Mu December, maholide ambiri achikristu. Pali atatu mwa iwo omwe amapita limodzi ndi ena ndipo amalemekezedwa makamaka pakati pa anthu - Achikunja, Sawa, Nicholas . Saint Varvara anazunzidwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chake, adamva kuzunzika kochuluka ndi kufa manda. Ndi wofera amene okhulupilira ambiri amasankha ngati womulankhulira, kupemphera kwa iye ndi pempho lachiritso. Nthawi zambiri anthu amasangalatsidwa ndi ntchito zake, afunseni yemwe akuyang'anira ndi Saint Barbara Mkulu Wa Martyr. Anakhala yekhayo amene amaloledwa kugwira chikho m'manja mwa mafano (chotengera cholambirira). Malinga ndi makonzedwe a tchalitchi cha chikho ichi, palibe aliyense wa anthu omwe akugona. Ndikofunika kudziwa tsoka lake kumvetsa chifukwa chake Saint Varvara adalandira ulemu waukulu.
Ali mwana, Varvara anakhala nthawi zambiri mu nsanja, atazunguliridwa ndi antchito amitundu. Mayi ake anamwalira mofulumira, ndipo bambo ake okha anali akulera. Anayesetsa kuchita chilichonse kuti abise mwana wakeyo kuti asaoneke. Koma mtsikanayo adakomana ndi Akhristu ndipo mtima wake watentha ndi chikondi cha Ambuye. Anaphunzira zofunikira za chikhulupiriro chowona ndipo adalandira ubatizo. Bambo, pakumva kuti Varvara salinso kulambira milungu yakaleyo, anamenya mwankhanza mwana wake. Koma kuzunza sikunamukakamize kuti asiye Mlengi. Kenako Dioscor anaupereka kwa Martian, yemwe anali wozunza kwambiri Akhristu onse.
Palibe kuzunzidwa komwe kungakakamize mkazi wosauka kusintha zikhulupiriro zake. Usiku, Kuwala kunayatsa ndende yake, ndipo Yesu anawonekera kwa ofera. Anachiza mabala ake oyipa ndipo adalimbikitsa mtsikanayo. M'mawa, ozunza adadabwa ndi chozizwitsa ndikuzunzidwa Varvara ngakhale. Podziwa kuti mkaziyo sangafune kukopa, iye anaweruzidwa kuti aphedwe. Bamboyo anapha mwana wake wosamvera ndi lupanga. Ozunza sanadye nthawi yaitali, posakhalitsa anakantha ndi mkwiyo wa Ambuye. Martian ndi Dioscor anaphedwa ndi mabingu omwe anawapukuta ochimwa.
Kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma VI, zolemba za wofera chikhulupiriro zinasungidwa ku Constantinople. Zachitika kuti Mfumukazi Varvara, mwana wa mfumu ya Byzantine Alexy I, anakwatiwa ndi mfumu ya Russia Svyatopolk. Bamboyo analoledwa kupita ku Russia zigawo za St. Barbara. Nthawi ndi anthu oipa sankakhoza kuwawononga. Ambiri mwa iwo amasungidwa ku Vladimir Cathedral, ndipo phazi lamanzere mu 1943 linatengedwa ku Ukraine. Tsopano ali ku Canada ku Holy Barbarian Cathedral (Edmonton).
Kodi mapemphero a St. Barbara ndi ati?
Kutangotsala pang'ono kuphedwa, wofera chikhulupiriro anapempha Ambuye kuti athandize Akristu onse okhulupirika omwe anapempherera thandizo lake. Amene adzapempha chitetezo ku mavuto, mwadzidzidzi imfa, omwe amaopa kufa popanda kulapa, onsewa adzapeza thandizo kuchokera kwa Saint Barbara. Mphamvu ya machiritso ya zopatulika zopatulika inali kudziwika kwa anthu akale. Zilonda zamphaka zinagunda Russia nthawi zambiri, koma nthawi zonse ankadutsa kachisi wopatulika, kumene ankagona.
Tsiku lakumbuka kwa St. Barbara likukondedwa pa December 17. Okhulupirira ambiri amayang'anitsitsa nkhope yake. Kodi n'chiyani chimamuthandiza St. Barbara? Nthawi zonse, chitetezo chake chinapemphedwa ndi omwe nthawi zambiri ankaika imfa popanda kulapa kuchokera mwadzidzidzi imfa. Iwo anali oyendayenda, amalonda, anthu ogwira ntchito zoopsa (oyendetsa minda, asilikali). Wofera akufotokozedwa pa mvula yamkuntho, kotero amateteza Akristu ku mkokomo wa mphezi. Ndiponso, Saint Varvara akuonedwa kuti ndi wothandizana ndi amisiri.
Zakale za St. Barbara akhala akudziwika kuti ndi zozizwitsa. Iwo ankakhulupirira kuti iwo akhoza kukhoza mphamvu zawo zaumulungu ndi zinthu zina. Mu nsomba zazinkhanira zokhala ndi ziboliboli, okhulupirira ankasunga mitanda yawo ndi mphete kwa kanthawi, kenaka anazitengera okha ngati ziphuphu zamatsenga.
Kwa akazi ku Russia ankaonedwa kuti ndi tchimo lalikulu kuti azitsuka, kuyala kapena kupukuta dothi tsiku la St. Barbara. Zinali zotheka kupanga zojambulajambula zokha, koma izi zinaloledwa patatha pemphero lapadera. Patsikuli azimayi akuphika vareniki ndi poppy ndi kanyumba tchizi, ndipo atsikana aang'ono amaganiza kuti ali ndi ndalama zambiri. Zinali zofunikira kuswa nthambi ya chitumbuwa m'munda ndikuiika m'madzi. Ngati pa Khirisimasi imamera, ndiye kuti chaka chino banja limayenda bwino. Komanso, malinga ndi zizindikiro zodziwika bwino, amakhulupirira kuti nyengo idzakhala ngati Varvara idzakhala yofanana mumsewu komanso pa Khrisimasi .