Kusihlwa, ngoJanuwari 18, uEpiphany u- Eva uqala. Kulamakholwa ase-Orthodoxy yabalimi, umkhosi wokubhapathizwa ungenye yamaholide angama-12 enkolo. Njengoba ngoKhisimusi , wonke umndeni ubuthana ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi ku-Epiphany. Wasebenza kuphela izitsha eziwuthandayo. Etafuleni kumele kube khona ukudla - isidlo selayisi, omisiwe kanye noju. Umkhosi wokubhapathizwa kukaKristu ufika ngoJanuwari 19. Kusukela ngo-18 kuya ku-19 kuJanuwari ukuqala kwamanzi kuqala. Imigqa yamakholwa ukuhudula ukuya ethempeli noma emachibini ngamanzi angcwele, cindezela ibe ifonti noma emgodini weqhwa ukuze ugeze izono. Kulolu suku, ngisho namanzi avela empompini kubhekwa njengongcwele, futhi kuthiwa yizici zokuphulukisa. Abapristi bathi ihlumela elilodwa lamanzi obhapathizo alanele ukuhlukanisa noma yiliphi inani lamanzi ajwayelekile.
Ukubhapathizwa yiholidi lama-Orthodox, eligcina amasiko namasiko alo ngendlela yokuqala. Ngokwesiko leholidini, kubhapathizwa, ukuhanjiswa kwenzelwa ngesikhathi sokuhlangana okukhulu kwabantu emfuleni noma echibini elikhulu eliseduzane, umgodi ugajwa ngendlela yesiphambano, futhi umpristi unquma ngamanzi. Ukugeza emgodini weqhwa kwahlanza izono futhi ukholwa weqiniso, ngokwemfundiso, akahlupheki kunoma yini phakathi nonyaka. Ukugxila emanzini, umuntu ulahla uDeveli futhi ufunga ukwethembeka kuKristu, kuhlangene nomoya wabangcwele.
Ubhapathizo - umlando weholide
Uma sibheka emuva ebhapathizweni, indaba yomkhosi we-Epiphany - ukubhapathizwa kweNkosi, inomugqa ocacile ocacile phakathi kwemibandela yakudala neyemisha. U-Ivan Chrysostom wabhala: "Ukubonakala kweNkosi akusilo usuku azalwa ngalo, kodwa ngosuku ayebhapathiziwe ngalo." Ubhapathizo, lokhu mhlawumbe umcimbi wokuqala emisebenzini yomphakathi kaJesu Kristu.
Namuhla, umkhosi wokubhapathizwa kwezinye izindawo uye waba wamaqaba. Abantu abade kakhulu nenkolo yobu-Orthodox, babhekisela emanzini angcwele njengomgcini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-Eva kaKhisimusi, esikhundleni sokuzila ukudla, badla zonke izinhlobo zokudla nokuphuza utshwala, okuyinto esemthethweni engamukeleki kumKristu wama-Orthodox. Ngokusho kwamazwi omphostoli uPawulu: "Umusa uNkulunkulu asinike wona kanye nenhlanganyelo ethempelini kufanele kugcinwe ngokucophelela isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka, ukuze baqhubeke bekhula ngokomoya."
Amanzi angcwele athathwa e-Epiphany, ungafafaza indlu. Ufafaze izandla ngezitshalo, wenze ukunyakaza kwesiphambano, uqale kusukela ohlangothini lwesokudla lweminyango yokungena, ukuhamba ngokuzenzekelayo.