- Ikheli: UMichael Rowe, uBridgetown, uBarbados
- Ifoni yokuxhumana : +1246 4270790
- Imeyili: stmichael@anglican.bb
- Usuku lwesisekelo: 1665.
Isikhathi sobuKoloni baseBrithani eBarbados sathinta kakhulu impilo kanye namasiko esiqhingi. Enye yobufakazi obunamandla kakhulu yalokhu yiSt. Michael's Cathedral, eyakhelwe ukugubha uMbuso waseBrithani nokubeka uphawu namandla ayo.
Kusukela emlandweni we-cathedral
I-St. Michael's Cathedral yasungulwa futhi yahlukaniswa ngo-1665. Ngokuba konke okukhona, kuye kwaphindwe kabili emiphumeleni ebhubhisayo yesiphepho. Ngo-1780 isakhiwo sasiqothulwa ngokuphelele. Lesi simo saba yisizathu sokubamba kabusha okuphawulekayo ekamelweni lesonto, okwahlala iminyaka emithathu. Ngo-1789 isakhiwo sabuyiselwa ngokuphelele, ikhanda elikhethekile lakhiwa ngaphezu kwe-altare.
Inkazimulo yezwe kuKathedral yaseSt. Michael yafika ngo-1751. Maphakathi nalo nyaka, uMengameli we-US ngaleso sikhathi uGeorge Washington waya enkonzweni yomkhuleko ekhontathini. Izivakashi, isonto lavulwa kuphela ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, zikhona njalo izinkambo eziqondiswayo, lapho umqondisi ekhuluma ngokuningiliziwe ngomlando wethempeli, ubukhazikhazi balo bangaphakathi nangaphakathi.
Kuyini okuthakazelisayo nge-cathedral?
I-Cathedral yaseSt. Michael isakhiwo esikhulu kakhulu esinemibala ecebile kanye nomhlobiso wangaphakathi. Yakhiwa ngokwendlela yamasiko ase-Anglican. Umqondo oyinhloko wabadwebi kwakungukudala into yamasiko ezokhumbuza izakhamuzi zeBarbados zaseNgilandi nenhloko-dolobha yayo.
Ekhuluma ngephandle kwethempeli, kufanele kubone ukuthi lenziwe ngesitayela saseGeorgia, izici ezibonakalayo eziwindiza ze-lancet zomsebenzi wekhono lomnumzane, umbhoshongo onqenqemeni, owenziwe ngamatshe e-coral enemibala. Esakhiweni esikhulu, ngemva kwesikhathi esincane kunokwakhiwa kwamasonto amaningi, bakha insimbi enhle emithathu yensimbi yeBaroque, esiteji sayo esiphezulu kwakukhona i-colonnade.
Into yokuqala edonsa ngaphakathi ethempelini iyihholo elihle elihlezi abantu abayizinkulungwane, futhi idiphozi eliphakeme eligobile lihlotshwe ngamatshe amatshe. Abafundisi baseNgisi bafunde ngokucophelela yonke imininingwane yendawo yangaphakathi. Umdwebo wezindonga namagquma ehholo elingaphakathi, ama-choirs, izihlalo zobukhosi nezithombe zenziwa kuphela ngabaculi baseNgisi. Isici esikhethekile sibhaliwe emiyalweni yesiNgisi enhlangothini enyakatho ye-apse kanye nomthandazo kwezinye izingxenye zehholo. Ukukhangisa izivakashi kubonwe iconostasis eqoshiwe eyenziwe ngabenzi bendawo.
Ngokwehlukana kufanele kukhulunywe mayelana nengxenye ye-altare le-cathedral. Lapha kukhona i-marble floor futhi i-casket enezinhlayiya zezintambo ezingcwele zifakiwe, okungafiki, ngeshwa, kunqunyelwe. Eduze naseSt. Michael's Cathedral eBarbados kuyinsimu yezihlahla zakudala kanye namathuna aphukile, lapho umongameli wokuqala wesiqhingi uGrantley Adams naye wangcwatshwa khona.
Ungavakashela kanjani?
Leli bhishobhi lisemaphandleni angu-11 eBarbados , itholakala enkabeni yedolobha lesiqhingi - iBridgetown , empumalanga ye-National Heroes Square. Ukuze uvakashele, kuzodingeka ukuba ushayele esikhumulweni sezindiza se-Grantley Adams , esiseduze ne-14 km empumalanga yeBridgetown. Esikhathini sezindiza, ungakwazi ukuqasha imoto noma uthathe itekisi ukuze ufike ethempelini ngqo.
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