Ngaba yayinguSanta yesiGrike?
.EAsia Minor kwisixeko saseGraeco-Roman saseMyra malunga ne-AD 300, kwazalwa umfana onobubele onguNikolaos. Wayengomnye wabantu abancinci kunanini ngaphambili ukuba abe ngumbingeleli, kwaye ukuzinikela kwakhe nokuhlonela uThixo kwaziwa. Ngako oko kwakunjalo. Ngexesha apho iintombi ezongezelelweyo zingathengiswa ebukhoboka ukuba intsapho ingenakukwazi ukuhlawula i-dowry, i-Nikolaos iqhube phambili, inikezela ngemali kubasetyhini nabasetyhini, ngamanye amaxesha ukuncedisa kwimitshato yabo, ngamanye amaxesha ukuba banciphise ukuhlupheka kwabo .
Ezinye iindaba zenza ukuba iphose zegolide ziphose phantsi kwitshini, umlandeleli wehambo lamanje lakwaSanta phantsi kwetyhuna.
Ububele bakhe buzalwe ngokuqonda intlungu engabangela ukuba bancede - u-Nikolaos watshutshiswa waza wavalelwa ngenxa yokholo lwakhe, ngoko uvelwano lwakhe lokulahlekelwa yinkululeko kwabo baye bancedisa lwaluyinyani ngokwenene.
Ubomi boBomi be-Agios Nikolaos
U-Nikolaos kamva waba ngu-bishopu, wancedisa ukusekwa iBhunga laseNicaea eliye lagqiba amanqaku amaninzi e-Orthodox yobuKristu. Ababhishophu bembatha izambatho ezibomvu, kwaye ezinye iimifanekiso zikaNikolaos zimbonisa intshebe emhlophe emhlophe, nangona abanye babonisa ukuba uhlambulukile.
Kamva, waba ngumgcini oyingcwele waseRussia, ofikelela ngaphaya kwendawo engummiselo waseSanta. Ngethuba esekude kweMntla, mhlawumbi uye wafumana ubudlelwane kunye ne-reindeer, njengoko eyaziwa njengomgcini wesondlo kwelinye isilwanyana sase-Arctic, ingcuka.
Okanye imifanekiso yakhe ekhwele ihashe ethwele iibhokhwe zakhe zikhethiwe zikhethwa ngokugqithiseleyo njengoko zikhwele okanye zihamba kunye nesilwanyana esilumkileyo. Kwimikhosi yamandulo yesiGrike yesiGrike, indlela yakhe yokuthutha inokuthi ibe yile ngebhayisekile.
St. Nikolaos Kwihlabathi
ISt. Nikolaos yaba yi-Dutch Sinterklaas, eyaye yavela "kwiSanta Claus" yanamhlanje.
Imbonakalo ehloniphekileyo yeSanta Claus ivela kwi "Twas Night ngaphambi Krisimesi" xa yonke indlu - ityala, uxolisa - isihloko sayo sokuqala "Ukutyelelwa eSt Nicholas".
"Usuku LwaKhe" nguDisemba 6, isikhumbuzo sokufa kwakhe, okusoloko kusisipho sokunika izipho kumazwe amaninzi, nangona ininzi ilandelelene ne-25 njengosuku lokusabalalisa izipho.
Emva kokufa kukaNikolaos, wenziwa ngongcwele, umphathiswa wabanqwelisi kunye nabantwana, ababheki kunye nababhaki, kunye nabagwebi, bathile ezimbalwa. Amanxweme amaninzi aseGrike namachweba ayenamathempeli kuye. Inxalenye yenkqubo yokwenza ingcwele imele imimangaliso eqinisekisiwe, kwaye iqokelele ininzi. Ngelo xesha loo mimangaliso ingabonakali ukujikeleza ihlabathi ngobusuku obubodwa, ukuphosa izipho kuyo yonke indawo, ukuba imimangaliso ikwazi ukulawulwa, kutheni kungabikho nto eyenzekayo?
UsengumSanta osebenza nzima
Ngamhla, uSt. Nikolaos uMmangaliso waseMyra ubizwa ukuba angene emoyeni kwiintlanganiso zeOrthodox ezifuna ukudibanisa iicawa.
Ngamana imikhosi yakho yasebusika, nangona kunjalo, uyawubhiyozela, uzele ubutyebi, ubumbano kunye nommangaliso.
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