Kwikhalenda yeOthodoki kukho imininzi emininzi nemihla encinci ebalulekileyo kumakholwa. Ukuthetha kweli nqaku elincinci apho iholide ezinkulu zebandla zibhiyozelwa ngo-Matshi, asizange sichukumise ngesihloko sezithuba zecawa kunye neveki ye-Pancake , umhla wokudlulayo kwaye kuxhomekeke kwiPasika . Nanku kuya kubhekiswa kuphela kweziganeko ezingundoqo ezingezixesha elidlulileyo kule nyanga, kubalulekile kwi-Christian Orthodox.
Iholide enkulu engapheliyo ngeeholide ngoMatshi
Ngomhla ka-2 Matshi, kuyimfuneko ukukhumbula usuku lokukhumbula abantu abathandekayo abafel 'ukholo becawa - uMartyr Omkhulu uTheodore Tirion kunye noMartyr Ermogen. UTheodore wazukisa igama lakhe ngonyaka wama-306, xa wayekwazi ukujongana neentlanga, owazama ukumphoqa ukuba amkele ukholo lobuhedeni. Ukuba ngumlwi olula, yena nakwimeko yokuhlushwa akazange avume ukunikela imibingelelo kwaye wagwetywa ukuba atshiswe. UTheodore wanikela umphefumlo wakhe kuThixo, kodwa umlilo wawunakonakalisa umzimba weMartyr Omkhulu.
Umkhululi waseMoscow u-Ermogen waba udumo ngenxa yokuxhaphaza kwakhe egameni lokholo iminyaka eminyaka kamva. Kwakudingeka abe ngumkhuseli wama-Orthodoxy ngexesha leengxaki ezinobundlobongela, xa usongelo lokuwa kweRashiya ebudeni bokulwa nabahlaseli basekhaya nasePoland. Uhlonishwa kwiMonastery yeMmangaliso, unzalamizi wabasikelela abantu ngokumalunga namaqela asePoland. Kwiinyanga ezilithoba waxhathisa abahlukumezayo, waza wafa nendlala.
Ngomhla ka-5 Matshi kufuneka kukhunjulwe udumo lwezenzo zakhe uYaroslav onoBulumko. Induna eyaziwayo yanikela ixesha elininzi kwimfundo, yakhiwa iitempile eziphakamileyo, kwaye nguyena umbhali obalaseleyo uluhlu olubaluleke kakhulu lwemithetho - "Inyaniso YaseRashiya". Akumangalisi ukuba le ndoda enkulu yaqala ukufundwa ngokukhawuleza ngenxa yokufaneleka kwayo.
Ukufunyanwa kwentloko kaYohane uMbhaptizi we-Orthodox Church kubhiyozela ngoMatshi 9 . Emva kokubulawa, umzimba we-Forerunner wangcwatywa eSebastia, kodwa intloko yakhe yahlala noHerodias. Umfazi womlawuli we-tsar wakwazi ukumbamba, kwaye wayifaka ngaphakathi kwinqanawa, wafihla into engcwele. Ngomnyaka we-IV kuphela, u-Innocent owayenomdla wayekwazi ukufumana isahluko ekwakhiweni kwecawa, kodwa ukwesaba kwabangakholwayo kuye kwamnyanzela ukuba afihlile umkhosi ukuze amsindise. Amakholi angcwele ayefihliwe emaphandleni, kwaye yalahleka. Kungekudala i-monasteri yayakhiwe kule ndawo, kwaye i-Forerunner yona yabonakala kwi-archimandrite ukubonisa apho isitya esingcwele. Emva kokufunyanwa kwesibini, isahluko sithathwa eConstantinople.
Ngo-Matshi 17, uNkosana uDaniel waseMoscow uhlonishwa. Unyana ka-Alexander Nevsky wabusa ngexesha lobunzima bejoka laseTatar. Inxalenye encinane yeqashiso yakhe yanda, nangona engazange azame ukukrazula iimfazwe. Umgcini woxolo wafumana ukufumana kwakhe okukhulu kwiifom zasePereyaslavl, ezinike ithuba lokubeka phambili i-Moscow eyaziwayo engundoqo kwiindima ezihamba phambili.
Ngomhla wama-22 Matshi, umthendeleko odume kakhulu wecawa uqhutyelwa ngenkolelo yokukhumbula aba-40 baseSavastian. Amaqhawe angamaKristu anesibindi ayenqaba ukufunda ukholo lobuhedeni aze athabathe kakubi emanzini abandayo echwebeni eliqhenqileyo kufuphi nedolophu yaseArmenia yaseSevastia. Omnye kuphela wagqiba ukushiya abanye bakhe waza wabaleka ebhakeni lokugcina, kodwa emngceleni wafa kwangoko. Watshintshwa ngumlindi owayebone ukukhanya ebusuku kunye nokufudumala okuvela kwimvelaphi kaThixo. Ijoni lithatha ngomhla olandelayo ukufa kwababulali, kunye namanye amakholwa. Iintshaba zamaKristu zatshiswa, kwaye amathambo aphonswa emanzini, kodwa abafel 'ukholo ababonakala ephupheni kubhishophu wendawo baxelele ukuba bafune kuphi. Njengokuba iinkwenkwezi zazikhanyisa izixhobo eziphantsi komlambo, ezibonisa ummangaliso kaThixo.
Ngo-Matshi 25, uSt. Gregory Dvoslov unqulo. WayengumPapa kwintlekele yamaKristu enkulungwane ye-VI, kodwa wakwazi ukulawula ngokufanelekileyo icawa aze alwe namaqhinga. UGrigory Dvoslov washiya imisebenzi eminingi yonqulo ebaluleke kakhulu, kwaye nangesiLatini wabhala umyalelo weLiturgy yeziPhoso eziPhakanyisiweyo.
Iholide zecawa ziya kuphele ngo-Matshi 30 ngosuku, ebizwa ngokuba yi- Alexei Teply . Ngokuqhelekileyo ngeli xesha iRashiya iqhwa liyancibilika, kwaye unokwazi ukulinda ukufika kobushushu boqobo. UMonk Alexy, indoda kaThixo, wakhulela kwintsapho yamaRoma, kodwa nangomtshato nomfazi omhle wayengenakumnyanzela ukuba alahle ukholo lokwenyaniso. Ubomi bakhe wachitha ngokuthandaza waza wahlala ngeeminikelo. Kuphela emva kokuphelelwa yintliziyo amaRoma afunda ngobungcwele bukaAlexe xa bebona iindawo eziyingcwele ezaziphilisa abagulayo, bezikhupha ihlabathi.