I-Kikos Mountain shrine: i-monasteri njengesikhumbuzo semasiko ase-Orthodox

ICyprus iye yakhanga ukuvakasha okukhulu kwezokuvakasha iminyaka eminingi. Ubuhle bemvelo yaseCypriot, yebo, akungabazeki, kodwa iziqhingi zamasiko zesiqhingi zifanelwe ukunakwa. Amakhompeli, amathempeli, izikhumbuzo zokwakha ezenziwe esikhathini esidlule, kunzima ukufundwa kabusha.

Isakhiwo sezindela esibucebile nesihloniphekile se-Orthodox eCyprus sishowa ngokuthi siyindawo. Sekuyiminyaka eyikhulu ekhuphukile entabeni yaseKikos. Lezindela zadalwa umbusi waseByzantium ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-11. Ngokusho komlando, i-monasteri inomthelela kumsuka wayo u-Isaya. Ngesikhathi umbusi waseByzantium elahlekile kulezi zindawo futhi wahlangana nomhlangano. U-Isaya akafuni ukukhombisa indlela yokuphuma kwabahloniphekile, futhi wenza kabi kabi naye. Ngemva kwesikhashana, imoto yahlasela umbusi waseByzantine, futhi indodakazi yakhe yagula kakhulu. Wabe esekhumbula abampofu. U-Isaya akazange ambuze lutho, ngaphandle kwesithonjana seVirgin, esakhiwe yiSt. Luke, esasigcinwe eNtabeni yaseMgungundlovu eConstantinople. Isithonjana sebiwe futhi sabekwa eNtabeni iKikos. I-monasteri nesonto kamuva bakhulela kule sayithi.

Ngokwezinye izinguqulo, uphawu oludwetshwe nguSt. Luka lwalethwa nguMbusi Alexei Kionin. Wabe nesandla ekwakhiweni kwezindela kanye nesonto. Igama le-monastery liphinde lihlanganiswe ne-fleur of mystery. Kukhona umlando wokuthi ukubonakala kwakhe kwabikezelwa yinyoni encane ehlala kulezi zingxenye. Wahlabelela ingoma mayelana nokuthi intaba izoba yindlu yezindela, iphinda iphinde ibuye: "Kikos, kikos." I-prosaic version eyengeziwe ichaza igama lentaba ngokuthi isithelo esibizwa ngokuthi "ukhukhunathi" sikhula kuso.

Isizindela saseKikos yisiphambano (sasisekelwe e-Holy Cross). Isibonakaliso seViyane sesivele singakapheli iminyaka eyinkulungwane ezindongeni zezindela.

Ekuqaleni lesi sakhiwo sasisokhuni. Nokho, ngemva komlilo phakathi nekhulu le-14, lakhiwe kabusha. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-monastery yaseKikos eCyprus yaqala ukuthola ukubukeka kwayo kwanamuhla.

Manje umhlobiso wangempela weNtaba i-Kikos, i-monastery iyinkimbinkimbi yezakhiwo zetshe eziqinile zendawo zokuhlala nezomnotho. Izindonga zalo zihlotshiswe ngama-mosaics, ama-arched passages.

Emagcekeni kukhona imithombo ejulile, kanye nezakhi zesakhiwo sasendulo. Ukhanya ngokukhazimulayo nobuhle ngezindlela eziningi ngenxa yombhekisi wamanje u-Bishop Nekiphoros.

Isimangaliso sangempela se-monastery yisisithombe sikaMama kaNkulunkulu "Injabulo ne-Consolation", esibhalwe esivela kwisithonjana esifanayo eNtabeni Athos. Ngo-1997, waqala ukungcibilika. Izinkulungwane zabahambeli abafuna ukujoyina lesi simangaliso zithunyelwa eNtabeni Kikos. I-monastery ivula iminyango yezivakashi ezingavakashela imyuziyamu lapha. Lapha ungabona izithonjana ezindala, izakhi ezihlukahlukene zefenisha yesonto, izincwadi zasendulo nokunye okuningi. Imiboniso ye-museum ayiyona kuphela izikhumbuzo ezingokwenkolo kuphela, kodwa futhi nezinto ezivamile zamasiko zasendulo.
Kuphelele, kunamahholo angu-4 emnyuziyamu, okuyilowo nalowo ozinikezelwe kuwo noma esinye isihloko. I-museum ivuliwe unyaka wonke. Abafundi nezingane baya kuwo mahhala, kodwa abantu abadala bakhokha ama-euro ayi-5.