USeraphim wazalwa phantsi kwegama elithi Prokhor kwintsapho eqhelekileyo yomrhwebi owayehlala eKursk. Xa wayesengumntwana, abazali bakhe baqala ukwakha itempile kwisixeko. Ngeli xesha, ummangaliso wokuqala wenzeke kuye: iProkhori yawa yintsimbi kwaye ayizange ihlupheke. Ukususela ngelo xesha waba nomdla kwi-Holy Reading, kwaye ekupheleni kweminyaka eyi-17 wanquma ukukhonza uThixo. Abazali bakhe bamthumelela eKie-Pechersk Lavra, kwaye ke, waya enkqantosini yaseSarov. Kwakukho apho wafumana igama apho waziwa khona.
USeraphim waseSarov unandipha inhlonipho nje kuphela kuma-Orthodox, kodwa nakwaMaKatolika. Uhlonishwa kabini ngonyaka: ngoJanuwari 15, xa uSeraphim ekwahlula phakathi kwabangcwele, kwaye ngo-Agasti 1 - umhla ufikelelwe ekufuneni kweempahla ze-saint. Ngethuba lokuphila kwakhe, uSeraphim, oneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe, wafumana ukhuselo lukaThixo. Wayephethe isipho sokuphilisa, kwaye wabona izinto ezahlukahlukeneyo zexesha elizayo.
Yintoni enceda uSerfim Sarovsky?
Kukho izithethe ezithile zokulungisa i-saint, ezisekelwe kwiinyaniso eziphathekayo ebomini bakhe. USeraphim wayehlala exakekile ngomsebenzi othile, ekholelwa ukuba ngaloo ndlela umntu unokusondela kuThixo . Watsho abanye ukuba bangabagwebi abanye baze bazibuze. Umntu ongcwele uthi kufuneka uvuyiswe into onayo, ungathethi, kodwa wenze kwaye ungalokothi ushiye. Isekelwe kule ngcaciso, abantu bathandaza phambi kwe-icon yeSeraphim yeSarov, ukuze banganelisi kwizilingo baze bafumane amandla okunqoba iimeko ezinzima. USeraphim waseSarov uSt. Unceda ukufumana uxolo phakathi kwexinzelelo yengqondo. Umthandazo ubhenela ukufumana ukuvisisana phakathi kwehlabathi langaphakathi nelokuphela, oko kukuthi, abantu bafumana uxolo lwengqondo. Singaxelela ukuba ongcwele ngumhlobo wabacebisi kubantu abalahlekileyo ebomini kwaye abazi ukuba baqhube phambili. Umthandazo uya kukuvumela ukuba ujamelane nokuzingca nokudangala.
Abaninzi banomdla kwiziphi izifo uStaphim waseSarov uStraf unceda nazo, kuba inani elikhulu labantu liya kwiiNkundla eziPhezulu ngokuthe ngqo ngexesha lokuqala kwezifo ezinzulu. Nangona ebomini, ongcwele wamukele abantu kwaye wabaphilisa kwizifo ezibulalayo. Wasebenzisa amanzi entwasahlobo kunye nomthandazo walo. Izibheno kwiSeraphim zinceda ngezifo zangaphakathi, imilenze kunye nezinye iingxaki. Ukuphulukiswa akuveli kuphela kwimvelo, kodwa nakwimoya yokomoya.
Kumantombazana amaninzi uSerimim Sarovsky wancedisa ukutshata kwaye wakha ubudlelwane obuqinile. Ukubongoza ngokunyanisekileyo kumntu ongcwele unokuguqula ubomi bobuqu obubhetele. Kufuneka ucele malunga nomntu onokumakhela ubuhlobo obuqinileyo kunye obuqilileyo. Abantu abatshatileyo kufuneka bathandaze kufuphi ne-icon ukugcina ubudlelwane, ukuqinisa uthando nokuphepha umtshato.
Ukufumana oko sikunceda umthandazo kuSeraphim waseSarov, kuyafaneleka ukuthetha ukuba ungcwele unika inkxaso kwiinkcukacha zorhwebo nakwezinye iirhwebo, kodwa kuphela ukuba amatyala awabhekiseli kuphela ekucebiseni kwakhe,
Ukuthetha ngoncedo lomSebenzi waseSarov waseMangalisa, kubalulekile ukukhankanya ukuba ibandla lobuKristu likholelwa ukuba akulungile ukunika abangcwele ithuba lokunceda kwimibandela ethile. Inqaku elipheleleyo kukuba nayiphi na isibheno esiya kubangcwele siya kuvakala, kuba into eyona nto kukukholo.
Ekugqibeleni, ndingathanda ukuthetha ukuba unokwenza imithandazo kuSeraphim waseSarov kungekuphela kwakho, kodwa nakubantu abasondeleyo, nangenxa yeentshaba.