Indaba kaSaint Theodore umfel’ ukholo, umvikeli kanye nomvikeli wezingane (umkhuleko wevidiyo)
Izicukuthwane nezihlonishwayo Saint Theodore wavela edolobheni lase-Amaseya ePhontu futhi wasebenza njengebutho lamaRoma ngesikhathi soshushiso olunonya olwaluhlelwa nguMaximian cishe ngonyaka ka-303 AD. Kusukela ebusheni bakhe, wayethi unokholo lobuKristu, egcina inkolelo yakhe iyimfihlo hhayi ngenxa yobugwala, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi wayelindele isibonakaliso saphezulu ngaphambi kokuba azinikele ukuze enze umhlatshelo omkhulu.
Esikhathini esithile empilweni yakhe, umzuzwana, ngenkathi eyakhe ibutho wayekanise eduze kwase-Euchaita, wafunda ukwesaba ifakwe ngu-a udrako owesabekayo owayecashe ehlathini elizungezile. Ukuqonda ukuthi lokhu kungaba isibonakaliso esilindelwe kuNkulunkulu, yangena ehlathini yathola a isigodi ilahliwe. Lapha, inkosazana engumKristu okuthiwa Eusebia yembula indawo kadrako owesabekayo.
Ukubulawa kukaSaint Theodore
Ifakwe uphawu lwesiphambano, USanta Theodore waqala ukuyofuna udrako. Lapho embona, wamgwaza ekhanda umkhonto, wamnqoba. Eqiniseka ukuthi ukunqoba kukadrako obonakalayo kwaba isibonakaliso saphezulu ukuze futhi abhekane nodrako womoya, udeveli, uTheodore wabuyela kuyeikamu elungele ukuvuma ukholo lwakhe. Lapho umlawuli webutho eyala ukuba kwenziwe umhlatshelo ezithombeni zoMbuso, uTheodore ukwenqatshwa obala, ememezela ku khonza uKristu yedwa, iNkosi yayo yeqiniso.
Ebusuku, uTheodore waya ethempelini lamaqaba, wabhubhisa ithempeliI-altare likaRhea, unina wonkulunkulu. Etholiwe, walethwa phambi kwebandla‘umbusi uPhubliyu, lapho abhekana khona nazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto. Naphezu kobuhlungu abuzwayo, oNgcwele wagcina ukuqina kwakhe, ukwenqaba ukuze banikele imihlatshelo ezithombeni. Eyiswa esitokisini esimnyama, wavakashelwa nguKristu, owamthembisa ukuthula Umusa Wakhe njengokusekela. UMfel’ ukholo wachitha isikhathi sakhe esitokisini ecula amahubo neziNgelosi.
Lapho wazithola esephambi kwe umbusi owaphakamisa kuye ukuba abekwe umpristi omkhulu wezithombe, wala futhi wehlelwa ngezinhlungu ezimbi kakhulu. Nokho, akazange ayeke ngokwanele ukuba asunduze umbusi ukuba amgwebele esigxotsheni. UTheodore ngaphandle kokwesaba, wasondela esigxotsheni, wakhuleka wahamba emalangabini ngaphandle kokulimala. Umoya wakhe yebo iphakanyisiwe ekubongeni uNkulunkulu phakathi komlilo.
Umzimba womfel’ ukholo
Ozinikele Eusebia wahlenga isidumbu sikaMfelukholo, wasiletha Euchaita, lapho kwakhiwa khona isonto ngokuhlonishwa kwakhe. Ama-pilgrim amaningi atholakele ukwelapha, ecela ukuncenga. Ngo-361, ngesikhathi sokubusa kuka UJulian Umhlubuki, uTheodore waphinde wangenela ukuze avikele amaKristu emzamweni wokungcoliswa kokudla okukhonza izithombe. Evela embonweni kuPatriarch Eudochio, oNgcwele wasikisela ukudla ukolweni obilisiwe esikhundleni sokuthenga ukudla okungcolile.
Ngenxa yokungenelela kukaTheodore, abantu abangamaKristu balondolozwa'ukukhonza izithombe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iSonto likhumbula lesi simangaliso ngoMgqibelo wokuqala we-Great Lent, lifundisa ukuthi ukuzila nokuzithiba kuhlanza emabala esono. USanta Theodore waseTire ufeze okuningi miracoli, ezibonisa njengomvikeli wasezulwini wabantu abangamaKristu.