Ngaphezu koNyaka Omusha neminye imikhosi ejabulisayo ngenyanga kaDisemba, kunezinsuku eziningi ukuthi amaKristu eqiniso angamaholide akhethekile esonto. Kulesi sibukezo esifushane, asikwazi ukukhuluma bonke abafel 'ukholo, abaprofethi, abangcwele namadolobha amakhulu abahlonishwa yiSonto Lama-Orthodox, konke lokhu kungasetshenziswa ekhalendeni elinemininingwane yamaholidi esonto. Kodwa izinsuku eziyinhloko umfundi azothola lokho kuzomsiza ukuba angaphuthelwa umcimbi obalulekile.
Amaholide amakhulu ama-Orthodox enkolo ngoDisemba:
Ngokungangabazeki, isenzakalo esikhulu sokuqala sasebusika kumaKristu ngoDisemba 4, lapho kugujwa khona ukungenelela ethempelini likaMbusi oBusisiwe we-Our Lady. Emantombazaneni kaMariya oneminyaka emithathu ubudala, umpristi ophakeme uZakariya akazange abone ingane elula, kodwa ikusasa eliyingcwele le Virgin. Wabonisa isiprofetho ukuthi ngale ntombazane esikhathini esizayo iNkosi izobonisa insindiso esintwini. UMariya wabe esevakashela indawo lapho uMphongolo wesivumelwano wawugcinwa khona ethempelini, nakuba lokhu kwakuphula umthetho, ngoba umpristi ophakeme kuphela ongangena endaweni engcwele lapho enegazi lokuhlanza kanye kuphela ngonyaka. Abazali bashiya le ntombazane iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye e-monastery engcwele yezemfundo futhi kuphela lapho enikezwa uJoseph endlini, lapho kungekudala uGabriel ingelosi eyinhloko yamtshela iNdodana yeKhisimusi ezayo evela kuMsindisi wayo. Ngendlela, ku-Doing, okuyinto enkulu yeholidini eholidini ngoDisemba, ukuthi ukuqala kwemibhobho yangempela njalo. Ngako-ke lo mcimbi wawugubha nge-skating skating kwi-sleigh ehlotshiswe ngezinsimbi futhi kubhekwa "amasango asebusika".
Bese ulandela izinsuku ezimbalwa, lapho ama-Orthodox ehlonipha izikhulu ezingcwele zaseRussia. U-Disemba 5 usuku lokukhumbula uMikhail Tversky, owabulawa enkundleni ngemuva kokuvivinywa okungalungile. Umyeni ofanelekayo nomKristu othembekile wayehlehliselwa isikhulu sikaJurous nomona futhi esolwa ngokuvukela i-khan. Ukukhazimuliswa kukaPrince Michael, njengongcwele, bekulokhu kwenzeka kusukela ngo-1549. Ukufakwa ohlwini kwamaholidi esonto ngoDisemba nakho kuzophelela ngaphandle kokusho u-Alexander Nevsky omkhulu. Isonto lisitshela ngezibonakaliso ezenzeka ngesikhathi sokungcwaba kwebutho lempi. Kuthiwa umzimba wakhe ongcwele wawungapheli, futhi u-Alexander, njengokungathi uyaphila, wathatha incwadi engokomoya evela emadolobheni ngesikhathi semikhosi. Lo mcimbi wabonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wanquma ukukhazimulisa uNevsky njengongcwele wakhe. AmaKristu adumisa isikhulu esithembekile futhi amkhazimulise njengongcwele ovela ngo-1547.
Usuku olukhethekile lwe-Orthodox nguDisemba 7, lapho i-Great Martyr Catherine kufanele ihlonishwe. Ukwenqaba kuzo zonke izindlu ezinomusa, lo wesifazane osemusha wathola isipho njengesithonjana futhi emva kwalokho waqaphela ephupheni lakhe ukuthi uzohlala ethembekile eNkosini kuphela. Khona-ke intombazane enhle nehlakaniphile yazuza indandatho, okwakuyisicaciso esicacile sokubambisana noMlobokazi waseZulwini, futhi manje akukho ukuhlukunyezwa kuye kwakwazi ukuzwakalisa ukholo lwakhe. Ngemva kokubulawa kulesi sikhala, izintambo zikaCatherine zadluliselwa eNtabeni yeSinayi, futhi intombazana yona yamemezelwa njengomfel 'ukholo. ERussia, uhlale ephakathi kwabangcwele abahlonishwa kakhulu futhi ubhekwa njengomphathi wamantombazane angashadile.
NgoDisemba 13 kungukuthi u-Andrew obizwa ngokuthi oQala kuqala, oyedwa ongcwele ohlonishwayo eRussia olandela uKristu wabe esememezela ukufundisa kwakhe. Nguye obizwa ngokuthi isisekelo sesonto emzaneni omncane, owawuphenduka uConstantinople, kanye nokuvakashela ezintabeni zaseKiev, lapho, ngokusho kokubikezela kukaSanta, inhloko-dolobha yombuso wamaKristu ezayo yavela emakhulwini eminyaka ambalwa.
NgoDisemba 17 udunyiswa yiSonto LaseMarty Great Orthodox Varvara . Lo mKristu wayebhekene nokuvivinywa okukhulu, ubaba wamaqaba uqobo wakhe wanquma ukubulala indodakazi yakhe ngenxa yokholo lwakhe olungaqiniseki eNkosini. Kukholelwa ukuthi uyisivikelo sokulwa nokubulawa kwengozi nanoma iyiphi inhlekelele, lapho ebhekene nokufa ngaphandle kokuphenduka.
Ukubhalisa ukuthi yikuphi amaholide amakhulu esonto okumelwe agcinwe kakhulu ngoDisemba, kubalulekile ukukhuluma ngosuku lwenkumbulo kaSt. Nicholas. Le ngcwele idume ngezibonakaliso zakhe nangezenzo ezinhle, sekuyisikhathi eside eyisivikelo esiyintandokazi yawo wonke amaKristu aseRussia. Akusilo nje ukuthi inqwaba yamathempeli yahlukaniswa ngokuhlonipha uNicholas, futhi ngoDisemba 19 wayebhekwa njalo njengamaholide ebaluleke kakhulu kule nyanga yasebusika.