Yena ngomdanso onjalo uthembise ukugcwalisa noma yikuphi ukufisa komntwana wakhe. Wajabula futhi waphendukela kumama wakhe ukuthola iseluleko. UHerodias weluleka ukuthi, njengomvuzo, indodakazi yanikezwa ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi, inqunywa futhi yalethwa ngoqwembe. UHerode wayengajabuli ngalesi sifiso salo wesifazane, ngoba wayazi ukuthi abantu abaningi bomprofethi bahlonishwa futhi bazuzwa njengefa, kodwa baligcina izwi lakhe - lo mbulali wabe eseqeda ikhanda likaJohn. Ngokufihla abafundi bakhe bangcwaba umzimba we-Forerunner.
Lo mcimbi waba yisisekelo seholidi, egujwa ngamaKristu ngoSepthemba 11. Futhi leli holide libizwa ngokuthi Ukuthiwa kukaJohane uMbhapathizi. Ngezinye izikhathi, ngokungazi kwabo, abantu bakholelwa ukuthi uJohane uMbhapathizi noJohane uMbhapathizi bangabantu ababili abahlukene, kodwa empeleni kungumuntu oyedwa. Umprofethi uJohane ungumprofethi wokugcina weTestamente Elidala (elidala). Yingakho uSeptember 11 kuyisikhathi esikhulu seholide ezweni lamaKhristu, ngoba abantu bayalila ukulahlekelwa okukhulu komuntu omkhulu. Iholidi likaSeptember 11 libizwa nangokuthi usuku lukaJohn the Holovosek.
Eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, kunomlando wokuthi ngesenzo sakhe, iNkosi uHerode, umkakhe kanye nomzukulu wakhe bajeziswa ngolaka lweNkosi. Umzukulu kaHerode, owake wabonisa isifiso, wamemeza endlebeni nonina, wake wawela umfula wawa phakathi kweqhwa. Wayebeka phezu kwe-ice floe, ikhanda lakhe libanjwe, lapho umzimba wakhe wonke usemanzini e-ice. Khona-ke iqhwa elifanayo ligeleza ikhanda lakhe, njengoba nje umbulali enqume ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi. Uyise kaHerodias wathukuthele ukuthi indodakazi yakhe yayiphingile nomfowabo womyeni wakhe futhi wazibiza ngokuthi ngumkakhe, wathumela amasosha akhe eNkosini uHerode, owabulala umbhangqwana esigodlweni sakhe.
Indlela yokugubha iholidi lama-Orthodox ngoSepthemba 11
Ngosuku loBuheading lukaJohane uMbhapathizi, wonke amaKristu aqaphela ngokuqinile okuqinile. Awukwazi ukudla imikhiqizo yobisi, inyama, inhlanzi. Abantu bakaSeptember 11 bavame ukubizwa ngokuthi usuku lukaJohn of Lent. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphezu kwemikhawulo yokudla, eholidini elikhulu lesonto, kubalulekile ukugwema imikhosi ehlukahlukene, ukudansa, ukulalela umculo, ngoba zonke lezi zenzo zifanekisela umkhosi, okwathi lapho umprofethi uJohn wabulawa khona. Yingakho ikholwa lanamuhla idinga ukwenqaba ukugubha izinsuku zokuzalwa noma imishado ngalolo suku.
NgoSeptemba 11, akukho cala ongayiphuza iwayini elibomvu, ngoba lihlotshaniswa negazi. Futhi abapristi abaningi batusa ukulungiswa kokudla ukwenqaba ukusetshenziswa komese. Yiqiniso, abantu banamuhla abakwazi ukunamathela kuzo zonke izingoma zesonto ngenxa yesigqi esheshayo sempilo yabo, kodwa kubalulekile ukukhumbula amaholide amahle kangaka, futhi uma kungenzeka, kufanele bahlonishwe.