Ranar 7 ga Janairu ita ce ranar babban biki mai girma, “mahaifiyar ranaku duka,” in ji St. John Chrysostom. Kirsimeti shine hutun Kirista mafi tsufa, wanda aka riga aka kafa a zamanin almajiran Yesu Kristi - manzanni. A ranar Kirsimeti ranar 25 ga Disamba (7 ga Janairu - bisa ga sabon salo) an nuna shi a karni na II ta St. Clement na Alexandria. A halin yanzu, cewa mutane suna yin bikin Kirsimati a rana ɗaya na ƙarni da yawa ba ya nufin ko kaɗan an haifi Kristi a lokacin.
Gaskiyar ita ce babban tushen tarihin Kiristanci - Littafi Mai-Tsarki - ya ketare ainihin ranar da aka haifi Yesu. Game da abubuwan da suka faru kafin haihuwarsa, akwai. Game da na gaba bayan haihuwa - kuma. Amma babu kwanan wata. Ƙari game da wannan da sauran abubuwan da ba a zata ba game da Kristi karanta nan.
“Saboda rashin kalandar gama gari a duniya ta dā, ba a san ainihin ranar Kirsimeti ba,” in ji Uba Alexander Men a cikin littafin The Son of Man. – Shaida kai tsaye ta sa masana tarihi su kammala cewa an haifi Yesu c. 7-6 BC”
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Kiristocin da suka fi ƙwazo sun fara shirye-shiryen biki tun kafin farkonsa – ta hanyar tsantsar azumi. Ana kiranta Kirsimeti. Ko kuma Filippov (domin yana farawa daga ranar idin manzo Filibus). Azumi, na farko, lokaci ne na natsuwa na musamman na ruhi, addu’a, natsuwa, kame mugun nufin mutum. To, amma game da abinci, to, idan kun bi ƙaƙƙarfan sharuɗɗa, a cikin kwanakin isowa (Nuwamba 28 - Janairu 6):
- kada ku ci nama, man shanu, madara, qwai, cuku
- a ranar Litinin, Laraba da Jumma'a - kada ku ci kifi, kada ku sha ruwan inabi, ana shirya abinci ba tare da mai ba (bushewar cin abinci)
- a ranar Talata, Alhamis, Asabar da Lahadi - za ku iya dafa tare da man kayan lambu
- a ranakun Asabar, Lahadi da manyan bukukuwa, ana ba da izinin kifi.
A jajibirin haihuwar Kristi, ba a cin kome har sai bayyanar tauraro na farko.
A daren 6-7 ga Janairu, Kiristoci suna zuwa hidimar Kirsimeti. Ana gudanar da liturgy na St. Basil the Great a cikin majami'u. Suna rera waƙoƙin yabon haihuwar Kristi. Troparion na Kirsimeti - babban waƙar hutu - ana iya ƙirƙirar shi tun farkon karni na XNUMX:
Kirsimeti ku, Kristi Allahnmu,
duniyar hankali ta kwanta lafiya,
bautar taurari a cikinsa
Ina karatu a matsayin tauraro
Ruku'u gare ku, Rana ta Gaskiya.
kuma ya jagorance ku daga tudun gabas.
Ya Ubangiji, ɗaukaka ta tabbata a gare Ka!
A jajibirin Kirsimeti, an shirya tasa na musamman da ake kira "sochivo" - dafaffen hatsi. Daga wannan suna kalmar "Kirsimeti Hauwa'u".
Amma yin hasashe a jajibirin Kirsimeti ba al'adar Kirista ba ce, amma na arna. Pushkin da Zhukovsky, ba shakka, sun yi bayani dalla-dalla game da arziƙin Kirsimeti, amma irin wannan saɓon ba shi da alaƙa da bangaskiya ta gaske.
Amma al'adar caroling za a iya la'akari da rashin lahani isa. A daren da za a yi biki, mummers sun kawo abinci na gargajiya - kutya Kirsimeti, suna rera waƙoƙin Kirsimeti, kuma masu gidajen da suka ƙwanƙwasa dole ne su ba wa masu waƙa abinci ko kuɗi.
Kuma ranakun Kirsimeti a ƙasarmu (kuma ba wai kawai) an yi la'akari da su a matsayin wani lokaci na sadaka ba - mutane sun ziyarci marasa lafiya da marasa lafiya, suna rarraba abinci da kuɗi ga matalauta.
Abin da ke al'ada don bayarwa don Kirsimeti
Ba da kyauta a Kirsimeti al'ada ce mai tsawo. Wannan shi ne ainihin gaskiya ga kyauta ga yara: bayan haka, ko da al'adar kyauta daga Santa Claus ko Santa Claus don Sabuwar Shekara ta samo asali ne daga al'adar Kirsimeti na ƙarni, bisa ga abin da Saint Nicholas the Pleasant ya kawo kyauta ga yara a Kirsimeti. .
Saboda haka, za ka iya gaya wa yara game da wannan saint, karanta game da rayuwarsa. Kuma ku ba da littafi mai launi game da wannan waliyi.
Amma ga kyautai gabaɗaya, babban abu shine a yi ba tare da wuce gona da iri na Kirsimeti ba. Gifts na iya zama maras tsada, bari ya zama wani abu da aka yi da hannuwanku, saboda babban abu ba shine kyautar kanta ba, amma hankali.