Iqhosha leNtombikazi "Ukugqithisa umbala" yenziwa ngekhulu le-17 kwiNtaba yaseAthos. Ngokomzekelo, kwakusetyenziswe imibhalo yama- akathists aseByzantine, apho uMama kaThixo kunye noThixo-umntwana bafaniswa neentyantyambo ezingapheliyo. Kulo mfanekiso uMama kaThixo uphethe intsana yakhe esandleni sakhe sokunene, kwaye ngakwesobunxele sakhe inentyantyambo yelili ebonisa ukuhlanzeka. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ezininzi iimpawu "Ukugqithisa umbala" azifani nenye, kodwa ngexesha elifanayo kufuneka babe neentyatyambo okanye i-lily okanye i-rose ezandleni zeTheotokos. Ezinye imithombo ibonisa ukuba ngaphambili imifanekiso ibhaliwe ngokuhlukileyo, kwaye iNtombikazi yayihleli esihlalweni sobukhosi kwaye ibambe intonga ehlanganiswe ngeentyantyambo. Emva kwexesha, iinxalenye ezincinci zazisuswa kwinqanawa, kwaye intonga yatshintshwa yintyatyambo.
Nangona i-intetho ekhethekileyo yecandelo elithi "Ukugqithisa umbala" yinto yabasetyhini, bonke abantu banokufaka isicelo kulo uncedo. Ngamaxesha onke abahambi ngeentaba zeNtaba iAthos bangaba ngumbono omeleyo wokwenene ummangaliso. Ngethuba lonyaka, abantu bazisa emfanekisweni iintyatyambo ze-lily white kunye phambi komthendeleko we-Assumption we-Virgin, iziqhamo ezimeleyo zizaliswe ngamandla kwaye ziqala ukuvelisa iimfuno ezintsha. Unyaka wonke, ukubhiyozelwa kwale icon kuyenzeka, kwaye kwenzeka ngo-Ephreli 16.
Injongo kunye nomthandazo we icon "Ukugqithisa umbala"
Amandla alo mfanekiso ayaziwa nakumaxesha amandulo. Abantu babegqoke ezifubeni zabo ukuze bazikhusele kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo. Umthandazo ukhankanya kwi icon ukunceda ukugcina ubumsulwa nobomi bokulunga. Kukho umyalezo wokuthi lo mfanekiso weNtombikazi kaMariya evumela ukuba isondo esifanelekileyo silondoloze ubuhle babo nobutsha kwiminyaka emininzi. Le nkcazelo kwimihla yamandulo ibonwa njengemfihlo, kwaye yayidlulisela kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana kunye nomgca wabafazi. Kukholelwa ukuba umthandazo onyanisekileyo uya kunceda ukuxazulula iingxaki ezininzi zeentsapho.
Ukuxabisa okukhulu kwe icon yeNtombikazi Eyintsikelelo "Umbala ongapheliyo" kubantombazana abangatshatanga, njengoko bephendukela kuye ngesicelo sokukhetha umngane ofanelekileyo wobomi. Kwiimithandazo zabo, amantombazana angacela umtshato ophumelelayo kunye nolonwabo lwentsapho. Ngokuqhelekileyo lo mfanekiso usetyenziselwa intsikelelo yomtshakazi ngaphambi komtshato. Abantu abaselula bathandazela ukulondolozeka. Kukho ubungqina obuninzi bokuthi umfanekiso unceda ukuphilisa izifo ezininzi. Umthandazo ngaphambi kokuba uphawu lweNtombikazi Enyulukileyo "Ukugqithisa umbala" lunceda ukujamelana nemingeni yobomi kunye neentlobo ezihlukahlukeneyo zengxaki. Ungabhekisela kumfanekiso ukuze uthole uthando kunye nokwaziswa kwabanye.