EbuKristwini, uSaint Anna ungumama weNtombi kunye nogogo kaKristu. Umfazi waseSt. Joachim, owazala intombazana emva kweminyaka engapheliyo .
Ungcolisi oNgcwele uAna
Ayikho imithombo emininzi isaphila, apho kukho ulwazi malunga nobomi buka-Anna. Wayeyintombi yomfundisi uMathan kunye nomfazi wolungisa uJoachim. Amaqabane minyaka yonke anika i-third thirds yengeniso yabo ethempelini nakwihlwempu. Kuze kubedala bebengakwazi ukuzala abantwana. NguAnna owayezicingela ukuba nguye owona mqobo wolu bunzima.
Emva kokuba waphinda wathandazela ngobubele isipho somntwana waza wathembisa ukuzisa njengesipho kuThixo. Imithandazo yakhe yavakala kwaye isithunywa sikaThixo sahla kuye sisuka ezulwini. Waxelela uAna ukuba kungekudala uza kuba nomntwana, ukuba yayiyintombazana egama linguMariya, kwaye kuyo zonke izizwe zehlabathi ziya kubusiswa. Ngale ntsikelelo, iNgelosi kunye noJoachim babonakala.
Kuze kube yiminyaka emithathu, lo mbhangqwana wakhulisa umntwana ngokwawo, waza wanikela ethempelini leNkosi, apho uMariya wakhulela khona. Ngexesha elithile emva kokusungulwa kwetempile, uJoachim wafa, kwaye emva kweminyaka emibini uAna ngokwakhe.
Ngosuku lweSt. Anna, i-Assumption yeLungisa igujwa. Ubhekwa njengongumncedisi wabo bonke abafazi abakhulelweyo. Abasetyhini baya kuthiwa kunye nesicelo sokuzalwa okulula, impilo enomntwana obomeleleyo kunye nobisi obaneleyo wokuncelisa .
Ukongezelela, u-Anna naye uthathwa ngokuba ngumgcini wezinwele kunye namaqhekeza, kuba yile mi sebenzi ephezulu kwaye ixhunyaniswe nonina. Kwiicawa zamaOthodoki kunye namaKatolika, wayekhethwe njengongcwele.
Umthendeleko weSt. Anne
Usuku lomthendeleko lweSt. Anne ngeOrthodoxy lugubha ngo-Agasti 7. Umthendeleko wongcwele wamaKatolika uAnna, usuku lomama weNtombikazi kaMariya kunye nogogo kaKristu, ugujwa ngoJulayi 26.
Ukongeza kwiSidlo saseSt. Anne kwiKatolika, kuyisiko lokubhiyozela uDisemba 8 kwakhona. Ngaloo mini, uMariya wakhulelwa. Icawa yamaRoma Katolika ibona ukuba lo mbono ungangcola, uchaza oku kukuba uMariya akazange adlulise isono sangaphambili.
Usuku lukaSt. Anna lokukhunjulwa, kuyisiko lokubhiyozela ummangaliso wokholo, umonde, omele umntu olungileyo. Kwiicawa zeOthodoki, i-Great Assumption ye-Olungile uAna iqhutyelwa. Ngaloo mini kubalulekile ukunikela usuku lwecawa, ukuya kwiNtlanganiso. Kucetyiswa ukuba uhlehlise onke amatyala, kungcono ukushiya ingxabano kunye nomsebenzi wendlu. Ngosuku lweSt. Anna, iintsapho ezingenamntwana ziza kutyelela i-chapel okanye zithi i-troparion ka-Anna. Ngomhla we-Assumption, umnxeba kwiilungisa kufuneka uthembeke kwaye uzele ukholo olunzulu.