Nkhani ya Saint Theodore wofera chikhulupiriro, woyang'anira ndi mtetezi wa ana (Pemphero la kanema)

Wolemekezeka ndi wolemekezeka Theodore Woyera adachokera ku mzinda wa Amasea ku Ponto ndipo adagwira ntchito ngati gulu lankhondo lachiroma pa nthawi ya chizunzo choyipa chomwe chidakonzedwa ndi Maximian pafupifupi 303 AD. Kuyambira paubwana wake, ankadzitcha chikhulupiriro Chachikristu, akumabisa chikhulupiriro chake osati chifukwa cha mantha, koma chifukwa chakuti anali kuyembekezera chizindikiro chaumulungu asanadzipereke yekha ku nsembe yomaliza.

Panthawi inayake m'moyo wake, mphindi, pamene iye gulu la nkhondo anamanga msasa pafupi ndi Euchaita, adadziwa za mantha yolembedwa ndi a chinjoka chowopsa amene ankabisala m’nkhalango yozungulira. Kudziwa kuti izi zikhoza kukhala chizindikiro choyembekezeredwa kwa Mulungu, adalowa m'nkhalango ndipo adapeza a mudzi kusiyidwa. Apa, mwana wamkazi wachifumu wachikhristu dzina lake Eusebia anaulula kumene kunali chinjoka choopsacho.

Kuphedwa kwa Saint Theodore

Okonzeka ndi chizindikiro cha mtanda, Theodore Woyera ananyamuka kukafunafuna chinjokacho. Atamuona, anam’ponya mkondo m’mutu n’kumugonjetsa. Potsimikiza kuti chigonjetso pa chinjoka chowoneka chinali chizindikiro chaumulungu kukakumananso ndi chinjoka chauzimu, mdierekezi, Theodore anabwererakomsasa wokonzeka kuvomereza chikhulupiriro chake. Pamene mkulu wa asilikali analamula kuti apereke nsembe kwa mafano a Ufumu, Theodore kukanidwa poyera, kulengeza izo lambira Khristu yekha, Mfumu yake yeniyeni.

Usiku, Theodore anapita ku kachisi wachikunja, kuwononga kachisiguwa la nsembe la Rhea, mayi wa milungu. Atapezeka, adabweretsedwa pamaso pa ansembe‘Mfumu Publiyo, kumene anakumana ndi mitundu yonse ya zinthu. Ngakhale mazunzo anazunzika, Woyerayo anakhalabe wokhazikika. kukana kupereka nsembe kwa mafano. Atamutengera kuchipinda chamdima, adalandira kuchezeredwa ndi Khristu, yemwe adamulonjeza mtendere Chisomo Chake ngati chithandizo. Martyr anakhala nthawi yake m'chipindacho akuimba nyimbo ndi Angelo.

Pamene adapezeka pamaso pa kazembe amene anafuna kwa iye kuti akhale mkulu wa ansembe wa mafano, iye anakana ndipo anazunzidwa koopsa. Komabe, iye sanataye mtima moti anakankhira bwanamkubwa kuti amuweruze pamtengo. Theodore mopanda mantha, adayandikira mtengo, anapemphera nayenda kupyola malawi popanda kuwononga chilichonse. Mzimu wake inde adakwezedwa m’chiyamiko kwa Mulungu pakati pa malawi amoto.

Thupi la wofera chikhulupiriro

Wodzipereka Eusebia adawombola thupi la Wofera chikhulupiriro, nabwera nalo Euchaita, kumene mpingo unamangidwa mwaulemu. Amwendamnjira ambiri adalandira machiritso, kupempha chitetezero chake. Mu 361, mu ulamuliro wa Julian Wampatuko, Theodore analoŵereraponso kuti ateteze Akristu ku kuyesa kuipitsa chakudya cholambira mafano. Kuwonekera m'masomphenya kwa Patriarch Eudochio, Woyera adalimbikitsa kudya tirigu wowiritsa m'malo mogula zakudya zoyipitsidwa.

Chifukwa cha kulowererapo kwa Theodore, anthu achikhristu adapulumutsidwa'kupembedza mafano. Kuyambira pamenepo, Tchalitchi chimakumbukira chozizwitsa ichi Loweruka loyamba la Lent Wamkulu, kuphunzitsa kuti kusala kudya ndi kudziletsa zimatsuka madontho a uchimo. Theodore Woyera waku Turo adakwaniritsa zambiri miracoli, akudzisonyeza kukhala mtetezi wakumwamba wa anthu achikristu.