Ngaba uyazi ukuba yintoni uMvulo ococekileyo kumaKristu?
Usuku lokuqala lokuBolekiswa okukhulu kwamaKatolika aseMpuma nase-Orthodox.
KumaKristu asentshona, ngakumbi amaRoma Katolika, amaLuthere namalungu omthendeleko wama-Anglican, iLent iqala ngo-Ash ngoLwesithathu. KumaKatolika kwizithethe zaseMpuma, nangona kunjalo, iLent sele iqalile xa uAsh ngoLwesithathu efika.
Yintoni uMvulo ococekileyo?
Ukucoceka ngoMvulo lusuku lokuqala lweLententi eNkulu, njengoko amaKatolika aseMpuma kunye ne-Orthodox yaseMpuma ebhekisa kwixesha Lentengiso. Kuzo zombini i-Katolika zase-Mpuma kunye ne-Orthodox yase-Mpuma, uMvulo ococekileyo uhla ngoMvulo weveki yesixhenxe ngaphambi kweCawa ye-Ista; YamaKatolika ase-Mpuma, obeka uMvulo ococekileyo kwiintsuku ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba amaKristu aseNtshona abhiyozele u-Ash ngoLwesithathu.
Uhlambe nini uMvulo kumaKatolika aseMpuma?
Ke ngoko, ukubala umhla wangoMvulo ococekileyo wamaKhatholika aseMpuma kunyaka othile, kufuneka uthathe umhla we-Ash ngoLwesithathu ngaloo nyaka kwaye uthabathe iintsuku ezimbini.
Ngaba i-Orthodox yaseMpuma ibhiyozela uMvulo ococekileyo ngosuku olufanayo?
Umhla wokubhiyozela uMvulo we-Orthodox e-Mpuma udla ngokuhluka kulowo abantu bawubhiyozela. Kungenxa yokuba umhla oMvulo ococekileyo uxhomekeke kumhla we-Ista kunye ne-Orthodox yaseMpuma ibala umhla we-Ista kusetyenziswa ikhalenda kaJulian. Kwiminyaka xa i-Ista iwela ngosuku olufanayo kuwo omabini ama-Kristu aseNtshona kunye ne-Orthodox yase-Mpuma (njengo-2017), uMvulo ococekileyo naye uyawa kwangolo suku lunye.
Ingaba uMvulo ucocekile nini i-Orthodox yaseMpuma?
Ukubala umhla ococekileyo wangoMvulo we-Eastern Orthodox, qala ngomhla we-Easter Orthodox yaseMpuma kwaye ubale ukubuya emva kweeveki ezisixhenxe. I-Orthodox yaseMpuma ihlambulukile ngoMvulo nguMvulo weveki.
Kutheni uMvulo ococekileyo ngamanye amaxesha ubizwa ngokuba ngu-Ash Mvulo?
Ngomvulo ococekileyo ngamanye amaxesha kubhekiswa kuwo njengo-Ash ngoMvulo, ngakumbi phakathi kwamaMaronite Katolika, isithethe saseMpuma Katolika esizinze eLebhanon. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, amaMaronite amkele umkhuba waseNtshona wokusasaza uthuthu kusuku lokuqala lweLente, kodwa okoko i-Great Lent yaqala ngeMaronites ngoMvulo ococekileyo endaweni ye-Ash ngoLwesithathu, ucocekile ngoMvulo, kwaye ke baqala ukubiza u-Ash ngoMvulo. (Ngaphandle kwezinto ezincinane, akukho namnye uMpuma Katolika okanye uOthodoki waseMpuma ohambisa uthuthu ngeMivulo ecocekileyo.)
Amanye amagama ngoMvulo ococekileyo
Ukongeza kwi-Ash ngoMvulo, uMvulo ococekileyo waziwa ngamanye amagama phakathi kwamaqela ahlukeneyo amaKrestu aseMpuma. NgoMvulo omsulwa lelona gama liqhelekileyo; phakathi kwamaGrike amaKatolika kunye neOthodoki, uMvulo ococekileyo ubhekiswa kuwo ngegama lesiGrike, uKathari Deftera (njengoko iMardi Gras ilula nje isiFrentshi "iMardi Gras"). Phakathi kwamaKristu aseMpuma aseCyprus, uMvulo ococekileyo ubizwa ngokuba nguMvulo oMhlaza, ukubonakalisa ukuba uMvulo ococekileyo ngokuqhelekileyo uthathwa ngamaKristu aseGrike njengosuku lokuqala lwentwasahlobo.
Ugcinwa njani uMvulo ococekileyo?
Umvulo ococekileyo usikhumbuza ukuba kufuneka siqale uLent ngeenjongo ezintle kunye nomnqweno wokucoca ikhaya lethu lokomoya. Ucocekile ngoMvulo lusuku lokuzila ngokungqongqo kumaMpuma Katolika kunye neOrthodox yaseMpuma, kubandakanya nokuzila inyama kungekuphela kwenyama kodwa kunye namaqanda kunye neemveliso zobisi.
NgooMvulo abacocekileyo nakulo lonke uLent, amaKatolika aseMpuma ahlala ethandaza umthandazo ka-Saint Ephrem wase-Syria.