Bhaibheri rinoti chii nezve kutsanya
Kutsanya uye kutsanya kunoratidzika kuva kunofambidzana nenzira yomuzvarirwo mune mamwe machechi echiKristu, nepo vamwe vachirangarira ichi chimiro chokuzvinyima senhau yomunhu oga neyakavanzika.
Zviri nyore kuwana mienzaniso yekutsanya muTestamente Yekare neItsva. Munguva dzeTestamente Yekare, kutsanya kwaionekwa kuratidza kurwadziwa. Kubva muTestamente Itsva, kutsanya kwatora chirevo chakasiyana senzira yekuisa pfungwa pana Mwari nemunamato.
Imwe pfungwa yakadaro yaiva vavariro yaJesu Kristu mukati mokutsanya kwake kwemazuva 40 murenje (Mateo 4:1-2). Mukugadzirira ushumiri hwake hwapachena, Jesu akasimbisa munyengetero wake nokuwedzera kwokutsanya.
Makereke mazhinji echiKristu nhasi anosanganisa Lent nemazuva makumi mana aMosesi pagomo naMwari, rwendo rwemakore makumi mana rwevaIsraeri murenje, uye nguva yemazuva makumi mana ekutsanya nekuedza kwaKristu. Lent inguva yekuzviongorora uye kuzvidemba mukugadzirira Isita.
Kutsanya kweLenten muChechi yeKaturike
Chechi yeRoman Catholic ine tsika refu yekutsanya yeLent. Kusiyana nemamwe makereke mazhinji echiKristu, Chechi yeKatorike ine yakananga mirau kune nhengo dzayo maererano nekutsanya kweLenten.
VaKaturike havangotsanyi chete paChitatu cheMadota neChishanu Chakanaka, asi vanoregawo nyama pamazuva iwayo neChishanu choga choga panguva yeLent. Kutsanya, zvisinei, hakurevi kurambwa kwakakwana kwezvokudya.
Pamazuva ekutsanya, maKatorike anogona kuva nekudya kuzere uye zvidiki zviviri izvo, pamwe chete, hazvigadzirise chikafu chakazara. Vana vadiki, vakwegura, uye vanhu vane utano hunenge huchizokanganiswa havabvumirwi nemirau yekutsanya.
Kutsanya kunobatanidzwa nemunamato uye kupa zvipo sechirango chemweya kubvisa kusungirirwa kwemunhu kubva munyika uye kuisa kuna Mwari nechibayiro chaKristu pamuchinjikwa.
Kutsanya kweLent muEastern Orthodox Church
Chechi yeEastern Orthodox inoisa mitemo yakasimba yekutsanya kweLenten. Nyama uye zvimwe zvigadzirwa zvemhuka zvinorambidzwa vhiki pamberi peLent. Vhiki rechipiri reLent, kudya kuviri chete kwakazara ndiko kunodyiwa, neChitatu neChishanu, kunyange hazvo vanhu vazhinji vasingateereri mitemo yakazara. Pamazuva evhiki panguva yeLent, nhengo dzinokumbirwa kudzivisa nyama, zvigadzirwa zvenyama, hove, mazai, zvigadzirwa zvemukaka, waini, uye mafuta. Musi weChishanu Chakanaka, nhengo dzinokurudzirwa kusadya zvachose.
Kurenda nekutsanya mumakereke ePurotesitendi
Makereke mazhinji echiPurotesitendi haana mirairo pamusoro pekutsanya neLent. Munguva yeReformation, miitiro mizhinji yaigona kunzi “mabasa” yakabviswa neVamutsiridzi Martin Luther naJohn Calvin, kuti vasavhiringa vatendi vakadzidziswa ruponeso nenyasha chete.
MuChechi yeEpiscopal, nhengo dzinokurudzirwa kutsanya paChitatu cheMadota neChishanu. Kutsanya kunofanirawo kusanganiswa nemunamato uye nekupa zvipo.
Chechi yePresbyterian inoita kutsanya nekuzvidira. Chinangwa chayo ndechekukudziridza kupindwa muropa naMwari, kugadzirira mutendi kutarisana nemiedzo, uye kutsvaka uchenjeri nenhungamiro yaMwari.
Chechi yeMethodist haina nhungamiro yepamutemo pamusoro pekutsanya, asi inokukurudzira senyaya yega. John Wesley, mumwe wevatangi veMethodist, aitsanya kaviri pavhiki. Kutsanya kana kurega kuita zvinhu zvakadai sekuona terevhizheni, kudya zvokudya zvaunofarira, kana zvinhu zvinokuvaraidza zvinokurudzirwawo panguva yeLent.
Chechi yeBaptist inokurudzira kutsanya senzira yekuswedera pedyo naMwari, asi inozviona sechinhu chakavanzika uye haina mazuva akatarwa apo nhengo dzinofanira kutsanya.
Assemblies of God vanoona kutsanya setsika yakakosha asi yekuzvidira uye yega. Chechi inosimbisa kuti haiburitse kunaka kana kufarirwa naMwari, asi inzira yekuwedzera kutarisa uye kuwana kuzvidzora.
Chechi yeLutheran inokurudzira kutsanya asi haidi kuti nhengo dzayo dzitsanye panguva yeLent. The Augusta Confession inoti:
"Hatishore kutsanya pachako, asi tsika dzinoraira mamwe mazuva uye dzimwe nyama, nengozi yehana, sekunge basa rakadaro ibasa rinodikanwa".