Waliyyai Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang da tsarkakan Sahabbai na Rana don Satumba 20

(21 Agusta 1821 - 16 Satumba 1846; Compagni d. Tsakanin 1839 da 1867)

Waliyai Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang da Labarin Abokan
Firist na farko ɗan asalin Koriya, Andrew Kim Taegon ɗan ɗa ne na sabobin tuba. Bayan da ya yi baftisma yana ɗan shekara 15, Andrew ya yi tafiyar mil 1.300 zuwa makarantar hauza a Macau, China. Bayan shekara shida, ya sami nasarar komawa kasarsa ta hanyar Manchuria. A cikin wannan shekarar ya ketare Tekun Yellow zuwa Shanghai kuma aka naɗa shi firist. Bayan ya dawo gida, an ba shi izinin tsara shigowar wasu masu wa’azi a wata hanyar ruwa da za ta tsere wa masu sintiri a kan iyaka. An kama shi, an azabtar da shi sannan daga baya aka sare kansa a Kogin Han kusa da Seoul, babban birnin kasar.

Mahaifin Andrew, Ignatius Kim, ya yi shahada a tsanantawa ta 1839 kuma an buge shi a 1925. Paul Chong Hasang, wani manzo ne mara aure kuma mai aure, shi ma ya mutu a 1839 yana da shekara 45.

Daga cikin sauran shahidai a cikin 1839 akwai Columba Kim, mace mai shekaru 26 da ba ta da aure. An saka ta a kurkuku, an huda ta da kayan zafi kuma an ƙona ta da garwashin wuta. Ita da ‘yar’uwarta Agnes ba a suturta su ba kuma aka tsare su na kwana biyu a daki tare da masu laifi amma ba a musguna musu ba. Bayan Columba ya koka da wulakanci, babu sauran wadanda abin ya shafa. An fille kan mutanen biyu. Peter Ryou, wani yaro dan shekara 13, jikinsa ya yi mummunan rauni har ya iya yaga ɓaɓɓwa ya jefa wa mahukunta. Maƙogwaro ne ya kashe shi. Protase Chong, ɗan shekara 41 mai martaba, ya yi ridda a cikin azaba kuma an sake shi. Daga baya ya dawo, ya faɗi imaninsa kuma an azabtar da shi har ya mutu.

Kiristanci ya isa Koriya yayin mamayewar Jafanawa a 1592 lokacin da aka yiwa wasu 'yan Koriya baftisma, wataƙila sojojin Kiristocin Japan ne. Yin wa'azin bishara ya yi wahala saboda Koriya ta ki yarda da duk wata hulda da kasashen waje sai dai kawai ta dauki haraji a Beijing kowace shekara. A irin wannan lokacin, kusan 1777, wallafe-wallafen Kirista waɗanda Jesuit suka samu a China sun jagoranci Kiristocin Koriya masu ilimi zuwa karatu. An fara cocin gida. Lokacin da wani firist dan China yayi nasarar shiga asirce bayan shekaru goma, sai ya tarar da Katolika 4.000, babu ɗayansu da ya taɓa ganin firist. Shekaru bakwai bayan haka akwai Katolika 10.000. 'Yancin addini ya zo Koriya a cikin 1883.

Baya ga Andrew da Paul, Paparoma John Paul II ya ba da izinin Koreans 98 da mishaneri Faransawa uku da suka yi shahada tsakanin 1839 da 1867, lokacin da ya je Koriya a 1984. Daga cikinsu akwai bishof da firistoci, amma don yawancinsu ba na addini bane: mata 47 da maza 45.

Tunani
Muna mamakin cewa Cocin Koriya ta kasance Ikilisiyar da ba ta addini ba tsawon shekaru goma bayan haihuwarta. Ta yaya mutane suka rayu ba tare da Eucharist ba? Ba rainin hankali bane wannan da sauran tsarkakakkun abubuwa a fahimci cewa dole ne a sami rayayyiyar bangaskiya kafin a sami kyakkyawan bikin Eucharist. Sakuraran alamu ne na yunƙurin Allah da martani ga imanin da ya riga ya kasance. Sakuraruwan suna kara alheri da imani, amma fa idan akwai wani abu da za'a ƙara.