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Kwintshona-ntshona-ntshona yeMalacca , kummandla woMlambo waseMalacca, kukho isakhiwo esibomvu sezitena-isonto lamaProtestanti lasendulo likaKristu. Enye yezinto ezidumileyo kunye neefoto zedolophu. Yingakho bonke abatyelelo abaza eMalacca banyanzelekile ukuba batyelele icawa likaKristu.
Imbali yeCawa likaKristu eMalacca
Ngomnyaka we-1641, isixeko sagqitha kwiBukhosi basePortugal ukuya eHolland, eso sizathu sokuba kuvalwe kwiKatolika yamaRoma kwintsimi yayo. Icawa yaseSt. Paul yabizwa ngokuba yiBhovenkerk kwaye yayikhonza njengecawa eyintloko yesixeko. Ngo-1741, ngokuhlonipha ukubhiyozelwa kweminyaka eyi-100 yabasemagunyeni baseDatshi, kwagqitywa isigqibo sokukwakha inkundla entsha eMalacca. Ngomnyaka we-1824, ngokuhlonipha ukutyikitya isivumelwano malunga nokutshintshwa kwesixeko phantsi kolawulo lweNkampani yaseBritish East India, i-cathedral eMalacca yabizwa ngokuba yiCawa likaKristu.
Kuze kube sekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XX isakhiwo sasiyigwetshiwe emhlophe, esayibonisa ngokucacileyo imvelaphi yezakhiwo ezakhelene nazo. Ngomnyaka we-1911, umbala wecawa kaKristu eMalacca watshintshwa waba ngubomvu, owaba ikhadi lakhe lebhizinisi.
Indlela yokwakha yeCawa likaKristu eMalacca
Isakhiwo sinesimo somxholongwane. Ngomda wokuphakama kweemitha ezili-12, ubude bawo buyi-25 m nobubanzi bayo buyi-13 m. Ibandla likaKristu eMalacca lakhiwa kwindlela yamaColonial yaseDatshi. Yingakho iindonga zayo zakhiwe kwizitena zaseDutch, kwaye uphahla luhlanganiswe neeteri zaseDatshi. Ukugqitywa phantsi kweCawa likaKristu eMalacca, kwakusetyenziswa iibhloko ze-granite, ezazisetyenziswa njengesiqhelo kwiinqanawa zorhwebo.
Ukuhlobisa iifestile zamatye kwathathwa emva kokubanjwa kwesi sixeko ngabaphathi baseBrithani. Kule meko, iifestile zangaphambili zancinciwe kakhulu ngobukhulu. Ivaranda kunye ne-sacristy yeCawa likaKristu eMalacca kwakhiwe kuphela phakathi kwekhulu le-XIX.
Izixhobo zeCawa likaKristu eMalacca
Inkundla enkulu yamaProthestani yeso sixeko ayinomdla nje kuphela kwisakhiwo sayo esingavamile, kodwa nangenxa yokuqokelela kwayo izityebi zenkolo. Abavakatyeli beCawa likaKristu eMalacca banethuba lokuziqhelanisa nemiboniso yamandulo njengale:
- Bell Church. Le nto ibuyele ngo-1698.
- IAtartar Bible. Kuyaziwa ngokuba ngumthungo webhedu, apho amagama 1: 1 avela kuYohn aseDatshi atyotywe.
- Iinqwelo ze-altare zesiliva Lo mzobo ungowokuqala kwexesha lesiDatshi. Nangona ukuba iinqanawa ziya kulahlwa kwecawa, zigcinwa kwintlambo kwaye azifanekanga ziboniswe ukujonga abantu.
- Izikhumbuzo kunye namacwecwe eSikhumbuzo. Zimela iibhloko ze-pavement, apho zibhaliweyo zibhalwe ngesiPutukezi, isiNgesi nesiArmenian.
Ecaweni kaKristu eMalacca, unokuhlala kwiibhentshi ezineminyaka engama-200 ubudala, uthenge iimkhumbuzo kunye neendawo zecawa, ngaloo ndlela wenze umnikelo wokuphuhlisa. Ukungena kwetempile kukhululekile.
Ndingafika njani kwibandla likaKristu?
Ukuze uqhelane nesi sikhumbuzo sakhiwo, kufuneka uhambe kwinqanaba elisezantsi-ntshona yesixeko. Icawa kaKristu eMalacca itholakala kufuphi neJalan Laksamana Avenue kunye ne-Queen Victoria Fountain. Abakhenkethi abahamba ngeemoto banokufika ukusuka kwisixeko sendawo ukuya kwiziko elingaphantsi kwemizuzu engama-10. Ukwenza oku, hamba ngasezantsi ngeNdlela 5, okanye uJalan Chan Koon Cheng.
Iifoto zokuhamba zikulungele ukhethe indlela uJalan Panglima Awang. Kule meko, lonke uhambo oluya kwiCawa likaKristu eMalacca luza kuthatha imizuzu engama-50. Emva kwayo, iyakumisa nombolo yebhasi 17, elandelayo ukusuka kwisikhululo sikhulu.