- Idilesi: UMichael Rowe, uBridgetown, uBarbados
- Ifowuni yoqhagamshelwano: +1246 4270790
- I-imeyile: stmichael@anglican.bb
- Umhla wesiseko: 1665.
Ixesha le-colonization yaseBrithani eBarbados lalinempembelelo enkulu ebomini nasenkcubeko yesi siqithi. Esinye sobungqina obubalaseleyo yile nguSt. Michael's Cathedral, eyakhelwe ukukhumbula uBukumkani baseBrithani nokumakisha amandla ayo namandla.
Ukususela kwimbali yecawa
ISt. Michael's Cathedral yasungulwa kwaye yahlanjululwa ngo-1665. Kuzo zonke iindawo ezikhoyo, ziphindwe kabini kwiziphumo eziphazamisayo zesiphepho. Ngowe-1780 isakhiwo sasiqhelaniswe ngokupheleleyo. Le meko yaba yimbangela yokubamba kwakhona ekwakhiweni ngokukhethekileyo kwikedareli, eyahlala iminyaka emithathu. Ngomnyaka we-1789 isakhiwo sabuyiselwa ngokupheleleyo, intloko ekhethekileyo yamiselwa ngaphezu kwesibingelelo.
Uzuko lwehlabathi kwiCathedral yaseSt. Michael lafika ngo-1751. Phakathi kweli nyaka, uMongameli waseMelika uGeorge Washington waya kwintlanganiso yokuthandaza kwintlanganiso. Kwiindwendwe, icawa yavulwa kuphela ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Ukususela ngoko, kukho iindwendwe ezihlala zikhokelo, ngexesha apho isikhokelo sichaza ngokucacileyo malunga nembali yetempile, ubuqaqawuli bayo bangaphandle nangaphakathi.
Yintoni inomdla malunga nekrisiti?
I-Cathedral yaseSt. Michael isakhiwo esibukhulu kakhulu kunye nepeyinti ecebile kunye nokuhlobisa kwangaphakathi. Yakhelwe ngokwezithethe zengqungquthela zase-Anglican. Ingcamango ephambili yabakhi bekwakhiwa kwinto yenkcubeko eyayikhumbuza abemi baseBarbados eNgilani kunye nenkunzi yalo.
Ukuthetha malunga nangaphandle kwetempile, kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba yenziwe kwisitayela saseGeorgia, iimpawu ezibonakalayo zezifestile ze-lancet zomsebenzi oyinkosikazi, inqaba kwi-facade, eyenziwe ngamatye e-coral. Kwisakhiwo esiyintloko, emva kancinci ngaphezu kwesikhungo esithe senziwa ngokukhawuleza, bakha inqaba yentsimbi yesithathu yentsimbi yeBaroque, kwisigxina sayo esiphezulu kwakukho i-colonnade.
Into yokuqala eyenza ingqwalasela ngaphakathi kwetempile yindlu ephakamileyo ehlala abantu abayiwaka, kwaye iindawo eziphakamileyo zelitye zilungiswe ngamacwecwe. Abafundisi baseNgesi bafunda ngokucophelela zonke iinkcukacha zengaphakathi. Umzobo weendonga kunye neendonga kwiholo elingaphakathi, ii-choirs, izihlalo zobukhosi kunye neempawu zenziwa kuphela ngabaculi beNgesi. Isici esahlukileyo sibhaliwe kwimimiselo yesiNgesi ngasecaleni lasenyakatho ye-apse kunye nomthandazo kwezinye iindawo zeholo. Ukukhangela abavakhenkethi bavelele i-iconostasis evezwe yenziwe ngabaculi bendawo.
Ngokwahlukileyo kubalulekile ukukhankanya malunga nenxalenye yesibingelelo yekontrare. Nanku umgangatho weemabula ubeka kunye ne-casket eneengqungquthela zemizi engcwele engcwele, ifumaneka kuyo, ngelishwa, ngelinye ilanga. Kufuphi neSt. Michael's Cathedral eBarbados yintsimi yemithi yamandulo kunye namangcwaba aqhekekileyo, apho umphathiswa wokuqala wokuqala wesiqithi u-Grantley Adams wangcwatyelwa khona.
Ndokutyelela njani?
Le nkundla inkulu kwiipariti ezili-11 zeBarbados , iphakathi kwinqununu yelizwe lesiqithi - iBridgetown , elincinane kwimpuma yeSizwe seHaros Square. Ngokutyelela kwakhe, kuya kufuneka ubalekele kwisikhumulo sezindiza sase-Grantley Adams , esiku-14 km ukuya empuma yeBridgetown. Kwisikhululo se-moya, unokrazula imoto okanye uthathe iteksi ukuze ungene ngqo ethempelini.
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