Oyera Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang ndi Oyanjana Opatulika a Tsiku la Seputembara 20

(21 August 1821 - 16 September 1846; Compagni d. Pakati pa 1839 ndi 1867)

Oyera Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang ndi Nkhani Ya Anzake
Wansembe woyamba waku Korea, Andrew Kim Taegon anali mwana wamtumiki wachikhristu. Atabatizidwa ali ndi zaka 15, Andrew adayenda makilomita 1.300 kupita ku seminare ku Macau, China. Pambuyo pazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, adakwanitsa kubwerera kudziko lake kudzera ku Manchuria. Chaka chomwecho adadutsa Nyanja Yakuda kupita ku Shanghai ndipo adadzozedwa kukhala wansembe. Atabwerera kunyumba, anapatsidwa ntchito yokonza kulowa kwa amishonale ena kudzera mumtsinje womwe ukanathawa kulondera kumalire. Anamangidwa, kuzunzidwa ndipo pamapeto pake adadulidwa mutu pa Mtsinje wa Han pafupi ndi likulu la Seoul.

Abambo a Andrew, Ignatius Kim, adaphedwa panthawi yachizunzo cha 1839 ndipo adalemekezedwa mu 1925. Paul Chong Hasang, mtumwi wamba komanso wokwatira, nayenso anamwalira mu 1839 ali ndi zaka 45.

Mmodzi mwa ofera ena mu 1839 panali Columba Kim, mayi wazaka 26 wosakwatiwa. Anaikidwa m'ndende, napyozedwa ndi ziwiya zotentha ndikuwotchedwa ndi makala amoto. Iye ndi mlongo wake Agnes adavula ndipo adasungidwa masiku awiri mnyumba momwe munali zigawenga zomwe zidawapezeka olakwa koma sanazunzidwe. Columba atadandaula kuti achite manyazi, panalibenso ozunzidwa. Awiriwo adadulidwa mutu. Peter Ryou, mwana wazaka 13, anali atang'ambika thupi kwambiri kwakuti amatha kuduladula ndikuponya kwa oweruza. Anaphedwa ndi khosi. Protase Chong, wolemekezeka wazaka 41, adapatuka pakuzunzidwa ndipo adamasulidwa. Pambuyo pake adabwerera, adavomereza chikhulupiriro chake ndipo adazunzidwa mpaka kufa.

Chikhristu chidafika ku Korea pomwe dziko la Japan lidalowa mu 1592 pomwe ena aku Korea adabatizidwa, mwina ndi asirikali achi Japan. Kulalikira kwakhala kovuta chifukwa Korea yakana kulumikizana ndi mayiko akunja kupatula kukhoma misonkho ku Beijing chaka chilichonse. Pachochitika china chotere, cha m'ma 1777, mabuku achikhristu omwe a Jesuit ku China adatsogolera Akhristu ophunzira aku Korea kuti aphunzire. Mpingo wanyumba unayambika. Pamene wansembe waku China adakwanitsa kulowa mwachinsinsi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, adapeza Akatolika 4.000, palibe amene adamuwonapo wansembe. Zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake panali Akatolika 10.000. Ufulu wachipembedzo udabwera ku Korea mu 1883.

Kuphatikiza pa Andrew ndi Paul, Papa John Paul II adayika ma Koreya 98 ndi amishonale atatu aku France omwe adaphedwa pakati pa 1839 ndi 1867, pomwe adapita ku Korea mu 1984. Ena mwa iwo anali mabishopu ndi ansembe, koma kwa ambiri anali opembedza: akazi 47 ndi amuna 45.

Kulingalira
Timadabwa kuti Tchalitchi cha Korea chakhala chopembedza chopembedza kwa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri chibadwire. Kodi anthu adapulumuka bwanji popanda Ukalisitiya? Sikunyozetsa masakramenti awa ndi ena kuzindikira kuti payenera kukhala chikhulupiriro chamoyo pasanakhale chikondwerero chaphindu cha Ukaristia. Masakramenti ndi chizindikiro cha kuyambitsa kwa Mulungu ndi kuyankha kwake ku chikhulupiriro chomwe chilipo kale. Masakramenti amawonjezera chisomo ndi chikhulupiriro, koma pokhapokha ngati pali china chokonzeka kuwonjezeredwa.