Vasande Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang uye Vatsvene Veshamwari yeZuva raGunyana 20
(21 Nyamavhuvhu 1821 - 16 Gunyana 1846; Compagni d. Pakati pa1839 na1867)
Vasande Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang uye Nhoroondo yeShamwari
Wekutanga wekuKorea mupristi, Andrew Kim Taegon aive mwanakomana wevatendeuki vechiKristu. Mushure mekubhabhatidzwa kwake aine makore gumi nemashanu, Andrew akafamba mamaira chiuru nemazana matatu kuenda kuseminari kuMacau, China. Mushure memakore matanhatu, akakwanisa kudzokera kunyika yake kuburikidza neManchuria. Mugore rimwe chete akayambuka Gungwa reJena kuenda kuShanghai uye akagadzwa semupristi. Kudzokera kumba zvakare, akapihwa basa rekuronga kupinda kwevamwe mamishinari nenzira yemvura yaizotiza patrol patrol. Akasungwa, akatambudzwa uye akazogurwa musoro paRwizi rweHan pedyo neSeoul, iro guta guru.
Baba vaAndrew, Ignatius Kim, vakaurairwa kutenda panguva yekutambudzwa kwa1839 uye vakapiwa mbiri muna 1925. Paul Chong Hasang, mupostori uye murume akaroora, akafawo muna 1839 aine makore makumi mana nemashanu.
Pakati pevamwe vakafira kutenda muna 1839 paive naColumba Kim, mukadzi ane makore 26 asina kuroorwa. Akaiswa mutirongo, akabayiwa nemidziyo inopisa uye akapiswa nemazimbe anopisa. Iye nemunin'ina wake Agnes vakabviswa mbatya ndokuchengetwa kwemazuva maviri muchitokisi chine mhosva dzakapara mhosva asi havana kunetswa. Mushure mekunge Columba anyunyuta nezve kunyadziswa, pakange pasisina vamwe vakaurayiwa. Vaviri vakagurwa musoro. Peter Ryou, mukomana ane makore gumi nematatu okuberekwa, akabvaruka nyama yake zvekuti aigona kubvarura zvidimbu nekuzvikandira kuvatongi. Akaurayiwa nekudzipwa. Protase Chong, ane makore makumi mana nemana anokudzwa, akatsauka pakutambudzwa uye akasunungurwa. Akazodzoka, akareurura kutenda kwake uye akatambudzwa kusvika pakufa.
ChiKristu chakasvika muKorea panguva yekurwiswa kweJapan muna 1592 pakabhabhatidzwa vamwe maKorea, pamwe nemauto echiKristu echiJapan. Kuparidza evhangeri kwave kwakaoma nekuti Korea yakaramba chero hukama nenyika dzekunze kunze kwekutora mutero muBeijing gore rega rega. Pane imwe nguva yakadaro, panosvika 1777, zvinyorwa zvechiKristu zvakawanikwa nemaJesuit kuChina zvakatungamira maKorea akadzidziswa kudzidza. Imba yekereke yakatanga. Kana mupristi weChinese paakakwanisa kupinda muchivande makore gumi nemaviri gare gare, akawana zviuru zvina zvevaKaturike, hapana mumwe wavo akange amboona mupristi. Makore manomwe gare gare pakanga pane zviuru gumi zvevaKaturike. Rusununguko rwechitendero rwakauya kuKorea muna 4.000.
Pamusoro paAndrew naPaul, Pope John Paul II akagadza 98 Koreans uye mamishinari matatu eFrance avo vakaurayirwa kutenda pakati pa1839 na1867, paakaenda kuKorea muna 1984. Pakati pavo paive nemabhishopi nevapristi, asi vazhinji vacho vaive vekunyika: 47 vakadzi uye makumi mana nevarume.
Kufungisisa
Isu tinoshamisika kuti Kereke yeKorea yanga iri chaiyo Chechi yekunyika kwemakore gumi nemaviri mushure mekuzvarwa kwayo. Vanhu vakararama sei vasina Yukaristia? Hazvisi kurerutsa izvi nemamwe masakaramende kuti uzive kuti panofanirwa kuve nekutenda kunorarama pasati pave nemhemberero inobatsira yeEucharist. Masakaramende zviratidzo zvekutanga kwaMwari uye mhinduro kukutenda kuripo. Masakaramende anowedzera nyasha nekutenda, asi chete kana paine chinhu chakagadzirira kuwedzerwa.