Icawa yaseRoma apho unokunqula khona ukakayi lweSt. Valentine
Xa uninzi lwabantu lucinga ngothando lwesithandana, ngekhe kuthi qatha engqondweni yenqatha yenkulungwane yesithathu enesithsaba seentyatyambo, okanye ibali elingasemva kwayo. Kodwa undwendwelo lweBaszica yaseByzantine eRoma olunokuyitshintsha loo nto. "Enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo oza kuzifumana kule nkonzo yile ye-St. Valentine," utshilo umphathi wale nkonzo. Eyaziwa ngokuba ngongcwele wesibini sokukhusela umtshato wamaKristu, uValentine wabulawa ngokubulawa ngoFebruwari 14. Ukwayinkuthazo emva kokubhiyozela uSuku lweValentine. Kwaye ukakayi lwakhe lunokuhlonitshwa kwicawa encinci yaseSanta Maria eCosmedin kufutshane nesekisi yaseRoma.
Ukwakhiwa kukaSanta Maria eCosmedin kwaqala ngenkulungwane ye-1953, embindini woluntu lwamaGrike waseRoma. I-basilica yayakhiwe kumabhodlo etempile yakudala yaseRoma. Namhlanje, kwivaranda yayo engaphambili, abakhenkethi bafole befaka isandla sabo ngaphakathi kumlomo oshiyekileyo wesigqubuthelo semabhile esenziwe ludumo ngumboniso ophakathi kuka-Audrey Hepburn noGregory Peck kwifilimu yowe-XNUMX ethi "Iholide yaseRoma". Ukujonga ifoto, uninzi lwabakhenkethi alazi ukuba iimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka "kwiBocca della Verità" lukakayi lwesanta yothando. Kodwa udumo lukaValentine njengongcwele wesibini esitshatileyo aluzange luphumelele ngokulula. Eyaziwa ngokuba ngumfundisi okanye ubishophu, wayephila ngelinye lawona maxesha anzima kakhulu okutshutshiswa kobuKristu kwiCawa yokuqala.
Ngokweengxelo ezininzi, emva kwexesha lokuvalelwa, wabethwa emva koko wanqunyulwa intloko, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuchasa isalelo somlawuli sokutshata amajoni aseRoma. "USt. UValentino wayeyingcwele engakhululekanga kubo ”, uFr. UAbboud uthe, "kuba wayekholelwa ukuba ubomi bosapho bunika inkxaso kumntu". "Waqhubeka nokuqhuba umthendeleko womtshato". Izinto ezingcwele zikaSt.Valentine zaziza kufunyanwa ngexesha lokumbiwa eRoma kwiminyaka yoo-1800, nangona kungacaci ncam ukuba ukakayi lwakhe lwabakho njani kwicawa yaseByzantium apho imi khona namhlanje. Ngo-1964 uPopu Paul VI wanika uSanta Maria eCosmedin ukuba anyamekele usolusapho we-Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, eyinxalenye yesiko lase-Byzantine. I-basilica yaba sisihlalo sommeli we-Melkite Greek Church kupapa, indima ebanjwe ngu-Abboud, onikezela nge-Divine Liturgy kuluntu rhoqo ngeCawa.
Emva kwe-Divine Liturgy, ebizwa ngesiTaliyane, isiGrike nesiArabhu, u-Abboud uthanda ukuthandaza phambi kwezinto ezingcwele zikaSt. Umfundisi ukhumbule ibali elivela kwiSuku lweValentine, apho kuthiwa xa ingcwele yayisentolongweni, umlindi ophetheyo wamcela ukuba athandazele ukuphiliswa kwentombi yakhe, eyayiyimfama. Ngemithandazo yoSuku lweValentine, intombi yabuya yabona. “Masithi uthando aluboni - hayi! Uthando lubona kwaye lubona kakuhle, ”utshilo u-Abboud. "Akayiboni indlela esifuna ukusibona ngayo, kuba xa umntu etsalwa ngomnye umntu ubona into ekungekho mntu ukwaziyo ukuyibona." U-Abboud ucele abantu ukuba bathandazele ukomeleza umthendeleko womtshato eluntwini. "Sicela ukuthethelelwa kosuku lweValentine, ukuba sibe namava okwenyani othando, ukuba sithandane kwaye siphile ngokholo nakwiisakramente, kwaye siphile ngokwenyani kwaye sinokholo olomeleleyo," utshilo.