USanta wosuku ngoJanuwari 19: indaba kaSan Fabiano

Umlando weSan Fabiano

UFabian wayengumuntu ovamile waseRoma ngolunye usuku owafika edolobheni evela epulazini lakhe njengoba abefundisi nabantu babelungiselela ukukhetha upapa omusha. U-Eusebius, isazi-mlando seSonto, uthi ijuba landiza lahlala ekhanda likaFabiano. Lesi sibonakaliso sahlanganisa amavoti abefundisi nabantu abavamile, futhi bakhethwa ngazwi linye.

Wahola iSonto iminyaka eyi-14 futhi wafa njengomfelukholo ngesikhathi sokushushiswa kukaDecius ngo-250 AD.USaint Cyprian wabhalela owangena esikhundleni sakhe ukuthi uFabian wayeyindoda "engenakuqhathaniswa" inkazimulo yakhe ekufeni eyayilingana nobungcwele nokuhlanzeka kwempilo yakhe.

Emangcwabeni aseSan Callisto usalibona itshe elalimboze ithuna likaFabiano, laqhekeka laba yizicucu ezine, elalibhalwe amagama esiGreki athi “Fabiano, bishop, martyr”. USan Fabiano uhlanganyela idili lakhe lezinkonzo noSan Sebastian ngoJanuwari 20.

Ukuzindla

Singaya ngokuzethemba esikhathini esizayo futhi samukele ushintsho oludingwa ukukhula kuphela uma sinezimpande eziqinile esikhathini esedlule, ngokwesiko eliphilayo. Ezinye izingcezu zamatshe eRoma zisikhumbuza ukuthi singabaphathi baminyaka engaphezu kwamakhulu amabili amasiko aphilayo okholo nesibindi sokuphila impilo kaKristu nokuyikhombisa umhlaba. Sinabafowethu nodadewethu "abasandulele ngesibonakaliso sokholo", njengoba kusho umthandazo wokuqala weSidlo SeNkosi, ukukhanyisela indlela.