwesine, ngoMgqibelo nangeSonto - ungapheka ngamafutha emifino
- ngeMigqibelo, ngamaSonto kanye namaholide amakhulu, izinhlanzi zivunyelwe.
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu, akukho lutho oludliwayo kuze kube yilapho kuvela inkanyezi yokuqala.
Ngobusuku bukaJanuwari 6-7, amaKristu aya enkonzweni kaKhisimusi. I-liturgy ye-St. Basil the Great yenziwa emasontweni. Bacula izingoma zokuzalwa kukaKristu. I-Troparion kaKhisimusi - iculo eliyinhloko lamaholide - kungenzeka ukuthi ladalwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-XNUMX:
UKhisimusi wakho, uKristu Nkulunkulu wethu,
umhlaba wokucabanga uphumule ngokuthula,
ukukhonza izinkanyezi kuyo
Ngifunda njengenkanyezi
Khothamela wena Langa Leqiniso,
futhi akuhole ekuphakameni kwaseMpumalanga.
Nkosi, inkazimulo kuwe!
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kukaKhisimusi, kulungiselelwa isidlo esikhethekile esibizwa ngokuthi "sochivo" - okusanhlamvu abilisiwe. Kuleli gama kwavela igama elithi "usuku olwandulela uKhisimusi".
Kodwa ukuqagela ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimusi akulona isiko lobuKristu, kodwa ubuqaba. Yebo, uPushkin noZhukovsky, bachaza ukubikezela kwenhlanhla kukaKhisimusi ngombala, kodwa ukubhula okunjalo akuhlangene nokholo lwangempela.
Kodwa isiko le-caroling lingabhekwa njengelingenabungozi ngokwanele. Ngobusuku bangaphambi kweholide, abakwa-mummers baletha isidlo sendabuko ekhaya - uKhisimusi kutya, bahlabelela izingoma zikaKhisimusi, futhi abanikazi bezindlu ababengqongqoza kuzo kwakudingeka banikeze ama-caroler noma imali.
Futhi izinsuku zikaKhisimusi Ezweni Lethu (hhayi nje kuphela) bezilokhu zithathwa njengethuba lokusiza abantulayo - abantu bavakashela abagulayo nabanesizungu, babele abampofu ukudla nemali.
Yini isiko ukunikeza ngoKhisimusi
Ukuphana izipho ngoKhisimusi kuyisiko elide. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi ngezipho zezingane: ngemuva kwakho konke, ngisho nesiko lezipho ezivela kuSanta Claus noma uSanta Claus woNyaka Omusha lisuka ngokuqondile esikweni likaKhisimusi lamakhulu eminyaka, ngokusho kukaSaint Nicholas the Pleasant alethela izingane izipho ngoKhisimusi. .
Ngakho-ke, ungakwazi ukutshela izingane mayelana saint, funda ngempilo yakhe. Futhi unikeze incwadi enemibala ngalo ngcwele.
Ngokuqondene nezipho ngokujwayelekile, into esemqoka ukwenza ngaphandle kokuthengisa ngokweqile kukaKhisimusi. Izipho zingase zingabizi, makube yinto eyenziwe ngezandla zakho, ngoba into eyinhloko ayisona isipho ngokwayo, kodwa ukunakwa.