Tchalitchi ku Roma komwe mungapembedze chigaza cha St. Valentine

Anthu ambiri akaganiza zachikondi, mwina samaganiza za chigaza cha m'zaka za zana lachitatu chovekedwa maluwa, kapena nkhani yakumbuyo kwake. Koma kuchezera tchalitchi chodzitama cha Byzantine ku Roma kungasinthe izi. "Chimodzi mwazinthu zofunikira kwambiri zomwe mungapeze mu tchalitchichi ndi cha St. Valentine," watero woyang'anira mpingowu. Wodziwika kuti ndi woyera mtima wamabanja poteteza ukwati wachikhristu, Valentine adaphedwa pomenyedwa mutu pa February 14. Ndiwonso olimbikitsanso chikondwerero chamakono cha Tsiku la Valentine. Ndipo chigaza chake chitha kupembedzedwa mu tchalitchi chaching'ono cha Santa Maria ku Cosmedin pafupi ndi Circus Maximus ku Roma.

Ntchito yomanga Santa Maria ku Cosmedin idayamba m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu, pakati pagulu lachi Greek ku Roma. Tchalitchichi chinamangidwa pamabwinja a kachisi wakale wachiroma. Lero, pakhonde lake lakumaso, alendo akuyendera kuti alowetse dzanja lawo mkamwa mosweka mwa chigoba cha marble chomwe chidatchuka ndi chochitika pakati pa Audrey Hepburn ndi Gregory Peck mufilimu ya "Roman Holiday" ya 1953. Pofunafuna chithunzi, alendo ambiri sadziwa kuti mamitala ochepa kuchokera ku "Bocca della Verità" ndiye chigaza cha woyera wachikondi. Koma kutchuka kwa Valentine ngati woyera woyang'anira mabanja sikunapambane. Wodziwika kuti ndi wansembe kapena bishopu, adakhala nthawi yovuta kwambiri kuzunzidwa kwachikhristu mu Mpingo woyamba.

Malinga ndi nkhani zambiri, atakhala mndende kwa nthawi yayitali, adamenyedwa kenako adadulidwa mutu, mwina chifukwa chotsutsa lamulo la mfumu loti akwatire asitikali achi Roma. "Tsiku la St. Valentino anali woyera wopanda nkhawa kwa iwo ”, Fr. Abboud adati, "chifukwa amakhulupirira kuti moyo wabanja umathandizira munthu". "Anapitilizabe kupereka sakramenti laukwati". Zotsalira za St. Valentine zikadapezeka pakufukula ku Roma koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, ngakhale sizikudziwika bwinobwino momwe chigaza chake chidakhalira mu mpingo wa Byzantine momwe ziliri lero. Mu 1964 Papa Paul VI adapatsa Santa Maria ku Cosmedin kuti asamalire kholo lakale la Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, lomwe ndi gawo la miyambo ya Byzantine. Tchalitchichi chinakhala malo oimira Tchalitchi cha Greek cha Melkite kwa papa, udindo womwe Abboud tsopano akuchita, yemwe amaphunzitsa anthu za Mulungu Lamlungu lililonse.

Pambuyo pa Divine Liturgy, yotchulidwa mu Chitaliyana, Chi Greek ndi Chiarabu, Abboud amakonda kupemphera patsogolo pa zotsalira za St. Valentine. Wansembeyo adakumbukira nkhani yochokera mu Tsiku la Valentine, pomwe akuti pomwe woyera anali m'ndende, woyang'anira woyang'anira adamfunsa kuti apempherere kuchiritsa mwana wawo wamkazi, yemwe anali wakhungu. Ndi mapemphero a Tsiku la Valentine, mwana wamkazi adayambanso kuwona. “Tinene kuti chikondi ndi chakhungu - ayi! Chikondi chimawona ndikuwona bwino, ”adatero Abboud. "Sakuwona momwe tikufunira kutiona, chifukwa wina akatengeka ndi wina amawona china chake chomwe wina sangathe kuwona." Abboud adapempha anthu kuti apempherere kulimbikitsidwa kwa sakramenti la ukwati mderalo. "Tikupempha kupembedzera kwa Tsiku la Valentine, kuti titha kukhala ndi nthawi zachikondi, kukhala m'chikondi ndikukhala ndi chikhulupiriro chathu ndi masakramenti, ndikukhaladi ndi chikhulupiriro chozama komanso champhamvu," adatero.