ISt. Wenceslas, uSanta wosuku lomhla zingama-28 kuMandulo

(c.907-929)

Indaba yaseSt Wenceslas
Uma abangcwele babizwa ngamanga ngokuthi "abanye bezwe", impilo kaWenceslas iyisibonelo sokuphikisayo: uvikele izindinganiso zobuKristu phakathi kwamaqhinga ezepolitiki abonakala ngeBohemia yekhulu le-XNUMX.

UWenceslas wazalwa ngo-907 ngasePrague, indodana kaDuke waseBohemia. Ugogo wakhe ongcwele, uLudmilla, wamkhulisa futhi wazama ukumkhulisa njengombusi waseBohemia esikhundleni sikanina, owayethanda amaqembu aphikisana nobuKristu. ULudmila wagcina ebulewe, kepha amabutho obuKrestu ayizimbangi avumela uWenceslaus ukuthi athathe uhulumeni.

Ukubusa kwakhe kwaphawulwa yimizamo yokuhlanganisa phakathi kweBohemia, ukuxhaswa kweSonto kanye nezingxoxo zokuthula neJalimane, inqubomgomo eyamdalela izinkinga nokuphikisana nabamelana nobuKrestu. Umfowabo uBoleslav wajoyina leli tulo futhi ngoSepthemba 929 wamema uWenceslas e-Alt Bunglou emkhosini wokugubha umkhosi weSanta Cosmas noDamian. Endleleni eya emasimini, uBoleslav wahlasela umfowabo kwathi empini, uWenceslaus wabulawa abalandeli bakaBoleslav.

Yize ukufa kwakhe kwakubangelwa iziyaluyalu zezepolitiki, uWenceslaus wadunyiswa njengomfel 'ukholo futhi ithuna lakhe laba yindawo yokugcina izihambi. Udunyiswa njengongcwele ongcwele wabantu baseBohemia nasezweni elaliyiCzechoslovakia.

Ukuzindla
"Inkosi enhle uWenceslas" yakwazi ukufaka ubuKrestu bayo ezweni eligcwele izinxushunxushu zepolitiki. Yize sivame ukuba yizisulu zodlame lwezinhlobo ezahlukene, singazibona kalula ngomzabalazo wakhe wokuletha ukuzwana emphakathini. Isikhalazo sibhekiswe kumaKrestu ukuthi azibandakanye nezinguquko kwezenhlalo nakwezombusazwe; amanani evangeli ayadingeka kakhulu namuhla.