IGrisi: ukukrazula kwi-icon ye-Archangel Michael

Icon engummangalisoIngelosi enkulu uMichael uyalila eRhodes. Abantu baseRhodesi bathetha ngommangaliso, bebone i-icon ye-Archangel Michael ekhala kwiCawe eNgcwele ye-Archangel Michael eMangcwabeni ya-Old Ialyssos ngoMgqibelo kusasa. Ngo-14 emva kwemini iMetropolitan Kyrillos yaseRhodes yena ngokwakhe waya kwindawo apho i-icon ibekwe khona kulandela iingxelo zabathembekileyo, ukuze aqonde ukuba ingaba ngummangaliso na okanye omnye umsitho. IMetropolitan, emva kokuba iqinisekisile ukuba kukho into ebonakala ngathi iyalila ebusweni beNgelosi enkulu, icele ukuba i icon isuswe kwindawo ebexhonywe kuyo. Baye bavavanya icala elingasemva le icon kunye nodonga elalihleli kulo ukufumanisa ukuba akukho bumanzi budlula kwi icon.

Emva kokufumanisa ukuba oku akunakwenzeka, uMetropolitan waseRhodes wangqina ukuba ngummangaliso, kwaye wacela ukuba i-icon iziswe kwi-Holy Dormition Church yeTheotokos e-Ialyssos ukuze ihlonitshwe esidlangalaleni, kunye nokubona ukuba utshintsho okusingqongileyo kuya kumisa into. "Siza kuyisa kwicawa enkulu ukuze sibone ukuba kwenzeka njani na," utshilo uMetropolitan Kyrillos kwinyani ethembekileyo. Abokuqala ukubona i-icon belila yayingabantu basetyhini abaya kusasa ngeMigqibelo ukuya kuvula icawe abathi emva koko bazise umfundisi wecawe, umfundisi Fr. I-Apostolos, isixelela ukuba i-icon yakhiwa ngo-1896 kwaye yayisandula kulungiswa lisebe lezinto zakudala.

Kude kube namhla, i-icon iyaqhubeka ukukhala kwindawo yayo entsha, Ngamanye amaxesha uyeka kodwa aqhubeke kwakhona, kwaye kukwabikwa ukuba i-icon yesibini yengelosi enkulu uMichael ikhala kwicawa yokuqala. Izihlwele ezikhulu zahlanganisana ngenjongo yokunqula le icon kwaye zathanjiswa ngemore engcwele. Kwividiyo engezantsi, uyawubona umzuzu iMetropolitan iphanda i-icon kunye nobungqina babahlali.