Mutsvene wezuva raFebruary 23: iyo nyaya yeSan Policarpo

Polycarp, bhishopi weSmirna, mudzidzi waSt. Johane muApostora uye shamwari yaSt. Ignatius weAntiokia, aive anoremekedzwa mutungamiri wechiKristu mukati mehafu yekutanga yezana ramakore rechipiri.

St. Ignatius, achienda kuRoma kunourawa, akashanyira Polycarp muSmirna, uye akazomunyorera tsamba kuTroas. Machechi eAsia Minor akaziva hutungamiri hwaPolycarp vachimusarudza semumiriri kuti vakurukure naPapa Anicetus zuva rekupemberera Isita muRome, imwe yemakakatanwa makuru muChechi yekutanga.

Imwe chete yetsamba zhinji yakanyorwa naPolycarp ndiyo yakasara, iya yaakanyorera kuChechi yeFiripi muMasedhonia.

Pa 86, Polycarp akaendeswa kunhandare yeSmyrna yakanga yakazara vanhu kuti apiswe ari mupenyu. Iwo marimi haana kumukuvadza uye akazopedzisira aurayiwa nebanga. Mukuru wezana akaraira kuti mutumbi wemusande upiswe. "Mabasa" ekuurairwa kwaPolycarp ndiyo nhoroondo yekutanga yakachengetedzwa uye yakavimbika zvizere yekufa kwemufiri wechiKristu. Akafa muna 155.

Kufungisisa: Polycarp akagamuchirwa semutungamiri wechiKristu nemaKristu ese muAsia Minor, nhare yakasimba yekutenda nekuvimbika kuna Jesu Kristu. Simba rake raibuda pakuvimba kwake naMwari, kunyangwe zviitiko pazvakapesana nekuvimba uku. Kugara pakati pevahedheni uye pasi pehurumende inopesana nechitendero chitsva ichi, akatungamira nekudyisa boka rake. SaMufudzi Akanaka, akapa hupenyu hwake nekuda kwemakwai ake uye akaadzivirira kure nekumwe kutambudzwa muSmirna. Akapfupikisa kuvimba kwake muna Mwari nguva pfupi asati afa.