Great uMphilisi Panteleimon ubomi bakhe

Future inyanga Panteleimon, ngoku eyaziwa ehlabathini lonke Orthodox, wazalwa kufuphi eConstantinople, kwidolophu Nicomedia. Abazali bakhe baba engaqhelekanga kakhulu kwaye azamkelekanga ngexesha imanyano - ezizezi, unina kuguqukela kubuKristu, yaye uyise Musa ukungxama ukuba alahle zobuhedeni ubuso ezingcwele. Ngoko ke, ngegorha impikiswano zonqulo elizayo wayeqhele ukusuka ebuntwaneni, kwaye Ndamkhapha ubomi bakhe.

Panteleimon unina wafa ekuseni kakhulu, ngoko ke inkwenkwe wakhula waza wafunda kwisikolo yobuhedeni, phantsi kwesikhokelo kayise. Kukho Igqirha Panteleimon wafunda izinto ezilula ngoko amayeza, nokwakheka ndafunda ezifihlakeleyo iziza ezininzi, phantsi kwephiko le oothixo babahedeni nako ukumphilisa nasiphi na isifo. Kodwa ke ukuziphatha ngabazali bakhe, ootitshala nabo bonke abangeenxa zonke kuye, ayikwazanga ukuxhathisa uhlobo lokwenene Panteleimon. Isiphelo wamsa nkolo Ermolai, ababembikela imfihlelo ubuKristu. Ukususela ngoko, i-saint elizayo baba rhoqo kakhulu ukuba aye kubona umhlobo wam omtsha, bakhohlwa yonke imfundiso yobuhedeni.

Eyona kakhulu, emva koko igqirha Panteleimon wathabatha isidima zamaKristu, waba umhla indlela yakhe, wafumana umntwana ufile. Waqalisa ukufunda umthandazo Kristu, umntwana eze ebomini, nenyoka ukuba alunywe, ngoko nangoko yaphela zibe ziingceba. Kakade ke, ukwamkelwa wolunye uhlanga, ukuba ukholo intsapho yakhe ezenze umsindo nengqumbo nxamnye naye, yaye kangangexesha elithile nokuba nguyise wakhe washiya unyana wakhe.

Noko ke, ngenye imini kwenzeka into ezitshintshayo kunye nabazali zobuhedeni, waya ukholo lwamaKristu ukuwuvala. Panteleimon Umnyangi kwafuneka ukubuyisela amehlo indoda eyimfama abahlala Nicomedia. Ke kaloku, xa wayethetha imithandazo impiliso etempileni waba nguyise wakhe, yena akubona ngamehlo abo ummangaliso ukuba uThixo ngenxa yonyana wakhe. Ukususela ngoko, enye indoda bayeka ukukholelwa iinkolelo zobuxoki malunga amandla oothixo babahedeni, waza wajika iingcinga zakhe nezisusa ukholo single - kwi Krestu unguMsindisi.

Emva kokufa kukayise ilifa uThixo ugqirha omkhulu izipho abazizityebi, ezithi ke ngoko isasazwe kumahlwempu. Waqhubeka ukunyanga abantu, ukuba ugcine imithandazo yabo inkonzo yomngcwabo. Kuyinto ngenxa ngokwemisebenzi yakhe okulungileyo kwazeka kuwo onke umlawuli lamaByzantine. Kwakhona wayeyixhalabele kakhulu malunga Usenokungacalulwa yonqulo umthetheli omkhulu, waza wathi loo lixa oko kuwe. Ukumkani babezama ukweyisela abantu Panteleimon elukholweni lwakhe, yisongele ubuyele yobuhedeni, kodwa ndabulaleka. Emva koko wayalela ukuba kusithuthumbisa kuye, ebotshelelwe elityeni, uyiphose umzimba emanzini.

Nangona kunjalo, akukho umgubo, kwaye nkqu umlilo awubanga nafuthe emzimbeni kunye nomoya ongcwele. Kulo nyaka 305 Great Martyr kunye uMphilisi Panteleimon wanqunyulwa intloko waza wangcwatywa ngokwaloo isiko lamaKristu. Umzimba kunye nentloko iSt wasiwa eConstantinople, kodwa izinto zakhe zifumaneka kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi wesimanje zamaKristu. Kukholelwa ukuba banike naliphi na igunya libandla nobabalo lukaThixo.

Imbeko yalo engcwele indlu uMphilisi Panteleimon lakhiwa (nasemizini amaninzi). ubuhle enkulu kaThixo ingcwele imi eGrisi, kwiNtaba iAthos. A isigodlo elikhulu yaye intle kunene use Odessa. Kwaye, kakade, e Moscow, iLeningrad Oblast kunye nezinye izixeko Russian amabandla nezigodlo, leyo kusikhumbuza ukumkani omkhulu, kwiNtshumayelo ukusa esifingo ka ripfumelo ra Vukreste.