Nicholas the Wonderworker

Ngokwe Life, St Nicholas wazalwa ngekhulu III ekoloni encane ngesiGreki okuthiwa SebesePathara, eyayiseSwitzerland esifundazweni saseRoma Lycia. Nakuba ukubukeka namasiko yalesi sifunda kwakungamadodana amaGreki. UNicholas esengumntwana kakhulu inkolo, futhi wanquma ukuchitha ukuphila kwakhe ebuKristwini.

Kusolwa ukuthi abazali Nicholas zazicebile. Wonke umkhaya wahlala SebesePathara, Lycia, kanti-ke yilaphoke Nicholas wathola imfundo yamabanga aphansi. Kwakuthi uma abazali bakhe bafa, wathola njengefa wonke eshisiwe yabo, kodwa wakhetha ukunika ke abahluphekile.

Ukuqala imisebenzi Nicholas engumpristi, ubhekwa isikhathi nesenzakalo of sababusi ezimbili Roman Maximian (wabusa iminyaka 286-305) kanye uDiocletian (wabusa iminyaka 284-305). Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-303 kwakuthiwe wakhipha umyalo wokuba ngu uDiocletian, okuyinto lwanika noshushiso lamaKristu kuwo wonke umbuso.

Ngemva kokubili umbusi sazilahla IBhodi ngo-May 1, eminyakeni 305, abalandela yabo sinqume ukushintsha inqubomgomo maqondana amaKristu.

Ingxenye esentshonalanga umbuso ekhululwa ushushiso Christian njalo, sibonga Constance chlorine (wabusa iminyaka 305-306). Ohlangothini olungasempumalanga, lo mbusi omusha likaGalerius baqhubeka ushushiso 311 ngonyaka th. Ngonyaka odlule wokubusa, nemipheme kokuba esezokufa, wakhipha umyalo wokuba wokwamukela. Ushushiso, okwaqala ngo-303 311, ezibhekwa njengezincwadi kunazo zonke emlandweni umbuso.

Ngemva kokufa likaGalerius, walandelwa esikhundleni Licinius (wabusa iminyaka 307-324), futhi aphathwe kakhulu amaKristu ibekezelelwe, ngakho, amaKristu aqala ukuthuthukisa umphakathi. Vele libiza le nkathi yesikhathi, lapho St Nicholas wayengomunye umbhishobhi emhlabeni (Lycia zasendulo uMbuso WaseRoma, manje ebizwa ngokuthi Demre edolobheni, elisendaweni sifundazwe Turkish of Antalya).

Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Nicholas attribute eziningana amathempeli ekubhujisweni Lobuqaba, phakathi lapho omunye u-Arthemisi nethempeli lalo (eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Diane ngaphezulu).

Ngokokulandisa, uNicholas engekho okwesikhashana bancishwa nesithunzi sakhe Episcopal ngo-325, phakathi WamaSonto uMkhandlu, yokushayiswa lapho sibhekene lokuhlubuka ka-Arius (Umphikisi Nicholas).

Yaziwa nangokuthi yi-nomvikeli uNicholas labo lanyundelwa. Wayevame ayemkhulule abantu abanjalo kusukela isiphetho kokuba enganakekile yicala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona imithandazo Nicholas izihambi futhi amatilosi.