APRILI 25 SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wazalelwa ngaphandle kwePalestina, kwintsapho efumileyo. UPetros oNgcwele, ombiza ngokuthi "unyana wam", ngokuqinisekileyo wayenaye kuhambo lwakhe lobuvangeli basemazweni ukuya eMpuma naseRoma, apho wabhala khona iVangeli. Ukongezelela ekuqhelaneni kwakhe noPetros oNgcwele, uMarko unokuqhayisa ngokuhlala kwakhe ixesha elide nompostile uPawulos, awadibana naye ngowama-44, xa uPawulos noBharnabhas bezisa ingqokelela yebandla lakwa-Antiyokwe eYerusalem. Ekubuyeni kwakhe, uBharnabhas weza nomtshana wakhe oselula uMarko, owathi kamva wazifumana esecaleni kweNgcwele uPawulos eRoma. Ngowama-66 uPawulos oNgcwele usinika ulwazi lokugqibela ngoMarko, ebhalela uTimoti kwintolongo yaseRoma: «Thabatha uMarko uhambe nawe. Ndingadinga iinkonzo zakho." Umvangeli mhlawumbi wafa ngo-68, ukufa kwemvelo, ngokwengxelo enye, okanye ngokutsho komnye njengomfeli-nkolo, e-Alexandria, eYiputa. Izenzo zikaMarko (inkulungwane yesi-24) ingxelo yokuba nge-828 ka-Epreli watsalwa ngabahedeni kwizitrato zase-Alexandria ebotshwe ngeentambo entanyeni yakhe. Ephoswe entolongweni, ngosuku olulandelayo wangcungcuthekiswa ngendlela eqatha waza wafa. Umzimba wakhe, owatshiswa ngomlilo, wasindiswa ekutshatyalalisweni ngabathembekileyo. Ngokwentsomi, abarhwebi ababini baseVenice bawuzisa umzimba kwisixeko saseVenice ngo-XNUMX. (Ikamva)
UMTHANDAZO OYINGCWELE UMARKO UMVANGELI
OweMarko oNgcwele ozukileyo, owayehlala enembeko ekhethekileyo ecaweni, hayi kuphela abantu abangcwaliswe nguwe, iVangeli ebhalwe nguwe, ukulunga kwakho oziqhelileyo, kunye nokufela ukholo kwakho, kodwa kwanononophelo olukhethekileyo athe uThixo wabonisa ngomzimba wakho ukuba ugcinwe ngokumangalisayo kokubini kumadangatye awamiselwa ngawo ngabanquli-zithixo ngomhla wokufa kwakho, nasekuhlanjelweni kweSaracens ababa ngabaphathi bengcwaba lakho eAlexandria, masixelise zonke iimpawu zakho ezintle.