Uphenyo ngemingcele ye-Sacred: imfihlakalo yomzimba weSan Nicola
Omunye wabaNgcwele abathandwa yisiko lamaKatolika ngokuqinisekile uyiSanta Nicholas. iqembu lakhe lamaKatolika lenzeka ngoDisemba 6. ISt Nicholas yaziwa kakhulu phakathi kwezinkolo zama-Orthodox, empeleni emazweni aseMpumalanga unikezwa isihloko sikaSanta Claus.
USt Nicholas uqhamuka eTurkey kwathi ngemuva kokugcotshwa isikhundla sokuba ngumpristi eMrara edolobheni elifanayo waphinde wamiswa njengombhishobhi. Usanta odume kakhulu uyanda ngesikhathi sakhe ngemisebenzi ehlukahlukene eyenziwa enkolweni yobuKhrestu empeleni kuthiwa ukuqokwa kwakhe njengoBishop akwenziwa yiBandla laseRoma njengoba kunjalo manje kodwa ngqo ngabantu selokhu amthanda kangaka ngemisebenzi yakhe futhi uthando lwakhe lobuKristu.
E-Italy kunedolobha elingaphezu kwamashumi amabili elaziwayo futhi elaziwayo elizinikela ekukhulekeleni iSan Nicola ngokwenkolo kanye nemikhosi kanye nezindawo zokudlela kodwa nangokwezikhundla zomphakathi ezinemikhosi yezizwe.
Inkolo yeSan Nicola isasazeke kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Eqinisweni, njengoba besishilo ngaphambili, ngaphezu kwamazwe aseMpumalanga, iSt Nicholas ibungazwa eLuxembourg, eNetherlands, eSwitzerland naseBelgium. Ngokuya ezweni, umsanta ubhekwa njengomvikeli wamatilosi, osokhemisi, abadobi, izingane zesikole, abameli nabafebe. Ngamafuphi, usanta owaziwayo emhlabeni wonke futhi owaziwa kakhulu emhlabeni wonke njengoba kuneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-1500 ihlelo lakhe kuhlonishwa emhlabeni wonke.
Kule nkathi yokugcina, nokho, kube nengxabano ezungeze umzimba nezicucu zikaSan Nicola. Eqinisweni, eMyra eTurkey lapho kwakuhlala khona uSt Nicholas futhi engumbhishobhi, kwatholakala ithuna okwathi ngokwesazi semivubukulo sendawo laliba isidumbu seSanta.
I-Diocese of Bari yasiphikisa masinyane iqiniso. Eqinisweni, iSanta e-Italy ibizwa ngegama elithi San Nicola di Bari, lokhu ngoba ngonyaka we-1087 izinsalela zeSanta zantshontshwa izakhamizi zaseBari futhi ngokwe-diocese yendawo iqiniso elingokomlando libhaliwe ngokomlando futhi banobufakazi obunabo.
"Okushiwo ngabaseTurkey akunasisekelo esingokomlando noma semivubukulo - kusho uBaba Gerardo Cioffari weNicolaiani Study Center - Konke lokhu kuyadingeka ngabaseTurkey kuphela ukudala ibhizinisi elizungeze iSanta Claus".
Ngakho-ke ngokusho kwabahlaseli beSonto LaseBari isimemezelo esenziwe amaTurks siyobe siyimbumbulu kuphela exhumene neBhizinisi elijikeleza igama le-Saint. Eqinisweni, eTurkey uSan Nicola unedumela elikhulu futhi elibalulekile ukwedlula elase-Italy, kakhulu, njengoba sishilo ngaphambili, wabizwa nangokuthi iSanta Claus.
Ngakho-ke kuze kube yilapho uphenyo lungapheli futhi iSonto lingasho lutho ngalo, sihlala sihlala "uSanta Nicholas waseBari", uMbhishobhi waseMyra.