Umoya uphambuka emva kweKrisimasi
Kwi-stroke kaJanuwari 6, "iintsuku ezilishumi elinesibini" zeKrismesi ziya kupheliswa ngokusemthethweni. Le mini, ithatha intsingiselo ekhethekileyo eGrisi. Apha, kukho umcimbi okhethekileyo wentsikelelo yamanzi kunye neenqwelo ezithathayo.
Imikhosi yanamhlanje ePiraeus , ichweba lasendulo laseAthene, ithatha uhlobo lombingeleli ephosa i-crucifix enkulu emanzini. Amadoda amancinci agabisa ubanda kunye nokukhuphisana ukuwufumana.
Le mihla, umnqamlezo ngokuqhelekileyo uqhotyoshelwe kwinqanawa elungileyo, elikhuselekileyo, nje ukuba isivuno sonyaka sabantu abahlukeneyo sinento engaphantsi kwayo.
Emva kokudilika, abadobi bendawo bazisa iinqanawa zabo ukuba babusiswe ngumfundisi.
Yonke into enxulumene neKrisimesi? Inkolelo yama-Orthodox ithi yayingumhla wobhaptizo lukaYesu, kwaye yile ndawo apho kubambisana khona umhla wamanzi kunye namanzi.
Kodwa umkhosi ngokwawo ungadlulisela ubuKristu ubudala. Kwakukho, ngamaxesha amaRoma, oko kwathiwa ngumcimbi owavula ixesha lokuhamba. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko nawuphi na umlobi waseGrike anokuxelela, nayiphi na imini yokuvula ixesha lokuhamba ngokukhawuleza, ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo ngoJanuwari 6, xa isimo sezulu sinokuqhaqhazela kwaye amanzi aphezu kwawo.
Umhla kuthiwa ngumhla womthendeleko wokunqula umbusi, kunye nokuthandana kwamaxesha aseRoma. Kungenzeka ukuba, kunye neminikelo yokulindela umbusi, ingumngcipheko walo mcimbi.
Okanye kungabonakalisa ukusinda kwesiko lokunikela iminikelo eyimfuneko elwandle, emfuleni, nasemimoyeni yasentwasahlobo ukuqinisekisa ukunyamezela kwabo okanye ukuncipha ukuphazamiseka kwabo. Kwi-Epiphany, i- kallinkantzari , imimoya enobubi ebizwa ukuba iyasebenza ngexesha leentsuku ezilishumi elinambini zeKrismesi, zikholelwa ukuba ziyaxothwa kulo lonke unyaka.
I-Epiphany ibizwa ngokuba yiPhota okanye iFota, ngokubhekiselele kwimihla yoMthendeleko woKhanya, kwaye yinto yongcwele ka-Agia Theofana. Igama elithi "Epiphany" lithetha indawo ephantsi kakhulu yokukhanya, okanye ukutsalwa kokukhanya-apha "epi" kuthetha ngaphantsi okanye ngaphantsi, kunye nesilasi yamandulo yokukhanyisa okanye ukukhanya, i-pha-, ibonisa ukukhanya. Emva kweEpiphany, yintoni eyenzekayo kwi-Winter Solstice, ukuqala kokubuya kwelanga, iyacaca kwaye iintsuku ziqala ukuziva zibonakala zide.
Nangona i-Piraeus iyona nto ikhuselekileyo, iziqithi ezininzi zaseGrike kunye needolophu ezisogwini zinika iinguqu ezincinci zesiganeko. Ngokuqinisekileyo kusekho iholide yendabuko, eyenziwa ngamaGrike, kungekhona kubakhenkethi.
Iifoto zeEpiphany:
Unyana wendodana ubuyela kwi-Epiphany
Umkhosi we-American American Epiphany phakathi kwabantu baseGrisi eFlorida, apho amasiko ahlala eqinile kwaye i-Epiphany isiganeko esikhulu kwikhalenda yonyaka.