Ngokusemthethweni ibizwa ngokuthi iSonto LikaMariya, iSonto Lokulinda lihlala enhliziyweni yeCrime Cairo . Lakhelwe eduze kwesigodi eseningizimu esakhiwe iRoma iBoor Fort Fortress futhi sithola igama layo ngokuthi i-nave yayo imisiwe phezu kwendlela. Le ndawo eyingqayizivele inikeza isonto umbono wokulenga phakathi nomoya, umbukwane ozoba umxhwele nakakhulu uma uqala ukwakha lapho izinga lomhlabathi lingamamitha ambalwa ngaphansi kunanamuhla.
Igama lesi-Arabhu, al-Muallaqah, libuye lihunyushwe ngokuthi "Ukumiswa".
Umlando weSonto
I-Hanging Church yamanje icatshangwa ukuthi ibuyele ku-Patriarchate ka-Isaac wase-Aleksandria, uPapa uPapa owayephethe ihhovisi phakathi nekhulu le-7. Ngaphambi kwalokho, esinye isonto sasisendaweni efanayo, sakha isikhathi esithile phakathi nekhulu lesithathu njengendawo yokukhulekela yamasosha ahlala enqabeni yaseRoma. Esikhathini esidlule sesonto esithakazelisayo senza kube yindawo enkulu kunazo zonke zokukhulekela kwamaKristu eGibhithe. Seyakhiwe kabusha izikhathi eziningana kusukela ngekhulu lesi-7, lapho kubuyiselwa khona okuphelele ngaphansi kukaPapa u-Abrahama phakathi nekhulu le-10.
Kuwo wonke umlando walo, iSonto Lokulenga liye lahlala linye lezingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu zeCoptic Christian Church. Ngo-1047, kwaqokwa njengendawo yokuhlala esemthethweni uPapa we-Coptic Orthodox emva kokunqotshwa kwamaSulumane eGibhithe kwaholela ekubeni inxanxathela yaseGibhithe isuke e-Alexandria iya eCairo.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uPapa Christodolos wabangela ukungqubuzana nokulwa ngaphakathi kweCoptic Church ngokukhetha ukuhlanjululwa e-Hanging Church naphezu kokuthi ukuzinikezelwa kwakuvame ukuqhutshwa eSontweni LamaSanta Sergius noBacchus.
Isinqumo sikaPapa Christodolos sasibeka isibonelo, futhi emva kwalokho izinzalamizi eziningana zakhetha ukukhethwa, zibekwe esihlalweni sobukhosi futhi zingcwatshwe eSontweni LamaHlingo.
Imibono kaMariya
I-Hanging Church ibizwa ngokuthi iyindawo yezibonakaliso ezimbalwa zikaMariya, edume kakhulu kunazo zonke ezihlobene noMangaliso weNtaba yeMokattam. Ekhulwini le-10, uPapa u-Abraham wabuzwa ukuba afakazele ukuthi inkolo yakhe yayifanele kuCaliph, al-Muizz. U-Al-Muizz uhlele ukuhlolwa okusekelwe evesini leBhayibheli uJesu athi "Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, uma unokholo oluncane njengenhlamvu yesinaphi, ungasho kule ntaba," Suka lapha uye laphaya "futhi uzohamba ". Ngakho-ke, u-al-Muizz wacela u-Abrahama ukuba athuthele eduze kweMokattam Mountain ngamandla omthandazo wedwa.
U-Abrahama wacela umusa wensuku ezintathu, owahlala ethandazela isiqondiso eSontweni LamaHlongo. Ngosuku lwesithathu, wavakashelwe khona yiNdodakazi kaMariya, eyamtshela ukuthi afune umculi okhanda amehlo obizwa ngokuthi uSimon owayezomnika amandla okwenza lesi simangaliso. U-Abrahama wathola uSimoni, futhi ngemva kokuhamba waya entabeni futhi ekhuluma amazwi ayewunikwe umculi wezithungu, intaba yaphakanyiswa. Lapho ebona lesi simangaliso, uMnumzane uwazi iqiniso lenkolo ka-Abrahama. Namuhla, uMariya uhlala egxile ekukhulekeleni eSontweni le-Hanging.
I-Today Namuhla
Ukuze afinyelele esontweni, izivakashi kufanele zingene ngamasango ensimbi zibe egcekeni elihlotshiswe ngamathebula eBhayibheli.
Ekugcineni kwegceke, indiza yezinyathelo ezingu-29 iholela eminyango yezinkuni eziqoshiwe zesonto kanye nefençade enhle enezandla. Le façade yengezelela okwamanje, kusukela ngekhulu le-19. Ngaphakathi, isonto lihlukaniswe ngamabhayisikili amathathu amakhulu, nezindawo ezintathu zokuhlala ezingasempumalanga. Ukusuka kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla, lezi zindawo ezingcwele zizinikezelwa eSt. George, uMariya noMariya uJohane uMbhapathizi. Ngamunye uhlotshiswe nge-skrini eyinkimbinkimbi yokwembiswa nge-ebony nangendlovu.
Esinye sezici ze-Hanging Church eziphawulekayo yi-plailing, eyakhiwa ngamapulangwe ahlotshisiwe futhi ahloselwe ukufana nendawo yangaphakathi yoMphongolo KaNowa. Okunye okugqamile yi-pulppit ye-marble, esekelwe ngamakholomu angu-13 e-marble okumele amele uJesu nabafundi bakhe abangu-12 . Omunye wamakholomu omnyama, ukuveza ukukhwa kukaJuda; kanti enye ingu-grey, ukumela uTomase ngokungabaza lapho ezwa ngovuko.
Isonto mhlawumbe lidume kakhulu ngezithombe zalo zenkolo, kodwa-ke kulokhu okungu-110 kuhlale kuboniswa ngaphakathi kwezindonga zalo.
Eziningi zazo zihlobisa izikrini zendlu engcwele futhi ziqoshwe umculi oyedwa phakathi nekhulu le-18. Isithonjana esidala kunazo zonke futhi esidume kakhulu saziwa njengeCoptic Mona Lisa. Ibonisa iNdodana kaMariya futhi ibuyele emuva ekhulwini le-8. Izinto eziningi zokuqala ze-Hanging Church zisusiwe, futhi manje seziboniswa e-Coptic Museum eseduzane. Noma kunjalo, isonto lihlala lisiqakathekile kunoma yikuphi ukuya e-Old Cairo. Lapha, izivakashi zingakwazi ukuhlola ingaphakathi lokuthakazelisa yesonto phakathi kwezinsizakalo, noma zilalele emasimini anikezwe olimini lwaseCoptic lwangaphambili lwesiTurgy.
Ulwazi oluwusizo
Isonto liseCoptic Cairo futhi lifinyeleleka kalula ngeMetro Girgis. Ukusuka lapho, yizinyathelo ezimbalwa eziya eSontweni Lama-Hanging. Ukuvakashelwa kufanele kuhlanganiswe nokuvakasha kwe-Coptic Museum, ekhonjiswe kahle emizuzu emibili nje esontweni ngokwayo. Isonto livulekile nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-9: 00 ekuseni kuya ku-4: 00 ntambama, kuyilapho i-Coptic Mass ibanjwa kusukela ngo-8: 00 ekuseni kuya ku-11: 00 ekuseni ngoLwesithathu nangeLwesihlanu; futhi kusukela ngo-9: 00 ekuseni kuya ku-11: 00 ekuseni ngeSonto. Ukungena esontweni kuyinto yamahhala.