Inkulu enkulu yithuba elona lugxininiso kwaye lide, lisuka kwamabandla angamaKristu, nakwezinye iinkolo. Into ongayidla ngexesha leLente limiselwe kwiinqwelo ze-14 kunye neveki yePasika yePasika. Ezi ngcebiso aziqali nje kuphela ukuthintela kokutya, kodwa kunye nokuziphatha kwebandla kwibandla ngeli xesha.
Iposi enkulu kunye nemithetho yayo
I-Lent yi-harbinger yezinye iholide ezizithandayo zamaKristu-i-Easter engcwele. Ngethuba leentsuku ezingama-40 - yile ndlela uYesu azila ukudla ngayo entlango. Ngaphambi kwePentekoste Passage ifika ngeveki eyingcwele, efanekisela iintsuku ezi-7 zokugqibela zobomi bukaKristu. Kwi-Orthodoxy, iVeki Eyingcwele ijoyina i-Great Post, ngoko ihlala iintsuku ezingama-48.
I-Lente ayikuphela kokuphepha kwezilwanyana kunye nokutya kokutya (inyama, amaqanda, ubisi, iilekese), kungenjalo kuya kuba kukutya okulula. Ukugcina ukuzila ukutya kuthetha ukukhutshwa kweengcamango zesono, umsindo, imikhwa emibi kunye neeminqweno zenyama. Ngeentsuku zeLente kufuneka sithandazele ngakumbi, sifunde iincwadi ezingcwele, sicinge ngoThixo. Injongo yeso sikhundla kukuphucula umntu kungekuphela komzimba, kodwa ngokuziphatha.
Ungadla njani ukutya ngokukhawuleza?
Kwaye ngoku ngokubanzi.
Ukulungelelaniswa kwempesheni yePenteke yeveki. Le veki, awukwazi ukuyidla inyama, kodwa zonke ezinye iimveliso ziyavunyelwa. Kwiintsuku ezingama-3 nee-5 iintsuku ze-Shrovetide, omnye kufuneka ukuba azilawule kwaye adle kanye kuphela ngosuku.
Ngenxa yokuba iLente iwa ngexesha elincinci lokuphela kwebusika nakusasa kwentwasahlobo, ukutya okuyinkokhelo enkulu, isinkwa, imifuno, amakhowa, iifleta, izithelo eziqingqiweyo kunye namajikijolo, iinkozo, iimbotyi, izithelo ezomileyo, i-nut, i-oranges nama-apula nazo zivunyelwe. Ngeentsuku zeLente uza kufumana imihla xa ungadla iintlanzi uze ungeze i-sunflower okanye i-linseed ioli.
Abantu abangangeni ngokungena kwiintsingiselo zeecawa bavame ukukholelwa ukuba ngexesha lokuzila ukutya umntu angadla ishokoleta aze atye ikofi. Ezi ngokwenene ezingezizo iimveliso zezilwanyana, ngaphandle kweentlobo zeetrolethi, ezibandakanya ubisi obomileyo kunye ne-ukhilimu. Nangona kunjalo, ukutya okunomsoco kufuneka kube lula, ukungathobeki, ngaphandle kwezinto ezixhamlayo kunye nezithako ezingaqhelekanga.
Iintsuku eziqinileyo zeLente zi-iveki ye-1 kunye ne-7. Ngeentsuku zeveki zale xesha, kufuneka ulambile, udla ukutya kuphela ngokuhlwa, ekudleni kweveki 2 kuvunyelwe. Iveki Eyingcwele yeLwesihlanu ibanjwe yindlala epheleleyo.
Ngomhla woku-1, ii-3 kunye nemihla yesi-5 yeveki yokuzila ukutya, amakholwa adla ukutya okungasetyenziswanga ngethambo (ukutshiziwa kweeshizi) ngaphandle kweoli ye-sunflower. Ngeentsuku ze-2 ne-4, ukutya kuphekwe ngomlilo, nangona kunjalo, kusekho ioli. Kwimihla yesi-6 neye-7, umiselwe ukuba luhlaza, kodwa ibhotela.
Ngamanye amaxesha ezinye izibonelelo ziyavunyelwa: kwiintsuku ze-6 kunye ne-7 zesiLente unako ukusela iwayini-isivini esivuthiweyo. Ngaphandle kwelanga le-6 leveki eyingcwele, leyo, njengomhla wesi-5, amakholwa amaninzi nawo aholele kwindlala . Kuvumelekile ukuba kudle iintlanzi kuphela ngexesha leMidlo yokuSungulwa kweNgcwelengcwele yeTheotokos (ukuba akusiyo umhla wesihlanu weveki eyingcwele) kunye nokungena kweNkosi eYerusalem.
Kwimihla yememori yeengcwele ze-orthodox ezihloniphekileyo, ukuba ziwa ngomhla we-1, wesi-2 ne-4 weveki, unokutya ukutya okucetyiswayo kunye ne-bhotela. Kwaye xa bewela kwiintsuku ze-3 ne-5-ukutya okutshisa ngewayini kuvunyelwe.
Inye yeentsuku zokuzila iyakubonakala njani:
Nangona icawa ilahla ukuphulwa kweLente, ayikucebisi ukuzinyameka okunzulu kwabantwana abangaphantsi kwe-14, abakhulelweyo, abagulayo, abagulayo kunye nabadala. Ukongezelela, umntu akufanele akhuthele ekuqwalaseleni amathandle angqongqo kulabo abasendleleni, umkhosi, kunye nabantu abasebenza ngamandla. Wonke umntu kufuneka azive amakhono akhe kunye namandla akhe, kuba iLente akufanele ibe yinto yokuqala yokudinwa nokugula. Nangona kunjalo, izenzo ezilungileyo, imithandazo yokufunda kunye neencwadi zonqulo zinyanzeliso kwiintsuku zeLent for Christian true.