Muna December, mazororo mazhinji echiKristu. Kune matatu kune avo vanoenda imwe pashure peimwe uye vanonyanya kurumbidzwa pakati pevanhu - VaBarbarian, Sawa, Nicholas . Saint Varvara akatambudzwa nekuda kwekutenda kwake, akatambudzwa kuzhinji uye akafira kutenda. Ndicho chifira kutenda kuti vatendi vakawanda vanosarudza sevanamati vavo, vanyengetere kwaari nekukumbira kwekuporesa. Vanhu vanowanzofarira mabasa avo, bvunza kuti ndiani anorindwa naSaint Barbara the Great Martyr. Akava ndiye oga akabvumirwa kubata chikanda mumaoko emafananidzo (mudziyo wokunamata). Maererano nemitambo yekereke yekombe iyi, hapana munhu wevanhu vanogona kuisa. Zvakakosha kuziva nhamo yake yakaoma kunzwisisa kuti nei Saint Varvara akagamuchira rukudzo rwakadaro.
Semwana, Varvara akapedza nguva yakawanda muurusvingo, akakombwa nevashumiri veMamwe Marudzi. Akarasikirwa naamai vake pakutanga, uye baba vake voga ndivo vakanga vachiri kumuberekwa. Akaedza kuita zvose kuti avanze mwanasikana wake kubva pakuona meso. Asi musikana wacho akasangana nevaKristu uye mwoyo wake wakapiswa nerudo rwaShe. Akadzidza zvidzidzo zvekutenda kwechokwadi uye akagamuchira ruregerero rwekubhabhatidzwa. Baba, vanonzwa kuti Varvara haashumirizve vanamwari vekare, akarova mwanasikana wake noutsinye. Asi kutambudzwa hakuna kumumanikidza kuti arambe Musiki. Ipapo Dioscor akaendesa kuna Martian, mutambudzi ane simba wevaKristu vose.
Hapana kutambudzwa kunogona kumanikidza mukadzi murombo kuti achinje zvaanotenda. Pausiku, Chiedza chakavhenekera gomba rayo, uye Jesu akazviratidza kumufira kutenda. Akaporesa maronda ake akaipa uye akanyaradza musikana. Mangwanani, vatambudzi vakashamiswa nechishamiso uye vakatambudzwa Varvara kunyange zvakare. Achiziva kuti mukadzi uyu aisazobvuma kukurudzira, akatongerwa rufu. Baba vacho vakauraya mwanasikana wavo asingateereri nemunondo. Vatambudzi havana kutora nguva refu, vakakurumidza kurohwa nehasha dzaIshe. Martian naDooscor vakaurayiwa nemheni inoparadza vatadzi.
Kubvira pazana remakore VI, zvinyorwa zvemufundisi zvakachengetwa muConstantinople. Zvakaitika kuti Princess Varvara, mwanasikana weByzantine emperor Alexy I, akaroorwa neRussian prince Svyatopolk. Baba vakabvumira kuenda kuRussia zvinyorwa zveSt. Barbara. Nguva uye vanhu vakaipa havakwanise kuzviparadza. Vazhinji vavo vanochengetwa muVladimir Cathedral, uye rutsoka rworuboshwe muna 1943 rwakatorwa kubva kuUkraine. Iye zvino ari kuCanada paChechi yeBrabarian Cathedral (Edmonton).
Ndeapi minyengetero yaSt. Barbara?
Pakupera kwekuurayiwa, mufira wacho akakumbira Ishe kuti abatsire vaKristu vose vakatendeka vakanyengeterera rubatsiro rwavo. Avo vachakumbira kudzivirirwa kubva kune dambudziko rekukurumidza, kufa kamwe kamwe, avo vanotya kufa pasina kupfidza, ivo vose vachawana rubatsiro kubva kuna Saint Barbara. Simba rekuporesa rezvinyorwa zvitsvene raizivikanwa kuvanhu kare kare. Zvironda zvinoparadza zvakarova Russia kakawanda, asi nguva dzose akapfuura temberi tsvene, kwavakarara.
Zuva rekuyeuka kwaSt. Barbara rinopembererwa musi waDecember 17. Vatendi vazhinji vanotendeukira kumeso avo. Chii chinobatsira St. Barbara? Panguva dzose, kudzivirirwa kwake kwakakumbirwa neavo vainyanya kuisa pangozi kufa pasina kupfidza kubva kamwe kamwe kufa. Vaiva vafambi, vatengesi, vanhu vemabasa ane ngozi (miners, mauto). Munhu akafira kutenda anotaurirwa panguva yemheni, kuitira kuti anodzivirira vaKristu kubva pamheni. Uyewo, Saint Varvara inonzi inoshandiswa nevashandi.
Zvinyorwa zveSt. Barbara zvave zvichitaura kare kuti zvinoshamisa. Zvaifungidzirwa kuti ivo vanogona kukanganisa simba ravo raMwari nezvimwe zvinhu. Muchi crayfish nemasikisi, vatendi vaichengeta mitambo yavo uye zvindori kwekanguva, ndokubva vatakura ivo pachavo semasimba emasimba.
Nokuti vakadzi muRussia vaionekwa sechivi chikuru chokugeza, kuchenesa kana kubvisa dongo pazuva reSt. Barbara. Zvakanga zvigoneka kuita michina chete, asi izvi zvaibvumirwa chete mushure memunyengetero chaiwo. Pazuva rino vakadzi vekuvhenganidza vakagadzirwa vareniki nepoppy nekottage cheese, uye vasikana vaduku vakaedza kufungidzira mashanga. Zvaive zvakakosha kuputsa jira re cherry mubindu ndokuisa mumvura. Kana paKrisimasi inotumbuka, saka gore rino mararamiro anobudirira anogoneka. Uyezve, maererano nezviratidzo zvakakurumbira, zvaifungidzirwa kuti izvo zvichaitika mumamiriro ehurumende muVarvara zvaizove zvakafanana mumugwagwa uye paKrisimasi inopenya.