Incopho iholide: inani-Ista?

Maxa wambi, phantse wonke umntu uqalisa bazibuze isenzeko obufihlakeleyo Christian yePasika. Le holide ebhadula unokuwela ngathi ngo-Apreli nangoMeyi, yaye ekugqibeleni uya kuba yadubadubeka, umhla Easter uya kuba kulo nyaka, yaye kutheni amaKristu azimisele izakuba ngowuphi umhla kufuneka ibhiyozelwe?

Ukuba sijonge imbali yale holide, kuvela ukuba ngokoqobo kokuba kwakukho imbali yonke kaYesu Kristu. Ukuba washiya kuphela inkolo, kwaye sijonga imbali, ngexesha lokungena ekubhekiselwe kuYesu eYerusalem, abahlali yakhe ngokumangalisayo yabhiyozelwa iPasika. Sithetha holide yamaYuda akunanto yakwenza ebalisa ngokubulawa kwale lokubethelela. Kungenxa yoko le nto umbuzo inani Easter, uyakwazi ukuhlangabezana kuphela ngeenkwenkwezi: ngeCawa yokuqala yenyanga ngokupheleleyo emva kulingane. Ukuba le kulingane iwela ngoMatshi 20 okanye 21, inyanga egcwele alandelayo ukuba ayikwazi ebotshelelwe nawuphi na umhla othile. Enyanisweni, kufuneka kukho ikhalenda yenyanga, nto leyo eza kunceda ukuqonda inani yePasika yintoni kanye ngenyanga kulo nyaka.

Intsingiselo yalo nkcazo umhla iholide le ilele kanye kule khalenda kwenyanga - ayesekelwe kwishedyuli imisebenzi yezolimo. Easter zingathathwa njenge uhlobo wokuqala kunyaka omtsha lezolimo. E ubuKristu, kubalulekile nje ukuba imini Ista, kodwa amasiko ezimnandi zasekhaya enxulumene nale holide. Njengoko usazi, ipasika kosuku yokuHlawula - iintsuku ezimashumi mane sokuzila, inxalenye engaphandle leyo ichazwe kwi ukwaliwa ukutya okuthile. Kulo mzekelo, ebaluleke ngakumbi kukuba sengqondo ziingcathu, kuba injongo leNzila nto angahlanjululwa ngayo ngokomoya, kungekhona ukutya yokupheka. Noko ke, abantu abaninzi ebotshelelwe izithethe zonqulo ngegama kuphela, uyazi ukuba inani iza kuba Easter, kuphela ukutshintsha uluhlu ezinkulu. Sales zibonakala ukupeyinta amaqanda ebilisiweyo, nezicumba zonke iimilo kunye nobukhulu, postcards umxholo ezifanelekileyo.

Ukongeza, umhla uzimisele nangakumbi ifomu kwaye asetyenziswe isithethe kwikhalenda lamaKristu. Phantse wonke umntu uyazi umahluko ibalulekileyo rhandzana iziganeko phakathi Orthodox kunye namasiko yamaKatolika. I-Orthodox isebenzisa ikhalenda uJulian, yamaKatolika, ngokulandelelanayo, Gregorian. Esi sisizathu esingundoqo sokuba kutheni Easter iwela imihla ezahlukeneyo, kodwa zonke kweminyaka elinethoba, yamaKatolika kunye Orthodox yePasika iwela mini. Akwaziwa njani oku kuthathelwa ingqalelo uphawu oluvumelanayo, kodwa iikhalenda ezahlukeneyo na umqobo ukuba uxolo kunye nobudlelwane obuhle olungileyo phakathi kwamabandla zamaKatolika Orthodox.

Ukuba ufuna ukuzigqibela ngoko umhla Easter na kuwe, kuyimfuneko kuqala ukuqonda, ukuze nasiphina isithethe zonqulo okulo. Nangona isibakala sokuba Orthodox egunyileyo, ezinye minyinyiva nje kakuhle, ngoko ungakhetha ngokwazo ezo iinkolelo zonqulo ukuba isondele inqubo yakho. Ukuba Easter wena nje esinye isizathu ukuyiphatha imvelaphi, ukuzibandakanya izithethe zesizwe, yamkela okungagqibekanga, oko isithethe Orthodox, apho kukho zokubonisa uthando kunye novuyo. Ngapha koko, iiholide nje oku kwaye wadala ukuba nemihlali Siyavuyisana omnye komnye. Ngale umthendeleko namhla eIsta iikeyiki, amaqanda isidlo zemveli zichatshazelwe ebilisiweyo, ezo zipeyintwe ngemibala eyahlukileyo, kwaye maxa wambi ayiqabe ngendlela entsonkothileyo. Abaninzi balungiselela kamnandi sisi umxube Ikhotheji zeerasintyisi, zonke iintlobo iilekese kunye inyama. Bhiyozela kwezempilo, uKristu uvukile!