Njalo ngonyaka ngoJulayi 8 kuyisiko ukugubha uMkhosi wezingcwele uPeter noFevronia. Olunye usuku lomndeni nothando. Isithonjana sikaPeter noFevronia sabhalwa ngo-1618. Ibonisa abangcwele ekukhuleni okugcwele endaweni yokugqoka i-monastic evela endaweni yokuphila kwabo. Esinye isici esiyisibopho sesithonjana yisithombe sikaKristu obusisiwe. Ezandleni zabangcwele bangabamba i-rosary noma umqulu.
Isithonjana sikaPeter noFevronia sisho ukuthini?
Okokuqala, kuyoba okuthakazelisayo ukufunda ngendaba yothando lwalaba bangcwele. Kukhona umlando wokuthi edolobheni laseMurom kwakuyiNkosana uPeter, owalunywa yinyoka, ngenxa yokuthi umzimba wakhe wawugcwele izilonda. Akekho udokotela ongaphilisa isikhulu. Emzini wawuhlala nentombazane uFevronia, owayenesipho sokuphulukisa. Wayekwazi ukwelapha isikhulu, futhi abantu abasha babethandana. UPetru wayenqatshelwe ukushada nentombazane evamile, kodwa wanquma ukungaboni uthando, futhi wenqaba ukubusa. Kwaphela isikhathi eside uMorea akakwazanga ukwenza ngaphandle kombusi, futhi umshado kaPetru wamukelwa. Ngenxa yothando lwabo komunye nomunye noNkulunkulu, uPetru noFevronia baba ngcwele, futhi indaba yabo yothando kuyisibonelo kubo bonke.
Kukhona imifanekiso ye-canonical non-canonical kaPeter noFevronia, enezincazelo ezahlukene. Okukhethwa kukho kuqala kusho isithombe esifanele, futhi lesi sithombe sisetshenziselwa amasiko esonto nasemithandazweni yasekhaya. Isithonjana esingenasononical isithombe esingalungile esenzelwe umhlobiso.
Yini esiza isithonjana sikaPeter noFevronia?
Kukholelwa ukuthi laba bangcwele banethonya elikhulu empilweni yomuntu, ngakho-ke baqondiswa kubantu abangashadile abafuna ukuthola umlingani womphefumulo futhi bakhe umndeni oqinile. Isithonjana sikaPeter noFevronia sisiza abesifazane ukuba bakhulelwe. Ukukhalaza kubantu abasha abashadile abafuna ukuqinisa umshado nokuthuthukisa ubuhlobo . Isithonjana somndeni sikaPeter noFevronia sinamandla okuphulukisa. Kukhona ubufakazi obuningi lapho, ngemva kokufunda umthandazo ngaphambi kwesithombe, abantu baqeda izifo ezihlukahlukene. Kubalulekile ukufunda umthandazo ngaphambi kwesithonjana sabangcwele hhayi nje kuphela ezimweni ezinzima, kodwa nangezikhathi ezijabulisayo. Abangcwele uPetru noFevronia bazosiza ukuzolahla umzwelo womzwelo futhi bathole indlela efanele emiphefumulweni elahlekile. Kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, abantu bakholelwa ukuthi uma unikela lesi sithonjana kumfana osemusha emshadweni, uzobavikela ekuhlukaneni nasezinkingeni ezihlukahlukene.
Okuthakazelisayo kuze kube ngu-2013 kwakungekho mthandazo ngesithonjana sikaPeter noFevronia. Lesi simo salungiswa ngoMeyi 29 yiSonto eliNgcwele, owamukela umbhalo womkhuleko, lapho abantu abangaphendukela khona abangcwele, kodwa kubonakala sengathi:
"O, izinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezinkulu nokhokho bezibonakaliso, ukuhlonipha iNkosana uPetra noPrince Fevronia, idolobha laseMurom, abameleli, umshado oqotho wabalindi futhi sonke sishisekela iNkosi yencwadi yomthandazo!
Wena ezinsukwini zobomi basemhlabeni wesithombe sakho sokuzinikela, uthando lobuKristu nokuthembeka komunye nomunye, ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ithuna livezwe, nokuthi umshado osemthethweni nokubusiswa udumisa inhlonipho.
Yisizathu sokuthi uphendule futhi uthandaze ngentshiseko enkulu: Senzele izoni imithandazo yakho engcwele eNkosini uNkulunkulu, futhi usibuze konke okuwusizo emiphefumulweni yethu nasemzimbeni wethu: ukukholwa emthethweni, nethemba lokuhle, othandweni ngaphandle kobuzenzisi,
Yena, izisebenzi ezimangalisayo ezingcwele! Ungadeleli imithandazo yethu, uthando lwakho luphakanyiswe kuwe, kodwa uvuke ukuhlubuka kwabakhulekeli bethu phambi kweNkosi futhi usinike insindiso yakho yamanje kuze kube yilapho samukele uMbuso weZulwini, futhi masihloniphe ubuntu obungenakuphelelwa nguBaba noNdodana noMoya oNgcwele, kuZiqu-zintathu zikaNkulunkulu okhonzayo, kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen. "