Ukuphandwa kwimida ye-Ngcwele: imfihlakalo yomzimba weSan Nicola
Omnye wabangcwele abathandwa sisiko lamaKatolika ngokungathandabuzekiyo yi-St. Nicholas. umthendeleko wakhe wamaKatolika wenzeka nge-6 kaDisemba. INgcwele uNicholas iyaziwa phakathi kweenkolo zeOthodoki enyanisweni kumazwe aseMpuma unikwa nesihloko sikaSanta Claus.
U-St Nicholas uvela eTurkey kwaye emva kokumiselwa kwakhe wangumfundisi e-Myra kwakuloo dolophu waphinda wanyulwa waba ngu-Bishop. Isanta esidumileyo siyanda ngexesha lakhe ngenxa yemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo eyenziweyo kwinkolo yobuKristu enyanisweni kusithiwa ukubekwa kwakhe njengo-Bishop akwenziwanga yiCawa yase Roma njengokuba kunjalo ngoku kodwa ngokuthe ngqo ngabantu kuba babemthanda kangaka ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe kunye ububele bakhe bobuKristu.
E-Itali apho kukho ngaphezulu kwezixeko ezingaphezulu kwamashumi amabini ezidumileyo neziaziwayo.
Ihlelo leSan Nicola lisasazeke kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ngapha koko, njengoko besesitshilo ngaphambili, ukongeza kumazwe aseMpuma, uSanta Nicholas ubhiyozelwa eLuxembourg, eNetherlands, eSwitzerland naseBelgium. Kuxhomekeka kweli lizwe, iSanta ithathwa njengomkhuseli woomatiloshe, oosokhemesti, abalobi, abantwana besikolo, amagqwetha namahenyukazi. Ngamafutshane, umntu oyingcwele owaziwa kwihlabathi liphela kwaye uyaziwa ukuba ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-1500 inkolo yakhe ibibhiyozelwa kwihlabathi liphela.
Kweli xesha lokugqibela, nangona kunjalo, kuye kwakho impikiswano malunga nomzimba kunye nezinto ezingcwele zikaSt. Nicholas. Ngapha koko, eMyra eTurkey apho iSt.Nicholas yayihlala khona kwaye yayingubhishophu, kwafunyanwa ingcwaba ekuthi ngokokumbiwa kwezinto zakudala kube ngumzimba wesanta.
I-Diocese ye-Bari yayichasa kwangoko le nyaniso.Ngoku, i-Santa e-Italiya ibizwa ngokuba yi-San Nicola di Bari, oku kuba ngo-1087 iziqwenga ze-Saint zabiwa ngabahlali base Bari kwaye ngokwe-diocese yendawo leyo yimbali ibhaliwe Ngokwembali kwaye banobungqina kwizinto abanazo.
"Into efunwa ngabaseTurkey ayinasisekelo sembali okanye yezinto zakudala-utsho uBawo Gerardo Cioffari weZiko lokuFunda laseNicolaiani - Yonke le nto ifunwa ngabaseTurkey kuphela ukudala ishishini lokujikeleza iSanta Claus".
Ke ngoko, ngokutsho kweqela leCawa yaseBari, isibhengezo esenziwe ngabantu baseTurkey siyakuba yinto engekhoyo enxulumene neShishini elijikeleza igama leNgcwele. Ngapha koko, eTurkey, iSt. UNicholas ine-notorious enkulu kunye nokubaluleka kunaleyo yase-Italiya, kangangokuba, njengoko besesitshilo ngaphambili, ukwabizwa ngokuba nguSanta Claus.
Kude kube kugqityiwe uphando kwaye iBandla alizibhengezi kulo mbandela, kuthi lihlala lihleli lingu "St Nicholas waseBari", uBhishophu waseMyra.