Mukadzikadzi akanaka zita Catherine ane midzi yeByzantine. Yagara ichive yakakurumbira, vose vari vanhuwo zvavo, uye pakati pevatongi. Yakanga yakapfekedzwa nemadzimai maviri, mukuremekedzwa kwemaguta akawanda eRussia akanzi mazita - Ekaterinoslav, Ekaterinburg, Ekaterinodar nevamwe. St. Catherine the Great Martyr inorumbidzwa pakati pevanhu, kunyange iye zvino vanhu vazhinji vanomutumidza zita revanasikana vavo, nokuti ane chirevo chakanaka - "mhandara", "nguva dzose yakachena". Vanyori vakawanda vanoita zvekuzvarwa patsva vakaedza kuratidzira chitarisiko chavo pamagetsi avo. Rafael, Caravaggio nevamwe vatenzi vakanaka nguva dzose vaifarira nyaya inodzidzisa yehupenyu uye kutambura kwemufundisi uyu. Zvakakodzera kuyeuka kuvaKristu vose vanotenda uye vakadzi ivavo vanotakura zita iri rinobwinya.
St. Catherine weAlexandria
Maererano nenhau, iye aiva mhuri yeumambo, uye aiva nekunaka kukuru. Varume vazhinji vakatsvaka rukudzo rwekuva murume wavo. Mukuwedzera, Catherine aiziva mitauro yakawanda yekunze, akadzidza kunyatsoteerera, achiteerera kutaura kwevarume vakadzidza, kuverenga mabasa evarume vanozivikanwa mafilosofi. Akanga ane ramangwana rakajeka, pfuma uye kubwinya. Asi musikana uyu akanga asingakurumidzi kunzi uyo akasarudzwa, akarota kuwana munhu akadaro aizomupfuura nokunaka nekudzidza.
Amai venamangwana Great Martyr vakavanda muna Kristu pachivande. Pane imwe nguva, akauyisa mwanasikana wake kumapako, achitaura baba vake vomudzimu. Monk aifarira zvikuru musikana akachenjera. Akakwanisa kumutendeukira kuchiKristu uye akabhabhatidzwa pasi pezita raCatherine. Kazhinji mukadzi wacho aive nechiratidzo chaakaendeswa kudenga uye akazviratidza pamberi peMuponesi pachake. Kwenguva yokutanga akatendeuka kubva kwaari, asi mushure mekuita rubhabhatidzo rwekubhabhatidzwa Kristu akamugamuchira ndokupa sarin'i, achifananidzira kubata.
Mumwe musikana akatya pashure pekuparidza izvi pachena pachena chiKristu. Akauya kumutambo wechihedheni wakarongedzwa naMambo Maximian uye akaedza kunyengetedza mutongi kuti agamuchire kutenda mutsva. Muchenjeri uye ane utsinye ishe aifadzwa zvikuru nekunaka uye chikonzero chaCatherine kuti haana kuda kuuraya musikana wacho pakarepo. Akaronga nharo, apo varume vakakurumbira vakadzidza kuti vaifanira kukunda musikana, kumuita kuti abvume kuti akanga asina kururama. Asi mukadzi wacho anongoparadza nyore nyore nharo dzavo dzose mukukakavadzana uye vakanyadziswa munguva pfupi kuti vaone kukundwa kukuru. Kunyange mambokadzi weAugusta, mushure mokukurukura kwenguva refu naCatherine, vakatenda munaKristu.
Mukutsamwa, Maximian akarayira kuurayiwa kwomukadzi. Kwenguva yokutanga chishamiso chaMwari chakadzivirira Catherine kubva kusvetuka. Chimbo chekuurayiwa chakaparadzwa nesimba rekumatenga, uye vahedheni vazhinji vakarohwa nezvikamu zvaro. Warlord Porfiry nevarwi vake vakashamiswa nekuratidzwa kwaMwari kwavakaramba kuteerera mambo, uye vakaurayiwa kuti vavake kune dzimwe nyaya. Asingagoni kuputsa kuda kweafira kutenda uye kutenda kwake, Maximian akamuuraya. Zvisikwa zvevatsvene zvakatamirwa kugomo, iro riri kuSinai. Nenguva isipi zvinyorwa zveSt. Catherine zvakawanikwa, uye zvichiri kuchengetwa mutembere, yakavakirwa pane ino.
St. Catherine's Memorial Day
Pakupedzisira, vanhu vaifarira zvikuru mitambo yaCatherine. Pazuva rino zvakanga zvisingakwanisi kugara kumba, zvaive zvakakodzera kuti musha wose ufare uye ufare.