Ngokusemthethweni kuthiwa yiCawa yeNtombikazi kaMariya, iSonto eliQelayo lihlala entliziyweni ye-Old Cairo . Yakhelwe ngasentla kwinqanaba lasezantsi laseRoma eliqingqiweyo laseBabiloni kwaye lifumana igama layo kwinto yokuba i-nave yayo imisiwe phezu kwendlela. Indawo eyingqayizivele inika icawa ingcamango yokuxhoma emkhatsini womoya, imbonakalo eyayiza kuba yinkxalabo xa yaqala ukwakha xa umgangatho womhlaba wawungamamitha amaninzi ngaphantsi kunamhlanje.
Igama le-Arabhu, al-Muallaqah, nalo liguqulela ngokuthi "Ukumiswa".
Imbali yeCawa
I-Church ye-Hanging yangoku icinga ukuba ibuyele kwi-Patriarchate ka-Isaac wase-Aleksandria, uPapa wasePoptic owayephethe isikhundla ngekhulu le-7. Ngaphambi koko, enye icawa yayisendaweni enye, yakha ixesha elithile kwixesha le-3 leminyaka njengendawo yokunqula kumajoni ahlala kwinqaba yaseRoma. Ixesha elidlulileyo lecawa lenza ukuba libe linye yeendawo zakudala zonqulo lobuKristu eYiputa. Kuye kwaphinda yakhiwa kwakhona amaxesha amaninzi ukususela ngekhulu le-7, kunye nokubuyiselwa ngokubanzi kunokwenzeka phantsi kwePapa u-Abraham ngekhulu le-10.
Kuyo yonke imbali yayo, iCaing Hanging isele enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kwiCoptic Christian Church. Ngo-1047, ikhethwe njengendawo yokuhlala esemthethweni yePoptic Orthodox Pope emva kokuba amaMoslim anqobe iYiputa yabangela ukuba i-capital yaseYiputa ithathelwe e-Aleksandriya ukuya eCairo.
Ngexesha elifanayo, uPapa Christodolos wabangela ukungqubuzana kunye nokulwa ngaphakathi kweCawa yeCoptic ngokukhetha ukuhlanjululwa kwiCawa ye-Hanging naphezu kokuba i-Sacrament Church yenzeke kwiCawa lamaSanta uSergius noBacchus.
Isigqibo sikaPapa uKristoodolos sasibeka umzekelo, kwaye emva koko iintlobo-zintando ezininzi zakhetha ukunyulwa, zibekwe esihlalweni sobukhosi kwaye zazingcwatyelwa kwiCaing Hanging.
Imibono kaMariya
Icawa ye-Hanging yaziwa ngokuba yindawo yezibonakalo ezininzi zikaMary, eyona edumileyo edityaniswe noMmangaliso weNtaba yaseMokattam. Ngeli-10 leminyaka, uPapa u-Abraham wacelwa ukuba abonise ubungqina benkolo yakhe kwi-Caliph, al-Muizz. U-Al-Muizz ucwangcise uvavanyo olusekelwe kwivesi leBhayibhile apho uYesu athi "Inene ndithi kuni, ukuba unokholo oluncinane njengembewu yesinaphi, unokuthi kule ntaba," Suka apha uye apha "kwaye iya kuhamba ". Ngako-ke, al-Muizz wacela uAbraham ukuba athathe intaba yeMokattam kufuphi nomandla womthandazo wodwa.
UAbraham wacela ubuninzi beentsuku ezintathu, awayeyichitha ethandazela isikhokelo kwiCawa eliHlangayo. Ngomhla wesithathu, watyelelwa apho yiNtombikazi kaMariya, owathi wamfuna umcuki one-eyedyun eyayibizwa ngokuba nguSimon owayeza kumnika amandla okwenza ummangaliso. UAbraham wafumana uSimon, emva kokuhamba waya entabeni kwaye wathi amazwi awayewunikwe ngumtyhuki, intaba yaphakanyiswa. Xa ebona lo mma ngaliso, uMahalali waqonda inyaniso yenkolo ka-Abraham. Namhlanje, uMariya uhlala egxininise ekunquleleni kwiCawa yokuHluma.
Icawa namhlanje
Ukuze ufikelele kwibandla, iindwendwe kufuneka zingene ngamasango esinyithi zibe yintendelezo ehlotshiswe ngemifanekiso yeBhayibhile.
Ekupheleni kwegceke, ukuhamba kweendidi ezingama-29 kuholele kwiingcango zeenkuni eziqingqiweyo zeplanga kunye nefesta edibeneyo emibini. I-façade yongezwa kwanamhlanje, eyaqala ngekhulu le-19. Ngaphakathi, icawa yahlula iinqonga ezintathu eziphambili, kunye neendawo ezintathu ezingcwele ezisempuma. Ukusuka kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla, ezi ngcweleni zinikezelwa kwiSt. George, iNtombikazi kaMariya, noSt. John uMbhaptizi. Ngamnye uhlotshiswe ngesikrini esicacileyo esibhokwe ngebony kunye neendlovu.
Enye yezinto ezibonakalayo zeCawa ye-Hanging yi-plail, eyakhiwa ngamatye aqingqiweyo kwaye ihloselwe ukufana ne-Interior ye-Areka kaNowa. Enye into ephawulekayo yi-pulppit ye-marble, exhaswa ngamakholomu angama-13 e-marble okumele amele uYesu nabafundi bakhe abali-12 . Enye yamakholomu ibumnyama, ibonisa ukutshatyalaliswa kukaYudas; ngelixa elinye liyimpunga, ukumela uThomas ngokungathandabuzeki xa eva ngovuko.
Icawa mhlawumbi idume kakhulu kwiimpawu zayo zonqulo, nangona kunjalo, i-110 ehlala ebonakalayo kwiindonga zayo.
Uninzi lwezi zihombiso zengcwele kwaye zivezwe ngumculi omnye ngexesha le-18 leminyaka. I icon enkulu kakhulu kunazo zonke iyaziwayo njengeCoptic Mona Lisa. Ibonisa iNtombikazi kaMariya ize ibuyele kwikhulu le-8. Uninzi lwamaqhinga asekuqaleni lweCandelo le-Hanging lisusiwe, kwaye ngoku luboniswa kwiMicrosoft Museum. Nangona kunjalo, icawa ihlala ibalaseleyo nayiphi na indlela eya kwi-Old Cairo. Apha, iindwendwe ziza kuhlola ingaphakathi lethabatha yebandla phakathi kweenkonzo, okanye ukuphulaphulwa kwiindawo ezininzi ezinikezwa ngolwimi lwamaCoptic lwangaphambili.
Ulwazi olusebenzayo
Icawa itholakala eCoptic Cairo kwaye ifikeleleka ngokulula nge-Metro Girgis. Ukusuka apho, ngamanyathelo ambalwa kwiCawa eliHlangayo. Ukutyelela kufuneka kudibaniswe nokutyelelwa kweMicrosoft Museum, ekulungele ukufumana imizuzu emibini ukusuka kwicawa ngokwayo. Icawa ivuliwe yonke imihla ukususela ngo-9: 00 ekuseni ukuya ku-4: 00 ntambama, ngelixa i-Coptic Mass iqhutywe ngo-8: 00 ekuseni-11: 00 ekuseni ngoLwesithathu nakwesiLwesihlanu; kwaye ukususela ngo-9: 00 ekuseni-11: 00 ekuseni ngeCawa. Ukungeniswa kwecawa kukhululekile.