Uzalwe e:EYerusalem

Idume njenge:Umshumayeli wamaYuda

Iinkokheli Zokomoya Nezenkolo Indoda yakwaSirayeli

utata:UZekariya

umama:UElizabeth

indawo yokufa:Machaerus

Isixeko: IYerusalem, uSirayeli

Kuyacetyiswa Wena

Ngubani uYohane uMbhaptizi?

Ubuntwana NgokweVangeli kaLuka, ukuzalwa kukaYohane kwakuprofetwe kuyise uZakariya, yingelosi uGabriyeli, ngelixa owokuqala wayesenza imisebenzi yakhe njengombingeleli, kwitempile yaseYerusalem. Kuba uZakariya wayengumbingeleli kwikhosi ka-Abhiya kwaye umfazi wakhe uElizabhete wayengomnye weentombi zika-Aron, uJohn waba yinzala ka-Aron kwicala likayise nelomama. IVangeli ibalisa ukuba uMama uMariya weza ezokwazisa uElizabhete ngokukhulelwa kwakhe. Ngelo xesha, uElizabhete wayekwinyanga yesithandathu ekhulelwe kwaye umntwana wakhe ongekazalwa 'waxhuma luvuyo' esibelekweni kuphela. Icandelo loMphathiswa Kuthiwa, eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu, uJohn waqala ukushumayela kwiindonga zomlambo iJordani. Washumayela ngokuchasene nobubi bexesha kwaye watsala amadoda kwisohlwayo nasekubhaptizweni. Umyalezo wakhe kuphela ebantwini yayikukuba baguquke, njengoko iNkosi yayisiza. Wabhaptiza abantu abaninzi, kwaye, ngenxa yoko, wabizwa ngokuba nguYohane uMbhaptizi. NgokweZibhalo Ezingcwele, u-Kristu waguqukela kuYohane ukuze afumane ubhaptizo, kwaye kwenzeka ngexesha lobufundisi buka-John uMbhaptizi. Ngokukhawuleza uYohane waqonda ukuba iNkosi yayinguMesiya. UYohane wabhaptiza uYesu, ephawula ukuqala kobulungiseleli bukaYesu. Emva koko, uYohane waphefumlela abalandeli bakhe ukuba balandele uKristu Ukufa Emva kokubhaptizwa, kukholelwa ukuba uYesu wayeye kushumayela eGalili, ngelixa uYohane wayeqhubeka eshumayela kwintlambo yeYordan. Ukukhula kukaJohn kunye namandla amakhulu kwabangela uloyiko kunye noloyiko ezingqondweni zikaHerode Antipas, uTetrarch wasePereya naseGalili. Emva kokulahla kukaYohane umfazi wakhe okrexezayo nowenza umbulo uHerodiya, owayengumfazi womntakwabo uFilipu (uHerode II), uAntipas wambamba wavalelwa kwiNqaba iMachaerus, kuLwandle Olufileyo. Kwelinye icala, uSalome, intombi kaHerodiya, wachukumisa uAntipas ngomdaniso. Evuyiswa sisenzo sentombazana leyo, wafunga ukuba uza kuyinika nawuphi na umnqweno wayo. USalome, ngokunyanzelwa ngunina, wafuna intloko kaYohane uMbhaptizi. Iziprofeto ngendima kaJohn NgokweTestamente eNdala, uYohane uMbhaptizi wamiselwa nguThixo ukuba abe ngumanduleli okanye umanduleli kaMesiya, uYesu Krestu. Zonke ezi ncwadi zine zeVangeli ziyathetha ngendima yakhe. Isidingo sokwandulela uMesiya sasingaqhelekanga. Nangona kunjalo, amaKristu ayelindele uEliya, umprofeti owaziwayo ngelo xesha, ukuba eze kunoYohane umbhaptizi. Ngenxa yoko, abafundi bala ukwamkela uYohane, kodwa kamva baqonda ukuba uEliya wayeze ngoYohane kuphela, kodwa ngokwasemoyeni nangokomfuziselo. Izithethe zikaJohn kunye nezobuKristu Ngokwe-Orthodox yaseMpuma, uJohn wayengumprofeti wokugqibela owayesebenza njengebhulorho phakathi kwexesha lesityhilelo kunye noMnqophiso omtsha. Kukwathiwa emva kokufa, wehla waya eHadesi kodwa waqhubeka nokushumayela ngokuza kukaYesu uMesiya. Ngokwenkcubeko eNgcwele, kwavela uYohane uMbhaptizi ngexesha lokufa kwabantu, abangakhange bayive iVangeli kaKristu ukubanika iindaba ezimnandi ngokufika kukaKristu. Imbeko Uninzi lweecawa zobuOthodoki zinomfanekiso weSt. John uMbhaptizi kwi iconostasis. Igama lakhe likhankanyiwe ngexesha leNkonzo eziNgcwele. Bonke oLwezibini bonyaka banikezelwe kwimemori ka-St. John the Baptist. Amanye amazwe aseMeditera anikezela iSolstice yehlobo eSt. Isiko elenziwa kwi-solstice lifana nemibhiyozo yehlobo kwilizwe lase-Anglo-Saxon, eliphefumlelweyo kumnyhadala weCeltic weSamhain. UJohn uMbhaptizi ungomnye wabangcwele, obonwa rhoqo kubugcisa bobuKristu. Iintsuku zoMthendeleko NgokukaLuka, ikhalenda yamaKatolika yabeka umthendeleko kaJohn uMbhaptizi ngoJuni 24, kwiinyanga ezintandathu ngaphambi kweKrisimesi. Nangona kunjalo, zintandathu iintsuku zomthendeleko ezinikezelwe kuye. Ngolandelelwano lwamaxesha, o.k.t. ngokonyaka wecawa, iintsuku zetheko ziwela:

• NgoSeptemba 23 - Ukukhulelwa kukaSt. John uManduleli
• NgoJanuwari 7 - I-Synaxis ka-St. John the Forerunner (Lusuku oluphambili lomthendeleko, ngoko nangoko emva kweTheophany, nge-6 kaJanuwari. Olu suku lukwamele ukuhanjiswa kwesinxele sesandla sasekunene sikaYohane uMbhaptizi, sisuka eAntiyokwe siye eConstantinople, ngo-956 )
• NgoFebruwari 24 - UkuQala nokuQala kweSibini kweNtloko yeSt. John uManduleli
• Ngomhla wama-25 - ngoMeyi Ukufunyanwa kwesithathu kweNtloko yeSt. John uManduleli
• Nge-24 kaJuni Ukuzalwa kukaSt. John uManduleli
• Agasti 29 - Ukunqunyulwa intloko kukaSt

Ezinye iintsuku zomthendeleko ezibalulekileyo

• NgoSeptemba 5 - Isikhumbuzo sikaZakariya no-Elisabeth, abazali bakaSt
• Oktobha 12 - Ngokwe-Russian Orthodox Church, olu suku luthathwa njengoGqithiso lwesandla sasekunene soManduleli ukusuka eMalta ukuya eGatchina

• Icawa iSt John yeBhaptizi, kunye neScaron; torje, Slovenia.
• I-Maronite yamaKatolika e-Saint John uMbhaptizi, eBeit Mery, eLebhanon
• I-Armenian Apostolic Monastery yaseGandzasar, eNagorno Karabakh
• I-Romanian Skete Prodromos (igama ligama lesiGrike elithi 'uManduleli'), kwiNtaba yeAthos (ephethe izinto ekukholelwa ukuba zezikaYohane uMbhaptizi)
• Ikholeji yaseSt John yeYunivesithi yaseOxford, eOxford, eNgilane
• IPuerto Rico ekuqaleni yayibizwa ngokuba yiSan Juan Bautista; ISan Juan (ebizwa ngokuba yiPuerto Rico) ngoku ilikomkhulu layo.
• ISt. John's, eNewfoundland (eyasekwa ngomhla kaJohn womthendeleko-nge-24 kaJuni, 1497)
• ISan Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico (yasekwa ngoJuni 24, 1531)
• I-Saint John, iNew Brunswick (ebizwa ngokuba yi-Saint John River, eyathiywa ngu-Samuel de Champlain)
• IYunivesithi yaseSt.John, eQueens, eNew York (Yiyunivesithi yesibini enkulu yamaRoma Katolika eUnited States)
• IYunivesithi yaseSaint John, eCollevilleville, MN (Yiyunivesithi yaseRoma Katolika-iBenedictine yenkululeko kwezobugcisa)
• I-Fête nationale du Québec - ekwabizwa ngokuba yi la St- Jean-Baptiste- yiholide yephondo iQuebec, ebhiyozelwa nge-24 kaJuni minyaka le.
• IPrince Edward Island, iphondo laseKhanada, ekuqaleni lalibizwa ngokuba yi-Île de St-Jean okanye iSt.
• I-wort yaseSt.John ibizwa ngegama likaSt.John, kuba ngokwesiko ivunwa ngomhla wakhe womthendeleko-Juni 24
• I-12th century cathedral eKamieñ Pomorski (ePoland) enomzimba odumileyo wenkulungwane ye-17
• Ikholeji yeNgingqi yaseSt.John eDandenong Melbourne (Australia)
• I-St. John the Baptist Parish kwicandelo elisemazantsi e-American state of Louisiana (eLouisiana, iparish yoluntu ilingana nedolophu kwenye indawo eMntla Melika)
• I-St. John's Avenue eStenen Island, eNew York,
• I-St. John Ambulance kunye ne-Order ehloniphekileyo yase-St
• Umyalelo we-Emperor Military Hospitaller wase-St. John waseJerusalem, waseRhodes naseMalta (ebizwa ngokuba yi-Emperor Military Order yaseMalta)
• Imishini iSan Juan Bautista, yenye yeemishini zokuqala zenkulungwane ye-18 kumantla eCalifornia.
• St. John iBhaptizi Mission, Clatskanie, Oregon & lrm;

• Iicawa ezimbini e-Ein Karem, indawo yesiko lokuzalwa kwakhe
• I-Armenian Apostolic Church yaseSt. John uMbhaptizi, eGandzasar Monastery, eNagorno Karabakh
• I-Basilica yaseSt. John Lateran
• USt John uMbhaptizi waseCoventry
• ISt. John uMbhaptizi eSt. John's, eNewfoundland (Basilica-Cathedral)
• ISt. John uMbhaptizi waseRimini (Cathedral)
• ISt. John uMbhaptizi waseTurin (Cathedral)
• ISaint-Jean-Baptiste d'Audresselles
• Icawa yaseSt. John yaseValletta
• ISaint-John-Baptiste, iChristian Quarter Road, iSixeko esiDala, iYerusalem
• Icawa ka-St. John the Baptist, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
• Icawa yaseSt.John (Episcopal), e-Elizabeth, eNew Jersey
• I-Chapel ka-St. John the Baptist (Icawa ka-St. John the Baptist), ngenkulungwane ye-18, (e-Igreja de São Roque-Lisbon)
• ICathhedral yaseSt John uMbhaptizi, iWarsaw, iPoland. I-Coronation kunye neNdawo yokuNgcwaba eStanislaw Agasti Poniatowski, uKumkani wokugqibela wasePoland.
• I-Monastery yaseSt John iBhaptizi iBigorski, eMakedoni
• ICathhedral yaseSt John uMbhaptizi eCharleston, eSouth Carolina