አሠርገዋ ለኢትዮጵያ በስብሐት ወበሃሌ ሉያያሬድ ካህን ፀሐያ ለኢትዮጵያ
በዚህች ዕለት የኢትዮጵያዊው ሊቅ ቅዱስ ያሬድ የዕረፍቱ (የተሰወረበት)መታሰቢያ ዕለት ነው። በረከቱ ከሁላችን ጋር ይሁን አሜን።
ታላቁ ሊቅ ቅዱስ ያሬድ
=>ቅዱስ ያሬድ:- ከእግዚአብሔር ያገኘነው አባታችን: ክብራችን: ሞገሳችን ነውና በምን እንመስለዋለን? አንደበቱ ጣፋጭ (ጥዑም): ልቡናው የቅድስና ማሕደር: ሕሊናው የምሥጢራት ሠረገላ ነው:: እስከ አርያም ተነጥቆ የማይፈጸም ምሥጢርን የተመገበ ማን እንደርሱ!
+ሊቀ ሊቃውንት እዝራ ሐዲስ እንደሚሉት:- "ቅዱስ ያሬድ ለኢትዮዽያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ከራስ ጸጉሯ እስከ እግር ጥፍሯ: ሙሉ አካሏ ነው"
=>የሊቁ ዜና ሕይወት በጥቂቱ:-
+ቅዱስ ያሬድ የተወለደው በ505 ዓ/ም አክሱም አካባቢ ሲሆን እናቱ ክርስቲና (ታኡክልያ) አባቱ ደግሞ ይስሐቅ (አብድዩ) ይባላሉ:: ሊቁ በሕጻንነቱ ምሥጢር (ትምሕርት) አልገባው ብሎ ይቸገር ነበር:: ትምሕርት እንቢ ያለው ሰነፍ ስለ ነበር አይደለም:: በጥበበ እግዚአብሔር እንጂ::
+ምን ትምሕርት ባይገባው ጾምና ጸሎትን ያዘወትር ነበር:: ልቡናው ደግሞ በእመቤታችንና በልጇ ፍቅር የታሠረ ነበር:: አንድ ቀን ግን መምሕሩ የነገሩት ቀለም አልያዝሕ አለው:: ሲፈትኑትም ባለመመለሱ ተገረፈ:: ዱላው በጣም ስለ ተሰማው ቅዱሱ ከመምሕሩ ኮብልሎ ማይ ኪራሕ አካባቢ ሲደርስ ደክሞት አርፎ እግዚአብሔር ትጋትንና ተስፋ አለመቁረጥን ከትል አስተማረው::
+ትሏ 6 ጊዜ ወድቃ በ7ኛው ፍሬዋን ስትበላት ተመልክቷልና:: ከዚህ በሁዋላ ቅዱስ ያሬድ ወደ መምሕሩ ተመልሶ: ይቅርታ ጠይቆ ትምሕርት ጀመረ::
+ሊቁም ትጋትንና ጸሎትን ከሰጊድ ጋር አበዛ:: እግዚአብሔር ደግሞ በድንግል እናቱ አማካኝነት የምሥጢር ጽዋን አጠጣው:: ካህኑ ያሬድ እንዲያ አልገባህ ያለው ምስጢር ተገልጦለት በጥቂት ጊዜ ብሉይ ከሐዲስ ወሰነ:: በምሥጢር ባሕርም ይዋኝ ጀመር::
+ያን ጊዜ ሰማያዊ ዜማ አልተገለጠም ነበርና በጸሎት ላይ ሳለ ተደሞ መጣበት:: 3 መላእክት በወፎች አምሳል መጥተው አነጋገሩት:: ድንገትም ነጥቀው ወደ ሰማያት: ወደ ልዑላኑ መላእክት ዘንድ አደረሱት:: ሊቁ በሰማያት ልዩ ምሥጢር: ልዩ ምስጋናና ልዩ ዜማን አዳመጠ:: ይሕንን ምስጋና ብዙ ቅዱሳን ቢሰሙትም ቅዱስ ያሬድ ግን ይዞት እንዲወርድ ተፈቀደለት::
+ሊቁ ወደ ምድር ተመልሶ በታላቅ ተመስጦ አክሱም ጽዮን ውስጥ በሃሌታ አመሰገነ:: ሕዝቡና ንጉሡም ከጣዕሙ የተነሳ አደነቁ:: ቅዱስ ያሬድ ለተወሰነ ጊዜ በአክሱምና ደብረ ዳሞ ሲያገለግል ቆይቶ: ከመሬት ክንድ ከስንዝር ከፍ ብሎ ለእመቤታችን አንቀጸ ብርሃንን ደርሶላት ከሃገሩ ወጣ::
+ቅዱስ ያሬድ በቀሪ የሕይወቱ ዘመናት:-
1."5" ያሕል መጻሕፍትን ጽፏል::
2.በጣና ቂርቆስ: በዙር አባና በሌሎችም ቦታዎች ወንበር ዘርግቶ ብዙ ደቀ መዛሙርትን አፍርቷል::
3.በሰሜን ተራሮች አካባቢ በትጋሃ መላእክትና በተባሕትዎ ኑሯል::
+በ576 ዓ/ም በተወለደ በ71 ዓመቱ በዚህች ቀን ተሰውሯል::
=>አባቶቻችን:-
*ጥዑመ ልሳን
*ንሕብ
*ሊቀ ሊቃውንት
*የሱራፌል አምሳያ
*የቤተ ክርስቲያን እንዚራ
*ካህነ ስብሐት
*መዘምር ዘበድርሳን
*ማኅሌታይ
*ልዑለ ስብከት
እያሉ ይጠሩታል::
=>የቅዱሱ ጸሎትና በረከት ሃገራችንን ከክፉው ሁሉ ይጠብቅልን::
On this day also Theocleia, the wife of Saint
Justus, became a martyr. after the governor of the city of Alexandria
had caused them to be separated from each other, even as it is written
in the section for the tenth day of Yakatit, he took Saint Theocleia to
the city of Dha. And when the governor of the city of Alexandria had
read the letter before the governor of her city, he marveled and said,
“Why have they left their kingdom and chosen death rather than their
kingdom?” And the governor urged her with many words of persuasion, and
promised her great things, but she answered and said unto him, “I have
left my kingdom and I will not return unto it, I am well pleased at my
separation from the husband of my youth, and I am comforted for my
children by the love of my Lord Jesus Christ, and what couldst thou give
me [in place thereof]?” And the governor commanded his soldiers to beat
her, and they beat her until the skin was stripped off her body, and
after this they cast her into the prison house; and the angel of the
Lord appeared unto her and healed her wounds. And when the prisoners
and the other people saw her, many of them marveled, and believed on our
Lord Jesus Christ, and became martyrs. And when the time of the death
of Saint Theocleia drew nigh, the angel of the Lord appeared unto her,
and comforted her and promised her many things. Then the governor
commanded the soldiers to cut off her head with the sword, and they cut
off her head with the sword and she received the crown of martyrdom in
the kingdom of the heavens. And certain believing men came and gave
silver to the soldiers, and they took her holy body, and swathed it for
burial in costly cloths and laid it in a coffin until the end of the
days of the persecution. Salutation to Theocleia.
And on this day also is the commemoration of
Saint Pafnotyos (Paphnutius), the bishop. This father became a monk in
his youth, in the desert of Scete, in the monastery of Abba Macarius,
and he fought a great fight and performed many works of ascetic virtue.
He fasted very often, and never ate food cooked by fire, and ate only
dried herbs. And he learned in the desert the knowledge of the Canon,
[and] the Scriptures, and the Law of the Church, and he was appointed
priest. He lived in the desert for five and thirty years, and the
report of him and his righteousness was noised abroad. And Abba
Philotheus, Archbishop of the city of Alexandria, sent and had him
brought to him, and made him a bishop. When he was appointed bishop he
never changed his apparel, except when he wished to officiate at the
Offering, and then he wore the vestments of a priest; and when he had
finished the office of the Offering he put on his sackcloth again. And
his spiritual fighting and asceticism were so intense, now he followed
the canon of the ascetic life all day long, that his body languished,
and he prayed to God, saying, “O my Lord Jesus Christ, unto Whom praise
belongeth, wilt Thou withhold Thy grace from me because of my office of
bishop?” And the angel of the Lord came and said unto him, “Know thou
that when thou wast in the desert thou hadst none near thee to visit
thee in the time of thy sickness, and there was none to minister unto
thee, and thou wast not able to find relief from thy sickness, and it
was God Who removed sickness and toil from thy body. And behold, thou
art now here in the world, and thou hast near thee those who can
minister unto thee and visit thee; and thou canst obtain relief from thy
sickness, and canst attend to thyself as thou wishest.” And this father
sat in his office of bishop for two and thirty years, and when the time
of his death drew nigh he summoned the priest, and the chief Jews and
the deacons, and he handed over to them the sacred property of the
churches, and all their possessions, and he said unto them, “Behold,
know ye that I am departing to God, and ye know that I have walked in
your midst in a manner which was befitting. And our Lord Jesus Christ,
before Whom I am about to stand, will be witness for me, that I have not
taken for myself one silver drachma of all the money which came to me to
the bishop’s office.” And they embraced him and wept and asked him to
bless them, and not to forget to help them; and he blessed them, and
said unto them, “God bless you and make you strong in the True Faith
until ye draw your last breath”; and thus saying he fell asleep and died
in peace. Salutation to Pafnotyos (Paphnutius), the bishop.
And on this day also became a martyr Abba
Asher, the teacher of Bali, as he was going down to Jerusalem in the
time of Wanag Sagad (died A.D. 1540) the king. He worshipped before
they cut off his head with the sword, and afterwards they burnt him in
the fire, at the gates of Jerusalem, at the place where the foot of our
Lord stood.
And on this day also died the blessed woman
Arsema. This holy woman became a nun in a house of virgins, and
pretended to be mad, and during the night she afflicted herself, and
tortured her flesh with fasting and prayer. And when anyone looked at
her, she pretended to be asleep; and the widows hated her and reviled
her. And God revealed her spiritual fight to Abba Daniel, and when he
arrived in the mountain of the widows he told the abbess all her
virtues, and she told the widows, one by one, and from that day they
treated her with honor. And, hating vain praise, she fled and went into
the desert secretly, leaving behind her with one of them a writing
wherein she praised them for having treated her with contumely, and
there she died.
And on this day also
Saint Euphemia became a martyr in the reign of Diocletian. The name of
her mother was Theodoriasiana, and she was a God-fearing woman and a
believer on our Lord Jesus Christ. And Satan urged Antiopatus to compel
all the Christians to worship idols, and he had her, and many other
Christians with her, brought to him, and he said unto her, “Sacrifice to
the gods.” And Saint Euphemia said unto him, “I will worship my Lord
Jesus Christ only, and I am strong of heart in the Holy Spirit that I
may find the hope of my Father.” Then was Antiopatus wroth, and he
commanded his soldiers to cast her under the wheels of a wagon (?), so
that it might break her body and each of her members; and the angel of
the Lord came from heaven and delivered her. And then he commanded them
to light a fire [and to feed it] until its flames rose up to a height of
five and forty cubits, and to throw her into it. And she stood up in
the midst of the fire and prayed, and as she prayed she went forth from
the fire uninjured; and then they cast her into the prison house until
the morning. And on the following day they brought her before the
Council, and the governor said unto her, “Sacrifice to the gods.” And
the saint laughed and said unto him, “I will not sacrifice to these dumb
stones.” When Antiopatus heard her, he commanded the soldiers to bring
four stones wherein were set instruments for flaying the saint. And
then he commanded them to cast her into a tank of water wherein were
savage creatures (crocodiles ?), and these creatures carried her and
lifted her above the water, and set her outside the tank. And then he
ordered them to place under the dust of the ground sharp stones and
swords, and to make her to run backwards and forwards over them, so that
she might fall down and die, but when she had run over them she remained
uninjured. And then he commanded them to beat her, and to cast her into
a cauldron to boil her, but she suffered no injury whatsoever. And then
they gathered together wild beasts and bears, and set them at her, but
the lions kissed her feet, though one savage beast in evil nature bit
her foot. And a voice came from heaven, saying, “Ascend, O Euphemia,
and come into the holy place,” and thus she finished her martyrdom. And
her father Philophilus and her mother came, and swathed her body for
burial and buried her in a new tomb. Salutation to Euphemia who
finished her course through a bite of a wild beast. Salutation to the
companions of Euphemia, Sosthenes, and Yeketras.
And on this day also became martyrs Saint
Sophia, the mother of Saint Isidore, and his sister Euphemia.
And on this day also are commemorated Abba Bakimos, and Abladen (Ablanius),
and Julius.
Glory
be to God Who is glorified in His Saints.
Amen.
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