I-Saint Euphemia yase-Chalcedon iphantsi kokubandezeleka okungathethekiyo ngenxa yokholo lwakhe kuThixo
Namhlanje sifuna ukunixelela ibali lika eSaint Euphemia, intombi yamakholwa amabini angamaKristu, uSenator uPhilophronos noTheodosia, owayehlala kwisixeko saseCalcedon, esikunxweme lweBosphorus.
Il I-16 kaSeptemba 303, ngexesha leentshutshiso zikaDiocletian, ibamba laseAsiya uPriscus wakhupha umyalelo wokuba bonke abemi bephondo baye ICalcedony enze umthendeleko wokuzukisa uThixo wakhe; Ares. Ukuba nabani na wayengawuthobeli umyalelo wakhe, wayeya kubulawa.
ukuba shirk uku-odola, ukukhusela ukholo lwabo kodwa bangabeka ubomi babo esichengeni, amaKristu enjenjalo bathi saa ukuzimela kwizindlu eziqeleleneyo okanye kwiindawo eziyintlango. Sant'Eufemia kunye nabanye 49 AmaKristu bazimela endlwini, baza baqhubeka beqhelisela unqulo lobuKristu ngokufihlakeleyo. Ngelishwa, indawo ababezifihle kuyo yakhawuleza yaphela ifunyenwe zaza zasiwa phambi kwerhuluneli, elafuna ukubalahlekisa ngamazwi alalanisayo, ukuba balulahle ukholo lwabo.
I-Saint Euphemia, nangona kunjalo, eqinile elukholweni lwakhe, yaxelela ibamba ukuba ingayenzi ixesha lokumosha nabo, njengoko bengenakuze bayilahlemnye uThixo oyinyaniso, uMenzi wezulu nomhlaba, ukuze anqule izithixo ezizizimumu nezingaphiliyo. Emva koko waqhuba wathi i iimbandezelo ebekiweyo iya kuba lula ukuyithwala kwaye iya kubonisa kuphela amandla kaThixo wethu.
Ukufela ukholo kweSaint Eufemia
La mazwi alicaphukisile ibamba elalicinezela uEuphemia namahlakani akhe Iintsuku ezingama-20 zentuthumbo neentuthumbo. Noko ke, akukho namnye kubo owahexayo elukholweni. Ngelo xesha, waba nomsindo waza wabathumela kumlawuli Diocletian ukuba sigwetywe. Kwathatyathwa wonke umntu ngaphandle kwe-Euphemia, njengoko ibamba lalinethemba lokuba liza kunikezela kanye.
Ekuqaleni, wabongoza u-Euphemia ukuba arhoxe, emthembisa ngobutyebi bakhe basemhlabeni, kodwa wayalela ukuba mthuthumbise. Umfeli-nkolo wayebotshelelwe kwelinye ivili lixhotyiswe ngeencakuba ebukhali ukusika umzimba wakhe. Ingcwele yathandaza ngokuvakalayo kunye nevili yayeka ngendlela engummangaliso, phezu kwayo nje yonke imigudu yababulali. A ingelosi uYehova wehla ezulwini, wamkhulula uEfemiya kwivili kunye wawaphilisa amanxeba akhe.
Akawubonanga ummangaliso owenzekileyo, wayalela uPrisko Amajoni ayi-2 ukuba athabathe ongcwele amphose e eziko ebomvu-eshushu. Noko ke, amajoni emva kokubona iingelosi ezimbini ezoyikekayo phakathi kwamadangatye, abazange bavume ukuwuthobela lo myalelo baza baguqukela kuThixo owayenqulwa nguEfemiya.
Ngelo xesha wafika uphoswe emlilweni kodwa wahlala engenawo nomkrwelo. Ukubala isiganeko ubugqwirha, ibamba lakhupha umyalelo wokuba kwembe ingcwaba elitsha, lizaliswe ngamacangci abukhali kwaye ligqunywe. Kodwa nangesi sihlandlo ongcwele akenziwanga hayi nomkrwelo, ukuwela umngxuma ngaphandle kweengxaki.
Ekugqibeleni, wagwetywa uqwengwe ngamarhamncwa ebaleni. Ngaphambi kokubulawa, ingcwele yayibongoza iNkosi. Xa sele ikwibala lemidlalo amarhamncwa akazange ayihlasele, kodwa inxeba elincinane lebhere lakhokelela ekufeni kwayo. Ngelo xesha, kwenzeka inyikima babaleka ke abalindi nababukeli benkwantya. Abazali bawufumene umzimba womntwana santa kwaye bangcwatywa kude neChalcedon.