Pa March 22 , malinga ndi kachitidwe kameneka, Akhristu a Orthodox amakondwerera phwando la Oyera Mtima Oyera kapena, monga momwe amanenedwanso, Tsiku la Oyera Mtima Oyera a Martyrs wa Sevastia.
Kodi phwando la Oyera Mtima makumi asanu limatanthauzanji?
Mbiri ya phwando la Oyera Mtima makumi anayi imachokera ku Chikhristu choyambirira. Mu 313, m'madera ena a Ufumu Woyera wa Chiroma, chipembedzo chachikhristu chinali chololedwa kale, ndipo kuzunzidwa kwa okhulupirira kunatha. Komabe, izi sizinali choncho kulikonse. Ku Sebastia, yomwe inali m'dera lamakono la Armenia, Emperor Licinius adalamula kuti Akhristu ayambe kuchoka ku nkhondo, kusiya amitundu okha. Ku Sevastia anatumikira Agricolius wachikunja wachikunja, ndipo akulamulidwa ndi asilikali makumi anayi ochokera ku Kapadokiya, odzinenera Chikhristu. Mkulu wa asilikali adalamula kwa asilikali kuti atsimikizire kuti adzipereka kwa milungu yachikunja, koma anakana kuchita izi ndipo adatsekeredwa m'ndende. Kumeneko iwo adapereka modzipereka ku mapemphero ndipo anamva mau a Mulungu, omwe adawadandaulira ndikuwauza kuti asayanjanenso pamaso pa mayesero. Tsiku lotsatira, Agricolius anayesa kuphwanya asilikaliwo, akugwiritsa ntchito zizoloŵezi zamtundu uliwonse, kutamanda zida zawo za nkhondo ndi kuwakakamiza kuti abwerere ku chikhulupiriro chachikunja kuti apeze ufulu. Anthu makumi anayi a Cappadociya anayesanso kupirira, ndipo Agricolius anawalamula kuti atsekedwe m'ndende.
Patatha mlungu umodzi, munthu wina wolemekezeka, dzina lake Lysias, anafika ku Sevastia, yemwe anafunsa mafunso a asilikaliwo, koma atakana kukanamizira milungu yachikunja, analamula kuti Apapadokiya aponyedwe miyala. Komabe, miyalayi mozizwitsa sanagwere mwa asirikali, kufalikira mosiyana. Mayesero otsatirako, omwe anali oti aswe kutsutsa kwa a Sevastian ofera, anali ataima amaliseche pa ayezi, kumene Lysias anawaweruza iwo. Kwa asirikali kunali kovuta kwambiri, pafupi ndi mtsinjewo anasungunula sauna. Usiku, mmodzi wa anthu a ku Kapadokiya sankakhoza kutero ndipo anathamangira ku nyumba yopanda moto, komabe, kudutsa pakhomo pake, anafa. Ena anapitirizabe kuyima pa ayezi. Ndipo chozizwitsa chinachitika. Ambuye adayankhula ndi ofera a Sebastean, kenako adawotha moto, ndipo madziwo anasungunuka.
Mmodzi wa alonda, Aglalia, ndiye yekha amene sanagone panthawiyo, atawona chozizwitsa, anafuula kuti: "Ndipo ndine Mkhristu!" Ndipo anatsutsana ndi Apapadokiya.
Atafika mmawa wotsatira kumtsinje, Agricolius ndi Lysias anaona kuti asilikaliwo sanali amoyo okha koma osasweka, koma pakati pawo panali mmodzi wa alonda. Kenaka analamula kuti aphe nyenyezi zawo ndi nyundo kuti afe mu ululu. Kenaka matupi a ofera a Sebaste anawotchedwa, ndipo mafupa anaponyedwa mumtsinje. Komabe, Bishopu wa Sevastia, wodalitsika Petro, pa chitsogozo cha Mulungu, adatha kusonkhanitsa ndi kukwirira mabwinja a ankhondo oyera.
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Kufunika kwa tchuthi la Tchalitchi cha Oyera Mtima makumi asanu ndi awiri ndikuti wokhulupirira woona samakayikira chikhulupiriro chake, ndipo amamupulumutsa ngakhale atakumana ndi imfa yovuta. Mkhristu woona ayenera kukhala wolimba pa zomwe amakhulupirira komanso osapatuka pazochitika zilizonse.
Patsiku lino ndizozoloŵera kukumbukira asilikali makumi anai a Cappadocia omwe adapereka miyoyo yawo chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chawo mwa Mulungu. Polemekeza iwo, chithandizo chapadera chimaperekedwa m'mabanja achi Orthodox monga mazira. Mbalamezi, kuthawa kwawo, zimagwirizana ndi khalidwe la ofera a Sevastian. Mbalameyi molimba mtima imawulukira kumalo a dzuwa, koma imadzipatula yokha pamaso pa ukulu wa Ambuye Mulungu ndipo imatsika pansi. Kotero Otsamira Oyera Oyera, atadziyanjanitsa okha ku imfa yosapeŵeka ndi yoopsya, adakhoza kukwera kwa Ambuye ndi kulandira chisomo chake.