USeraphim wazalwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi Prokhor emndenini ojwayelekile womthengisi owayehlala eKursk. Lapho esemncane, abazali bakhe baqala ukwakha ithempeli edolobheni. Ngalesi sikhathi, isimangaliso sokuqala senzeke kuye: Iprokhor yawa kusukela ebhokisini futhi ayizange ihlupheke. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi waba nesithakazelo ekufundeni okuNgcwele, futhi eneminyaka engu-17 wanquma ukukhonza uNkulunkulu. Abazali bakhe bamthumelela eKie-Pechersk Lavra, wabe esefika enkangala yaseSarov. Yilapho eyathola khona igama elaziwa ngalo.
USeraphim waseSarov ujabulela inhlonipho hhayi kuphela phakathi kwama-Orthodox, kodwa futhi phakathi kwamaKatolika. Uhlonishwa kabili ngonyaka: ngoJanuwari 15, lapho uSeraphim ehlukaniswa phakathi kwabangcwele, futhi ngo-Agasti 1 - usuku luphelelwe isikhathi ekutholeni izinhlamvu ze-saint. Phakathi nokuphila kwakhe, uSeraphim, oneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, wathola ukuvikelwa kukaNkulunkulu. Wayenesipho sokuphulukisa, futhi wabona ngaphambili izenzakalo ezihlukahlukene zekusasa.
Yini esiza uSerfim Sarovsky?
Kukhona amasiko athile okukhuluma ne-saint, asekelwe emaqinisweni okhonkolo okuvela empilweni yakhe. USeraphim wayehlale ematasa ngomsebenzi othile, ekholelwa ukuthi ngale ndlela umuntu angasondela kuNkulunkulu . Watshela abanye ukuthi bangalahli abanye futhi bazikhandle. Umsanta uthe kufanele ujabule ngalokho onakho, hhayi ukukhuluma, kodwa wenze futhi ungalokothi udikibale. Kusekelwe kulolu lwazi, abantu bathandaza ngaphambi kwesithonjana sikaSeraphim weSarov, ukuze bangazitholi izilingo futhi bathole amandla okunqoba izimo ezinzima. USeraphim waseSarov usiza ukuthola ukuthula phakathi kokucindezeleka kwengqondo. Ukuthandwa komthandazo kwenza kube nokuthula phakathi kwezwe langaphakathi nangaphandle, okusho ukuthi abantu bathola ukuthula kwengqondo. Singasho ukuthi ongcwele ungumeluleki kubantu abalahlekile empilweni futhi abazi ukuthi baqhubeke kanjani. Umthandazo uzokuvumela ukuba ubhekane nokuziqhenya nokudumazeka.
Abaningi banesithakazelo ukuthi yiziphi izifo iStaphim Sarov yaseSarov ezisiza, ngoba inani elikhulu labantu liya eNqabeni Ephakeme ngesikhathi sokuqala kwezifo ezinzima. Ngisho nangesikhathi sokuphila, isanta samukele abantu futhi sabasindisa ezifweni ezibulalayo. Wasebenzisa amanzi entwasahlobo kanye nomkhuleko walokhu. Ukukhalaza ku-Seraphim kusiza ngezifo zezitho zangaphakathi, imilenze nezinye izinkinga. Ukuphulukisa akukhona nje kuphela emzimbeni, kodwa futhi nasezingeni elingokomoya.
Amantombazane amaningi uSerimim Sarovsky wasiza ukushada futhi wakha ubudlelwano obuqinile. Ukuncenga ngobuqotho kumuntu ongcwele kungashintsha impilo yakhe engcono. Udinga ukubuza ngomuntu ongakha naye ubuhlobo obuqinile nobuqhakazile. Abantu abashadile kufanele bathandaze eduze kwesithonjana ukugcina ubuhlobo, ukuqinisa uthando nokugwema isahlukaniso.
Ukuthola kulokho esikusizayo umkhuleko kuSeraphim weSarov, kufanelekile ukusho ukuthi ongcwele usekela ezindabeni zezohwebo nakwezinye zebhizinisi, kodwa kuphela uma amacala awaqondiswa kuphela ekucebiseni kwakhe,
Ekhuluma ngosizo lwe-Wonderworker Seraphim waseSarov, kufanelekile ukuphawula ukuthi isonto lobuKristu likholwa ukuthi akulungile ukunikeza abangcwele ithuba lokusiza ezindabeni ezithile. Iphuzu eliphelele ukuthi noma yikuphi ukunxusa okuqotho kwabangcwele kuyozwakala, ngoba into eyinhloko ikholo.
Ekuphetheni, ngingathanda ukusho ukuthi ungakwazi ukunikela imithandazo kuSeraphim waseSarov hhayi wena kuphela, kodwa nabantu abaseduze, ngisho nezitha.