St. Catherine's Day

Kyakkyawan mace sunan Katarina yana da asalin Byzantine. Ya kasance sananne ne, duk a cikin jama'a, da kuma tsakanin masu adawa. An sa shi ta hanyar shahararru biyu, don girmamawa da yawa daga cikin biranen Rasha - Ekaterinoslav, Ekaterinburg, Ekaterinodar da sauransu. Santa Catarina mai girma Shahidi yana jin tsoron mutane, har ma yanzu mutane da yawa suna kiran ta suna 'ya'yansu mata, domin tana da kyakkyawar ma'ana - "budurwa", "tsabtace tsabta". Mutane da yawa masu fasaha na Renaissance sun yi ƙoƙari su nuna bayyanarta a kan tasoshin su. Rafael, Caravaggio da sauran manyan mashawarci suna janyo hankali game da rayuwar da wahalar wannan shahadar. Yana da daraja tunawa ga dukan Kiristoci masu imani da matan da suke ɗauke da wannan sunan mai daraja.

St. Catherine na Alexandria

A cewar labari, ta kasance dangi ne, kuma yana da kyau. Mutane da yawa sun nemi girmamawa ta zama mijinta. Bugu da ƙari, Catherine ta san yawancin harsuna na kasashen waje, ta nazarin nazari, ta saurari maganganun masu koya, ta karanta ayyukan masana falsafa. Ta na da kyakkyawan haske, dukiya da daukaka. Amma yarinyar ba ta hanzarta suna da sunan zababben ba, yana mafarki na gano irin wannan mutumin wanda zai fi ta kyau da ilmantarwa.

Mahaifiyar mai girma Martyr a asirce yayi imani da Kristi. Da zarar, ta kawo 'yarta a cikin kogo, ta gabatar da mahaifinta na ruhaniya. Monk yana sha'awar wani yarinya mai hikima. Ya gudanar ya canza ta zuwa Kristanci kuma yayi masa baftisma a karkashin sunan Catherine. Sau biyu mace ta sami hangen nesa cewa an tura ta zuwa sama kuma ya bayyana a gaban Mai Ceto. A karo na farko ya juya baya daga ita, amma bayan an yi baftisma Kristi ya karbi ta kuma ya mika zobe, yana nuna alamar auren.

Wata yarinya ta yi jinkiri bayan wannan wa'azin Kristanci. Ta zo wurin ketare da aka shirya ta Sarkin sarakuna Maximian kuma yayi ƙoƙarin rinjayi mai mulki ya karɓi sabon bangaskiya. Babbar maƙaryaciyar maigidan ita ce kyawawan dabi'u da kwarewar Catherine cewa bai so ya kashe matar ba. Ya shirya wani muhawara, inda shahararren malamai suka ci nasara da yarinyar, sun tabbatar da cewa bata dace ba. Amma matar ta lalace duk gardamar su a cikin gardama kuma sun kunyatar ba da daɗewa ba su gane nasarar cin nasara. Har ma sarauniyar Augusta, bayan tattaunawa da Catherine, ta yi imani da Kristi.

A cikin fushi, Maximian ya umarci kisa mace. A karo na farko da mu'ujiza na Allah ya hana Catherine daga yin wasa. An kashe makamin kisan kiyashi ta wurin ikon sama, kuma ɓangarorin da dama suka bugu da yawa. Warlord Mahara da mayaƙansa sun ji daɗi sosai game da bayyanar allahntaka cewa sun ƙi yin biyayya da sarki, kuma an kashe su domin ginawa ga wasu batutuwa. Ba zai yiwu ya karya nufin mai shahadar da bangaskiya ba, Maximian ta kashe ta. An bar ragowar saint din zuwa dutsen, wanda ke kan Sinai. Ba da daɗewa ba aka gano magunguna na St. Catherine, kuma an ajiye su a cikin haikalin, wanda aka gina akan wannan shafin.

St. Catherine's Memorial Day

A baya can, mutane sun kasance shahararren bikin Catherine. A wannan rana ba shi yiwuwa a zauna a gida, wajibi ne duk garin ya yi farin ciki da farin ciki. An bikin idin St. Catherine a ranar 7 ga Disamba. Yawancin lokaci a wannan lokacin titin ya riga ya fara sanyi. A cikin Rasha a wannan rana, matasa sunyi yunkurin sutura daga zane-zane, a kan wajan dawakai. Ma'aurata sun yi ƙoƙari su ci gaba da kasancewa amarya mai kyau a lokacin bukukuwa, don su shirya wani bikin aure don cin abinci na hunturu. An yi imani da cewa Katarina mai girma Martyr mai taimakawa mata a lokacin da take ciki da kuma lokacin da ake fama da wahala . 'Yan mata a Rasha sun tambayi saint don samun kyakkyawan aure. Sun roƙe ta kada ta bari ta mutu ba tare da aure ba, don taimakawa wajen tsara makomar mata. Wannan shahararren ya kaddamar da kullun tare da karatunta, sabili da haka a yammacinta ana daukar nauyin dalibai da dukan ɗaliban, kamar yadda a Rasha, Saint Tatyana.