Kutheni le nto amaKristu ebhiyozela ixesha leAdvent?
Ukubhiyozela i-Advent kubandakanya ukuchitha ixesha kumalungiselelo omoya wokuza kukaYesu Krisimesi. Kubukristu baseNtshona, ixesha le-Advent liqala ngeCawa yesine ngaphambi kweKrisimesi, okanye ngeCawa esondele kakhulu ngoNovemba 30 kwaye ihlale kude kube nguKrisimesi, okanye nge-24 kaDisemba.
Yintoni iAdvent?
Ukufika kwelixesha lilungiselelo lokomoya apho uninzi lwamaKristu alungiselela ukuza okanye ukuzalwa kweNkosi, uYesu Krestu. Ukubhiyozela i-Advent ngokwesiqhelo kubandakanya ixesha lokuthandaza, ukuzila kunye nokuguquka, kulandelwe lulindelo, ithemba kunye novuyo.
Uninzi lwamaKristu lubhiyozela iAdvent hayi ngokubulela nje kuThixo ngokuza kukaYesu okokuqala emhlabeni njengomntwana, kodwa nangobukho bakhe phakathi kwethu namhlanje ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangokulungiselela kunye nokulindela ukuza kwakhe kokugqibela ukuphela kwexesha.
Inkcazo yokufika kwexesha
Igama "ukuza kwakho" livela kwigama lesiLatini "adventus" elithetha "ukufika" okanye "ukufika", ngakumbi kwinto ebaluleke kakhulu.
Ixesha lokufika
Kwihlelo ezibhiyozela iAdvent, iphawula ukuqala konyaka wecawe.
Kubukristu baseNtshona, i-Advent iqala ngeCawa yesine phambi kweKrisimesi, okanye ngeCawa esondeleyo kuNovemba 30 kwaye ihlale kude kube nguKrisimesi, okanye nge-24 kaDisemba. Xa u-Eva weKrisimesi ewa ngeCawa, yicawa yokugqibela okanye yesine yeCawa.
Kwiicawa zobuOthodoki baseMpuma ezisebenzisa ikhalenda kaJulian, iAdvent iqala ngaphambili, nge-15 kaNovemba kwaye ithathe iintsuku ezingama-40 endaweni yeeveki ezine. I-Advent ikwabizwa ngokuba yindawo ekhawulezayo yokuzalwa ku-Orthodox yobu-Orthodox.
Imihla yokufika kwekhalenda
Iidenmark ezibhiyozela iAvent
Umsitho uboniswa ikakhulu kwiicawa zamaKristu ezilandela ikhalenda yecawa yamaxesha onqulo ukumisela umthendeleko, isikhumbuzo, ukutya kunye neentsuku ezingcwele:
UmKatolika
I-Orthodox
I-Anglican / Episcopalian
UmLuthere
Ulwazi-nkqubo
UmPresbyterian
Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, uninzi lwamaKristu amaProtestanti kunye nee-Evangelical bayakuqonda ukubaluleka kweAdvent kwaye sele beqalisile ukuvuselela umoya weli xesha ngokucingisisa nzulu, ulindelo olonwabisayo nangokugcina amasiko obuSiko obuNtu.
Imvelaphi yokufika
Ngokutsho kweCatholic Encyclopedia, iAdvent yaqala emva kwenkulungwane yesine njengexesha lokulungiselela i-Epiphany, hayi ukulindela iKrisimesi. I-Epiphany ibhiyozela ukubonakaliswa kukaKristu ngokukhumbula utyelelo lwezilumko kwaye, kwezinye izithethe, uBhaptizo lukaYesu. Ngeli xesha amaKristu amatsha abhaptiziweyo kwaye amkelwa elukholweni, kwaye ke icawe yokuqala yamisela ithuba leentsuku ezingama-40 zokuzila nokuguquka.
Emva koko, ngenkulungwane yesithandathu, uSt. Gregory omkhulu waba ngowokuqala ukudibanisa eli xesha leAdvent kunye nokuza kukaKristu. Ekuqaleni, yayingekokufika komntwana kaKristu owayelindelwe, kodwa kukuBuya kukaYesu kwesibini.
KumaXesha Aphakathi, icawe yayandisile umbhiyozo wama-Advent ukuze ubandakanye ukuza kukaKristu ngokuzalwa kwakhe eBhetelehem, ikamva lakhe lokuphela kwexesha kunye nobukho bakhe phakathi kwethu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele owathenjiswayo. Iinkonzo zokuGuquka kwezi mini zibandakanya amasiko okomfuziselo anxulumene nabo bonke abathathu aba "bathunyeli" bakaKristu.
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga nemvelaphi yeAdvent, bona ibali lekrisimesi.
Iimpawu ezibonakalayo kunye namasiko
Kukho ukwahluka okuninzi kunye nokutolikwa okwahlukileyo kwezithethe zama-Advent namhlanje, kuxhomekeke kwihlelo kunye nohlobo lwenkonzo egciniweyo. Ezi phawu zilandelayo kunye nezithethe zibonelela ngombono nje ngokubanzi kwaye azibonisi sibonelelo sokuphelisa zonke izithethe zobuKristu.
Amanye amaKristu akhetha ukufaka imisebenzi ye-Advent kwizithethe zokuphumla kosapho, nokuba icawe yabo ayilamkeli ngokusesikweni ixesha lobuGcisa. Bakwenza njengendlela yokugcina uKrestu embindini wemibhiyozo yabo yeKrisimesi.
Ukufika komnqa
Ukukhanyiswa kwe-Advent wreath kulisiko eliqale ngamaLuthere kunye namaKatolika ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX eJamani. Ngokwesiqhelo, i-Advent wreath isangqa samasebe okanye i-garland enamakhandlela amane okanye amahlanu abekwe kwisithsaba. Ngexesha leAdvent, ikhandlela likhanyisiwe kwisithsaba rhoqo ngeCawa njengenxalenye yeenkonzo zeAdvent.
Landela le miyalelo yamanyathelo nenyathelo ukwenza i-Advent wreath yakho.
Imibala yokufika
Amakhandlela okufika kunye nemibala yawo atyebileyo kwintsingiselo etyebileyo. Ngamnye umele umba othile kumalungiselelo okomoya ekrisimesi.
Imibala emithathu ephambili yimfusa, ipinki kunye nemhlophe. I-Purple ifanekisela inguquko kunye nobukhosi. Ipink imele uvuyo novuyo. Kwaye imhlophe imele ubunyulu kunye nokukhanya.
Ikhandlela nganye ikwanamagama athile. Ikhandlela lokuqala elimfusa libizwa ngokuba yiKhandlela yeSiprofetho okanye ikhandlela leThemba. Ikhandlela yesibini emfusa yikhandlela yaseBhetelehem okanye ikhandlela lokulungiselela. Ikhandlela lesithathu (elipinki) likhandlela loMalusi okanye ikhandlela loNwabo. Ikhandlela lesine, i-violet, ibizwa ngokuba yiKhandlela ye-Angel okanye ikhandlela yoThando. Kwaye ikhandlela lokugqibela (mhlophe) likhandlela likaKristu.
Umthi kaJese wesandla. Imifanekiso ngoncedo lokuphila kamnandi
Umthi we-Jesse yiprojekthi yomthi eyahlukileyo yeAdvent enokuba luncedo kakhulu kwaye kumnandi ukufundisa abantwana iBhayibhile ngeKrisimesi.
Umthi we-Jesse umele umthi wokuzalwa, okanye inzala, kaYesu Kristu. Ingasetyenziselwa ukubalisa ibali losindiso, ukuqala kwindalo kunye nokuqhubeka kude kufike uMesiya.
Ndwendwela eli phepha ukuze ufunde konke malunga neJesse Tree Advent Custom.
UAlfa no-Omega
Kwezinye izithethe zeecawa, u-Alfa no-Omega ziimpawu zeAdvent:
ISityhi. 1: 8
NdinguAlfa no-Omega, itsho iNkosi, ukuba ungubani, ungubani na, lowo uzayo, uSomandla. (NIV)