Usuku lokuhlonela uSt. Eliya kwi-canon ye-Orthodox ludibaniswa neeholide yesizwe, luxhomekeke kubuhedeni kwaye luhlangene nomhla kaPerun, unkulunkulu ophakamileyo weSlav. Wayengunkulunkulu onamandla, umphathi womlilo wasezulwini nombane, ngoko wayebizwa ngokuba yiGromovik. USilya Ilya wazithathela inxalenye yemisebenzi yakhe, ngokukholelwa ukuba wayeya kubahlwaya aboni, ebabetha ngemicibisholo evuthayo esandleni sakhe yiNkosi. Inzala enkulu kubantu abaninzi banamhlanje ikhutshwa ibali lika-Ilyin's Day, imiqondiso yalo: kutheni ungeke udide, usebenze, uvelise iinkomo emasimini, njl.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuba le ngcwele ayihloniphi kuphela ngamaKristu, kodwa kwakhona ngamaSulumane namaYuda. Kwaye kuzo zonke iinkonzo zonqulo, unemisebenzi efanayo kunye nobuchule. U-Ilya umProfethi waqala ukuqikelela ukuzalwa komsindisi kwi-4th century BC, wayelungile ukuba iNkosi yamthabatha ezulwini xa esaphila, ithumela inqwelo yomlilo. ERashiya, umthendeleko we-Ilyin weza kunye nokwamkela ukholo olutsha lwaseByzantium. Siwubhiyozele ngokubanzi nje kwisakhelo semfundiso yecawa, kodwa nakwinkalo eninzi elandela amasiko abantu. Ngomhla weeholide, umsikazi wayepheka ibhasiki ekhethekileyo, kodwa kwakungenakwenzeka ukusebenza ngqo ngaloo mini. Ngaphambi koko, abalimi babelungiselela ukuduma kwezulu kunye nemililo: bahambisa amanzi, bafunde iincwadana ezikhethekileyo kunye nemithandazo. Ngomhla we-Ilin kwiidolophini kwakuqhelekileyo ukulungiselela isidlo esidityanisiweyo-i-bratchina, apho amadoda kuphela athatha inxaxheba. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuhlwa kusi siganeko sifike kwimikhosi yesizwe kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwabaselula. Kweminye imimandla, kwakuqhelekileyo ukulungelelanisa i-skating kwiithathu, phantse imithi yeKrisimesi.
Ukongezelela, eRashiya kwakukholelwa ukuba emva kohlobo lwe-2 uAgasti luqala ukuhlala kwikhalenda yekwindla: izityalo, izilwanyana kunye neentaka zilungiselela ubusika, imozulu iya kuba yindima. Kodwa amaKristu aseGrike amaholide, ngokuchaseneyo, ahambelana nentshukumo yokushisa, ngoko ke ingcwele yayibuzwa ngokuphathelele ukuthunyelwa kwemvula. Kwakhona kwakukho imithendeleko eqhelekileyo kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwezinto ezinobungozi phezu komlilo.
Ukuchazwa ngabantu, kutheni ungashukumi emva komhla kaIlyin?
Enye yeempawu eziqhelekileyo zeeholide yayikuvunyelwe ukuhlamba kwiindawo zokuhlala zendalo. Ngoku kubonakala kuninzi kungadingekile, kodwa ookhokho bebazi kakuhle oko kuya kwenzeka ntoni xa uhlamba emva koSuku lwe-Ilyin - isifo esibi okanye ukufa ngenxa yesiteleka sombane, ngenxa yokuba ezinjalo izenzo zinokukrakra isanta esinqabileyo. Abantu beza ngeenkcazelo ezininzi malunga nokuvela kwale nkolelo. Okokuqala, ngokwembali, rhoqo xa umprofeti ephuma ngo-Agasti 2 enqwelweni yakhe ukuya kwindlela yasezulwini, enye yehashe yakhe ilahlekelwa ngamahashe, ewela emlanjeni okanye echibini, yenza ukuba kubanda amanzi. Okwesibini, ingqungquthela engabonakaliyo kukuba "amanzi ashushu, kuba u-Ilya wabhala ngamanzi." Okwesithathu, abalimi bekholelwa ukuba ngomhla ka-Ilyin nangemva kwayo imimoya emibi, ngokukhethekileyo i-mermaids, isebenze, kwaye abo banyuka emanzini, bengoziba yixhoba.
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba uhlambe emva kwe-Ilin yomhla wamaOthodoki ngokwecawa?
Iintlanganiso zeCawa kwizinkolelo ezithandwayo ziyibi kakhulu, zibhekiselele kwimfundiso yobuhedeni.
Ingcaciso yesayensi, kutheni ungahlambululi emva kosuku lukaIlyin?
Kodwa izazinzulu ziyaqiniseka ukuba i-omen yabantu bayinkozo engqiqweni. Ngombuzo wokuba unako ukubhukuda emva komhla ka-Ilyin, abaphandi baphendula ngokuqinisekileyo. Kodwa lumkiso: unokugula. Emva ko-Agasti 2, ukuntwela kokusa kubanda kakhulu, amanzi akanalo ixesha lokufudumala, ngoko umntu angakwazi ukubamba ngokubandayo.