IGrisi: ukudabuka esithombeni seNgelosi enkulu uMikayeli
Isithonjana esiyisimangaliso se-Ingelosi enkulu uMichael uyakhala eRhodes. Abantu baseRhodesi bakhuluma ngesimangaliso, sebebone isithonjana sengelosi enkulu uMichael ekhala eSontweni Elingcwele Lengelosi Enkulu uMichael emathuneni ase-Old Ialyssos ngoMgqibelo ekuseni. Ngo-14 ntambama iMetropolitan Kyrillos yaseRhodes yena ngokwakhe waya endaweni lapho isithonjana sikhona ngokulandela imibiko yabathembekile, ukuze anqume ukuthi ngabe kuyisimangaliso yini noma omunye umcimbi. IMetropolitan, ngemuva kokuqinisekisa ukuthi lokho okubonakala njengezinyembezi ebusweni beNgilosi enkulu, yacela ukuthi isithonjana sisuswe lapho sasilenga khona. Babe sebehlola uhlangothi lwangemuva lwesithonjana nodonga ebelulele kulo ukuthola ukuthi ngabe kukhona umswakama odlulela kusithonjana.
Ngemuva kokubona ukuthi lokhu akunakwenzeka, iMetropolitan yaseRhodes yafakaza ukuthi empeleni kwakuyisimangaliso, futhi yacela ukuthi isithonjana silethwe eSontweni LaseHoly Dormition laseTheotokos eIalyssos ukuze kuhlonishwe umphakathi, kanye nokubona ukuthi ushintsho ku imvelo izomisa lo mkhuba. "Sizoyisa esontweni elikhulu ukuze sibone ukuthi lesi simo siqala kanjani," kusho uMetropolitan Kyrillos etshela abathembekile ababehlangene ethempelini elincane. Abokuqala ukubona isithonjana bekhala izinyembezi ngabesifazane abaya ngoMgqibelo ekuseni beyovula isonto futhi bona bazise umelusi wesonto, umfundisi uFr. U-Apostolos, usazisa ukuthi isithonjana sakhiwa ngo-1896 futhi sisanda kulungiswa ngumnyango wezokuvubukula.
Kuze kube namuhla, isithonjana siyaqhubeka nokukhala endaweni yaso entsha, kwesinye isikhathi uyama kodwa uphinde uqhubeke futhi, futhi kubikwa nokuthi isithonjana sesibili sengelosi enkulu uMichael naso sikhala sisuka esontweni lokuqala. Kwabuthana izixuku ezinkulu zizodumisa isithonjana futhi zagcotshwa ngemure engcwele. Kule vidiyo engezansi, ungabona isikhathi lapho iMetropolitan ibiphenya ngesithonjana kanye nobufakazi bezakhamizi.