USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 15: indaba kaSaint Paul the Hermit
(cishe 233 - cishe 345)
Akucaci ukuthi yini esikwaziyo ngempela ngempilo kaPawulu, ukuthi ilunge kangakanani, futhi iyiqiniso kangakanani.
Kubikwa ukuthi uPaul wazalelwa eGibhithe, lapho aqala khona ukuba yintandane eneminyaka engu-15. Wayengumuntu osemusha onesiko futhi ozinikele. Ngesikhathi sokushushiswa kukaDecius eGibhithe ngonyaka wama-250, uPaul waphoqeleka ukuba acashe endlini yomngani wakhe. Esaba ukuthi umlamu uzomkhaphela, wabalekela emhumeni ogwadule. Icebo lakhe kwakungukubuya lapho ushushiso seluphelile, kepha ubumnandi bokuba wedwa nokucabanga kwasezulwini kwamqinisekisa ukuthi angahlala.
Waqhubeka nokuhlala kulowo mhume iminyaka engama-90 eyalandela. Umthombo wamanzi oseduze wamnika ukuba aphuze, isundu lamnika okokwembatha nokudla. Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-21 yokuba wedwa, inyoni yaqala ukumlethela uhhafu wesinkwa nsuku zonke. Ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi kwenzekani emhlabeni, uPaul wathandazela ukuthi umhlaba ube indawo engcono.
USanta Anthony waseGibhithe ufakazela impilo nokufa kwakhe okungcwele. Elingwe umcabango wokuthi akekho umuntu owayekhonze uNkulunkulu ehlane isikhathi eside kunaye, u-Anthony waholwa nguNkulunkulu ukuthola uPaul futhi ambone njengendoda ephelele ukwedlula yena. Igwababa ngalolo suku laletha isinkwa sonke esikhundleni sengxenye ejwayelekile. Njengoba uPaul abikezela, u-Anthony uzobuya azongcwaba umngani wakhe omusha.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi wayeneminyaka engaba ngu-112 ubudala ngenkathi eshona, uPaul waziwa ngokuthi "uyindlalifa yokuqala". Idili lakhe ligujwa eMpumalanga; kukhunjulwa futhi nangemikhosi yaseCoptic neyase-Armenia yobuningi.
Ukuzindla
Intando kaNkulunkulu nesiqondiso sakhe kuyabonakala ezimweni zempilo yethu. Siholwa ngumusa kaNkulunkulu, sikhululekile ukuphendula ngokukhetha okusisondeza nokusenza sincike kakhulu kuNkulunkulu owasidalayo. Lezi zinqumo ngezinye izikhathi zingabonakala zisiqhelelanisa nomakhelwane bethu. Kepha ekugcineni basibuyisela emuva emthandazweni nasekuhlanganyeleni ngokuhlanganyela.