ULarissa - umfel 'ukholo ongcwele weGootha

Namuhla, akuwona wonke umKristu olungele ukubeka ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yokholo lwakhe. Nokho, kwakukhona isikhathi lapho amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaKristu ebulawa igama likaJesu Kristu ezindebeni zabo. Kwakuyisibonelo sesibindi, amandla omoya, ubuhle nokukholwa kweqiniso. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi bambalwa kakhulu abantu abazi ukuthi uLarissa, umfel 'ukholo of Gotha, wayengomunye walabo abakhombise ukungabikho kwezitha zamaKristu - amaqaba.

Ukuphila

UMartyr Martyr Larissa oNgcwele wayeyintombazane enhle kakhulu ehlala nabazali bayo eGothia ngekhulu le-4. Leli zwe laliyinhloko yezizwe zaseJalimane kanye nabaphathi bazo. I-Larissa yayiyingxenye yesizwe sama-Ostrogoth (insimu yaseRomania yanamuhla). Abazali bakhe babengamaKristu, yingakho wayethanda iNkosi kusukela ebuntwaneni. Wakhula intombazane enesizotha futhi enomusa, nayo yonke umphefumulo wayo uthembekile eNkosini. ULarissa wazama ukungavumi abantu abadinga usizo. Ngesinye isikhathi uGottphia wagcina ubuhlobo obuhle noMbuso WaseRoma, ngakho-ke kwakungekho izithiyo ekukhulekeleni kwamaKristu. Bakha amasonto abo kanye nezindlu zendlu. Kodwa lapho umbusi omusha we-Atanari (363-381) eqala ukusebenza, waqala ngokushesha ukubhubhisa amakholwa kuKristu. Lesi sashicilelo esingenangqondo sashiya yonke imiyalo yakhe enobungozi nobugebengu kulo lonke izwe. Ngenkulumo evuthayo nentukuthelo, wahlwanyela inzondo enkulu yamaKristu ezinhliziyweni zabeZizwe.

ULarissa ungumfel 'ukholo ongcwele

Ngo-375, kwaba yingozi kakhulu kumaKristu ukuya esontweni, kwakudingeka athandaze ebusuku ekhaya. Kodwa uSaint Larissa wanquma ukungafihli, ngoba wayengesabi lutho. Wafika esontweni ngeSonto, lapho kwakukhona abantu abangaba ngu-300, wema ngasemnyango, wawa ngobuso futhi wazinikela emthandazweni ojulile futhi okhuthele kuNkulunkulu, ukuthi wathumela ithemba nokuthula kubo bonke abalungileyo abahluphekile emakhaya aseGentry abeZizwe.

Kodwa ngokungazelelwe umnyango wagijima wavula, waphenduka, intombazane, yabona ukuthi esontweni enqoleni amasosha aletha umfanekiso wesithombe sobuqaba Wotan. Izwi lomholi oyinhloko lakhala ukuze bonke baphume futhi bakhothamele kuWotan, kungenjalo babezobulawa. Omunye umpi waphawula intombazane encane futhi enhle, kwakunguLarissa, futhi yamxwayisa ukuba ahambe lapha ngokushesha nje lapho isonto lishiswa.

Umlilo

Ngaphambi kokuba uLarissa abe ngumnyango ovulekile wesonto, futhi wabona ukuthi akekho namunye amaKristu angamakhulu amathathu ayekuwo angakaze ahluke. Wazamazama ikhanda waqala ukuthandaza phambi kwezithombe ezingcwele. Umnyango wavalwa, isonto lashiswa, futhi konke kwashiswa ngomlilo oshisayo.

ULarissa, umfel 'ukholo ongcwele, wathandaza kuze kube sekugcineni, kuze kube yilapho iphunga elivuthayo lokushisa lishisa igumbi futhi alilahleki. Konke okuzungezile kwakushiswe futhi kwaphazamiseka, kusukela ekuqhekekeni okunamandla akekho owake wezwa noma yikuphi ukukhala noma ukukhala. Isonto limbozwe ngaphansi kwe-wreckage yalo izidumbu ezinamalungu abafel 'ukholo.

Umfelokazi ka-Emperor Grazian (375-383) U-Alla (ngezinye izikhathi igama lakhe lididekile neGaafa) nendodakazi yakhe uDuclidea weza ukubuka le ndawo embi futhi aqoqe izinsalela ezishisayo zamaKristu, bese bezithumela eSiriya. Lapho u-Alla ebuya ekhaya, yena nendodana yakhe u-Agafon babulawa ngamatshe.

Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uDuclida wathutha lezi zinhlamvu zabafel 'ukholo futhi wazinikela ekwakhiweni kwamathempeli edolobheni laseAsia Minor Kisike. Babekwe phansi kwezihlalo zobukhosi zamasonto asanda kwakhiwa futhi baba yindawo yokukhulekela nomkhuleko. Manje abafel 'ukholo bangcwele baka Gotha bathandazela usizo nokuphulukiswa.

Ukwaziswa ngoSt. Larissa kubuthakathaka kakhulu, ngezinye izikhathi kungaba khona ngamagama okungalungile, kodwa lokhu akubalulekile kakhulu. Okubalulekile ukuthi yena, njengamanye amaKristu amaningi athembekile, uye waba yisibonelo sothando olukhulu eNkosini uJesu Kristu.

Umthandazo weSt. Larissa

Lesi saint saba umsizi wesifazane okuthiwa uLarissa. Ivikela emisebenzini engacatshangelwayo kanye nokudumazeka, ibe ngumhlahlandlela ocacile futhi ongapheli, ukhanyisa indlela yangempela yokuphila futhi unike amandla okuyidlulisa ngokwanele.

Kukhona isiphakamiso sokuthi uLarissa - umfel 'ukholo ongcwele waseGuhaha - wayenguyintombi, ngakho-ke emifanekiso eboniswa izinwele zakhe zivulekile.

• Amazwi okuthandaza ku-patroness angcwele kakhulu kaLarissa: "Thandaza kuNkulunkulu ngami, ungcwele kaNkulunkulu ongcwele uLarissa."
• Ukumaketha: "Sikudumisa wena, umthandi we-Larissa kaKristu, futhi udumisa ukuhlupheka kwakho okuqotho, ukuthi uhluphekile ngoKristu."
• U-Troparion kumfel 'ukholo uLarissa: "IWundlu lakho, uJesu, uLarissa libiza ngezwi elikhulu."

Usuku lweSt. Larissa Gotha ISonto Lama-Orthodox ligubha ngo-Ephreli 8.