Watan ranar 2 ga Janairu: labarin Saint Basil Mai Girma

Waliyin ranar 2 ga Janairu
(329 - Janairu 1, 379)

Labarin Saint Basil Babban

Basil ya kusan zama shahararren malami lokacin da ya yanke shawarar fara rayuwar addini na talaucin bishara. Bayan ya yi nazarin hanyoyi daban-daban na rayuwar addini, ya kafa abin da wataƙila ce farkon sufa a Asiya orarama. Ya zama ga sufaye na Gabas abin da St. Benedict yake ga Yamma, kuma ƙa'idodin Basil suna tasiri kan zuhudu na Gabas a yau.

An nada shi firist, ya taimaka wa babban bishop na Kaisariya - a yanzu a kudu maso gabashin Turkiyya - kuma daga karshe ya zama babban bishop da kansa, duk da adawa da wasu daga cikin bishop-bishop din da ke karkashinsa, mai yiwuwa ne saboda sun hango sauye-sauyen da ke tafe.

Addinin Arian, ɗayan maƙaryata bidi'a a cikin tarihin Cocin wanda ya musanta allahntakar Kristi, ya kasance a farkon sa. Emperor Valens ya tsananta wa masu imani na Orthodox kuma ya matsa wa Basil lamba don ya yi shiru ya shigar da yan bidi'a cikin tarayya. Basil ya tsaya cak kuma Valens ya mara baya. Amma matsalolin sun kasance. A mutuwar babban Wali Athanasius, sai rigar mai kare imani ta kare Arianism ta fada kan Basil. Ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don haɗuwa tare da haɗuwa da 'yan uwansa ɗariƙar Katolika waɗanda zalunci ya ragargaza kuma ya ɓar da su ta hanyar ɓarna. Ba a fahimce shi ba, ba a bayyana shi ba, an zarge shi da bidi'a da buri. Hatta kiraye-kirayen da aka yi wa paparoman bai ba da amsa ba. "Saboda zunubaina ina ga kamar bana samun nasara a komai."

Basilio bai gajiya ba a kulawar makiyaya. Ya yi wa’azi sau biyu a rana ga dimbin jama’a, ya gina asibitin da ake kira abin al’ajabi na duniya - yayin da yake saurayi ya shirya tallafi ga yunwa kuma ya yi aiki da kansa a dakin dafa miya - kuma ya yi yaƙi da karuwanci.

Basil an fi saninsa da mai iya magana. Kodayake ba a san shi da yawa ba yayin rayuwarsa, rubuce-rubucensa sun sanya shi cikin manyan malamai na Cocin. Shekaru saba'in da biyu bayan rasuwarsa, Majalisar Chalcedon ta bayyana shi a matsayin "babban Basil, ministan alheri wanda ya fallasa gaskiya ga duniya".

Tunani

Kamar yadda Faransanci ke faɗi: “thingsarin abubuwa suna canzawa, ƙari suna nan yadda suke”. Basil ya fuskanci matsaloli iri ɗaya da Kiristocin zamani. Tsarki yana nufin kokarin kiyaye ruhun Kristi a cikin matsaloli masu rikitarwa da masu raɗaɗi kamar gyara, tsari, gwagwarmaya ga matalauta, kiyaye daidaito da kwanciyar hankali cikin rashin fahimta.

St. Basil Mai Girma shine waliyin:

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