Phantse abantu abangama-7 abangaphangeliyo kwicandelo lokhenketho eBhetelehem
Kulo nyaka eBhetelehem kuzakuba neKrisimesi ethe cwaka nephantsi, enabantu abaphantse babe ngama-7.000 ababandakanyeka kwicandelo lezokhenketho ngenxa yokuphangela ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19, utshilo uSodolophu wase-Bethlehem u-Anton Salman.
Phantse akukho bahambi okanye abakhenkethi abatyelele iBhetelehem okoko kwaqhambuka ngo-Matshi, xa amatyala okuqala e-COVID-19 kwi-West Bank kwafunyaniswa ukuba akhona kwiqela labahambi ngezonqulo abangamaGrike.
Kwinkomfa yevidiyo ebibanjwe nge-2 kaDisemba, uSalman uxelele oonondaba ukuba iintsapho ezingama-800 zaseBhetelehem zishiyeke zingenamali njengoko iihotele ezingama-67, iivenkile ezingama-230, iivenkile zokutyela ezili-127 kunye neeworkshops ezingama-250 kunyanzeleke ukuba zivalwe kwisixeko esixhomekeke kwezoqoqosho. ukhenketho.
USalman uthe nangona kukho uxanduva lokugcina iKrisimesi iphila eBethlehem, xa kujongwa imeko yangoku, ixesha leholide alizukuqheleka. Imibhiyozo yenkolo iya kulandela izithethe ze-Status Quo, kodwa ezinye iiprotocol ziya kufuneka zilungelelaniswe nobunyani be-COVID-19, utshilo. Iintlanganiso zokuqukumbela iinkqubo ziya kubanjwa phakathi kweecawe nomasipala nge-14 kaDisemba, utshilo.
Ukulungiswa kwesihlahla somthi weKrisimesi eManger Square sele kuqalile, kodwa isikwere esiqhele ukuxakeka ngabakhenkethi ngeli xesha lonyaka sasiphantse sangenanto ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, kuphela iindwendwe ezimbalwa zasekuhlaleni ezazimisa ukuzithwebula umthi.
Kulo nyaka bekungekho sidingo sokuseka iqonga elikhulu lemibhiyozo ecaleni komthi: akuyi kubakho zintetho zomculo ziikwayala zalapha ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe ngexesha leholide.
Ixesha lokufika ebusuku elinyanzelwe kwizixeko zasePalestine kulandela isikeyithi kumatyala e-COVID-19 agcina abantu ngaphakathi endlwini phakathi kwentsimbi yesixhenxe kunye neyesithandathu kusasa kwaye kuya kwenziwa kuphela uhlobo olufutshane lomsitho wokukhanyisa umthi-oya kuhlala uvuyisa. Ukuqala kwexesha leholide-Disemba 19, utshilo uSalman.
“Bazakubakhona abantu abali-12 kuphela, ngelixesha lincinci kakhulu. Baza kunyuka baya esikwereni kwaye ababingeleli baya kuwusikelela umthi, utshilo.
U-Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, usolusapho omtsha wase-Yerusalem wase-Jerusalem, uxelele i-Catholic News Service ukuba u-Patriarchate ubandakanyeka kwiingxoxo nabasemagunyeni base-Palestine nabase-Israel ukumisela ukuba iza kubanjwa njani imibhiyozo yeKhrismesi. Kodwa ngokutshintsha kwemihla ngemihla kwaye amaSirayeli namaPalestina, elowo eneemfuno zakhe ezahlukeneyo, akukho nto igqityiweyo okwangoku, wongeze watsho.
"Sizakwenza yonke into njengesiqhelo kodwa, ewe, bambalwa abantu," utshilo uPizzaballa. "Izinto ziyatshintsha yonke imihla, ke kunzima ukuyithetha ngoku into eza kwenzeka nge-25 kaDisemba."
Uthe angathanda amarhamente ukuba abe nakho ukuya kwiMisa yeKrisimesi kunye nabameli boluntu ngokulandela imigaqo efunekayo ye-COVID-19