wm. ninos cxovreba

mitropoliti anania jafariZe
seria: qarTvel mefeTa da wmidaTa cxovreba
wm. ninos
cxovreba
s,bkbcb
2004
`wmida ninos cxovrebis~ teqsti Cawerili IV saukuneSi salome ujarmelis mier, Sesulia `qarTlis cxovrebaSi~,
es teqsti TiTqmis ucvlelad, Tanamedrove qarTul
enaze gadmoRebuli mitropolit anania jafariZis mier,
gamoqveynebuli iyo wignSi `saqarTvelos samociqulo eklesiis istoria~, amJamad ki pirvelad qveyndeba damoukidebeli wignakis saxiT. imedi gvaqvs teqstis gacnobis Semdeg
mkiTxveli miubrundeba pirvelwyaros da ufro ukeT
SeigrZnobs Zveli qarTuli enis didebulebasa da brwyinvalebas.
wigni gankuTvnilia moswavleebis, studentebisa da
farTo mkiTxveli sazogadoebisaTvis.
© anania jafariZe,@2004
ISBN 99940-14-39-0
wmi nd a
ni no s
cxovreba
pirvelad vaxsenoT cxovreba wmidisa da netarisa dedisa
Cvenisa da yoveli qarTlis ganmanaTleblisa nino mociqulisa,
romelic TviT manve netarma mogviTxro aRsrulebis Jams da
aRwera morwmune dedofalma salome ujarmelma, mirian mefis Zis colma, asulma Trdat somexTa mefisa.
wmida giorgi kapadokielis qristesTvis wamebis Jams, kapadokiaSi mcxovrebi didebuli kaci zabuloni wavida qalaq
romSi karze samsaxurisaTvis. am dros branjni ebrZodnen
romaelebs. zabulons, romelic romaelTa laSqarSi iyo, misca
RmerTma uZleveli Zali, gaaqcia branjebi da Seipyro maTi
mefe mTavrebTan erTad. keisarma gadawyvita maTi daxocva.
maSin branjebma daiwyes tirili da Seevedrnen zabulons:`jer
mogveci Seni rjuli, Tqveni RmerTis taZarSi Segviyvane da
mere dagvxoce, radganac Sen Segvipyari da Senve dagvexmare
am saqmeSi~. zabulonma es saswrafod auwya keisars da patriarqs. isini monaTles zabulonis xelTa qveS, Seiyvanes RvTis
taZarSi, aziares wmida saidumlos - qristes sisxlsa da
xorcs.
diliT adgnen branjebi, Caicves samkvdro samoseli, gavidnen kacTa sasaklaoze, loculobdnen da madlobdnen RmerTs
naTlisRebisaTvis:`Cven sikvdilSic ukvdavebi varT, rameTu
RmerTma am didebis Rirsni gagvxada~. amis Semyure zabuloni
mwared atirda, rameTu rogorc cxvrebma, Tavi Tvisi warsakveTad moudriknes.
Sevida zabuloni keisarTan da gamoiTxova samkvdrod Sekazmulni. xelmwifem uTxra:`momiZRvnia SenTvis da rac ginda,
is uyavi~.
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zabulonma isini gaaTavisufla. xolo branjebi evedrebodnen, raTa wahyoloda maT qveyanaSi da gaeqristianebina
mTeli maTi eri. ismina, iTxova patriarqisgan mRvdelni, nebarTva
miiRo mefisgan da sixaruliT gahyva maT.
branjTa aTi saerisTavo sixaruliT Seegeba TavianT mefes
didi da Rrma mdinaris piras. gahyo mefem xalxi da daayena
orive napirze. xalxi ganibana wyalSi, amovidnen erT adgilas
da zabulonis xelqveS moinaTlnen. aziara isini qristes saidumlos, dautova mRvdeli da ganuwesa qristianobis yoveli
wesi. gamoemSvidoba da didi simdidriT dabrunda romSi. aq
Tqva:`sjobs, wavide ierusalims da movaxmaro es simdidre
RvTis adgils~. Cavida ierusalimSi da gauyo Tavisi monagebi
glaxakebs. aq patriarqi iyo iobenali. bavSvobaSive daoblebuli iobenali da misi daO sosana warmoSobiT zabulonis
mxrisani iyvnen. Cans, amis gamo niaforma sara beTlemelma,
romelsac emsaxureboda sosana, uTxra patriarqs:`es zabuloni aris mama da ganmanaTlebeli branjTa, RvTismoSiSi da
brZeni kacia. mieci Seni da sosana colad~. patriarqi daTanxmda, misca sosana colad da wavida zabuloni Tavis
samSoblo kapadokiaSi.
wminda nino, qarTlis moZRvari, maTgan iSva. is iyo dediserTa, sxva Svili mis mSoblebs ar hyavdaT. roca nino Tormeti
wlisa gaxda, misma mSoblebma gayides yovelive, rac ebadaT,
wavidnen ierusalims da gauyves glaxakebs. ierusalimSi zabulonma miiRo kurTxeva patriarqisagan da ganSorda Tavis
cols. cremliT gamoeTxova Tavis asuls, ninos da uTxra:`Sen,
Cemo erTaderTo Svilo, gtoveb oblad Cemgan da migandob
zecaTa mamas, rameTu is aris obolTa mama, yovelTa mzrdeli
da qvrivTa ganmkiTxveli. nu geSinia, Svilo Cemo, Seiyvare
qriste mariam magdalinelis msgavsad da lazares debiviT.
Tu Senc maTsaviT Seiyvareb, aseve mogcems yovelives, rasac
iTxov misgan~. es rom Tqva, saukuno amboris-yofiT eambora
da wavida iordanes iqiT meudabnoe kacebTan.
xolo deda wmidisa ninosi patriarqis nebiT dadga glaxaki da uZluri qalebis msaxurad. wmida nino dvinel somex
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niaforTan msaxurobda ori weli da gamohkiTxavda xolme
qristes jvarcmas, daflvasa da aRdgomas, rameTu misebr
rjulis mcodne ierusalimSi aravin iyo, icoda Zveli da
axali aRTqma zedmiwevniT. auwya da uTxra:`vxedav, Svilo
Cemo, Sens Zalas, viTarca Zu lomisa, msgavsi xar dedali
orbisa, romelic haerSi mamalze ufro maRla adis da mis
TvalSi mTeli xmeleTi Cans mcire margalitis TvaliviT,
saWmels ixilavs, dauSvebs frTebs da mieteveba mas. aseve
iyos Seni cxovreba suliwmidis winamZRvrobiT.
mogiTxrob yovelives:mokvdavma adamianebma ixiles warmarTebis mosarjuleblad mosuli ukvdavi RmerTi, romelsac
undoda qveynis xsna:keTils uyofda ebraelebs, mkvdrebs
aRadgenda, brmebs Tvals uxelda, sneulebs kurnavda. SeSurdaT
misi da SeiTqvnen, dagzavnes macneni mTel qveyanaze yoveli
mxridan ebraelebis mosawvevad da auwyes maT:`aha, sacaa
warvwymdebiT, modiT, SemokrbiT yovelni~.
maSin movidnen yvela mxridan uricxvi adamianebi, moses
rjulis swavlulni, win rom aRudgnen suliwmidas, jvars
acves qriste da mis samoselze wili iyares. samoseli CrdiloeTis qveynidan mosul moqalaqeebs SexvdaT. dafles
ebraelebma qriste da dabeWdes misi saflavi, magram is aRdga, rogorc adreve Tqva. tiloni saflavSi ipoves. diliT
pontoeli pilates colma aiRo es tiloni, saswrafod wavida pontoSi da qristes morwmune gaxda. qristes sudari ki
ver ipoves, magram Tqves, petrem ineba misi aReba da masve
hqondeso. jvari ki aqvea damarxuli, ierusalimSi, magram misi
adgili aravin icis. RmerTi inebebs da isic gamoCndeba.
roca sara niaforisgan es moismina wmida ninom, madloba
Seswira RmerTs da kvlav hkiTxa:`sad aris CrdiloeTis
qveyana, saidanac mosul ebraelebs wilad xvdaT da waiRes
samoseli uflisa Cvenisa ieso qristesi?~ miugo da uTxra
sara niaforma, rom aRmosavleTSi aris qalaqi mcxeTa, qveyana
qarTlisa, somxeTTan, mTieli warmarTebisa.
im dReebSi wmida aRdgomis Tayvanissacemad efesodan movida erTi dedakaci. hkiTxa mas sara niaforma:`elene dedo-
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fali kvlav cdomilebasa da bnelSi imyofeba?~. xolo man
upasuxa. `me var maTi mxevali, mcodne yoveli maTi ganzraxvisa, cxadisa da dafarulisa, da vici, rom aqvs mas didi
wadili qristes rjulisa da naTlisRebisTvis~.
es roca moismina, wmida ninom uTxra niafors:`warmgzavne
elene dedofalTan da iqneb miveaxlo mas sasaubrod qristes
Sesaxeb~.
niaforma ninos wadili auwya patriarqs. patriarqma, wmida ninos dedis Zmam, mouxmo Tavis diswuls, daayena is sakurTxevlis aRsavlis karTan, daado xelebi mxrebze da SesTxova
RmerTs:`ufalo RmerTo saukuneTao, xelTa SenTa Sevvedreb Cems obol disSvils, warvavlen Sens saqadageblad,
raTa axaros maT Seni aRdgoma. iqmen, qriste RmerTo, amis
Tanamgzavri da moZRvari~.
gaemgzavrnen wmida nino da efeseli qali qalaq romSi. iq
naxes mefeebis naTesavi erTi dedofali, saxelad rifsime da
misi dedamZuZu gaiane, qalwulTa monasterSi. elodnen da
surdaT ierusalimSi naTlisReba qristes aRsarebisaTvis.
wmida nino rifsimesTan gadavida sacxovreblad. im weliwadsve moinaTlnen rifsime, gaiane da maTi saxleuli ormocdaaTi suli, umravlesma maTTagan wmida ninos xelqveS
miiRo naTlisReba da wavidnen TavianT monasterSi. maTTan
iyo wmida nino ori weli.
im dReebSi keisarma TavisTvis lamazi sacolis mosaZebnad
gagzavna mZebnelni. maT qalwulTa monasterSi ixiles rifsime. gamohkiTxes gvarovneba, radganac aravin iyo saxiT misi
msgavsi. daxates ficarze da gaugzavnes. moewona keisars, aRivso sixaruliT da brZana qorwili. waravlina mociqulebi
mTels Tavis sabrZanebelSi, raTa yvelani ZRveniTa da didi
sixaruliT Sekrebiliyvnen samefo qorwilSi.
roca netarma rifsimem, gaianem da sxva wmida da yovladqebulma qalebma ixiles maTze moweuli gansacdeli, gaixsenes ubiwoebis aRsareba da qebis Rirsi martoobiT cxovreba, iwyes tirili, evedrebodnen RmerTs mowyalebas da er-
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TobiT, urTierTganzraxviT, farulad datoves qveyana, ormocdacametma sulma.
mividnen ltolvilebi somxeTis areebSi, dvinSi, somex mefeTa
sayofelSi. iq Sevidnen maranSi, romelic aSenebuli iyo CrdiloaRmosavleTiT. Tavs irCendnen xelsaqmiT.
xolo keisari aRivso mwuxarebiT, yvelgan gagzavna kacebi
maT mosaZebnad. keisris mociqulebi Trdat somexTa mefesTanac
mividnen, miarTves mas keisris wigni, romelSic ewera: `TviTmpyrobeli keisari siyvaruliT mogikiTxav Cems Zmasa da Tanamosaydre Trdats. gauwyeb, rom mravali vneba gvaqvs qristianTagan, sruliad Seuracxyofilia Cveni samefo ufleba
maTi krebulis mier da dawunebulia Cveni xelmwifeba maTgan,
rameTu isini vinme jvarcmul mkvdars emsaxurebian da Zels
Tayvanscemen, kacTa Zvlebs pativscemen, TavianTi sikvdili
uflis didebad miaCniaT. ar eSiniaT uriebis, uriebs ki jvarcmulis eSiniaT. mefeebs agineben, RmerTebs Seuracxyofen, mzis,
mTvarisa da varskvlavebis naTlis Zala arafrad miaCniaT,
aramed Seqmnilad ityvian im jvarcmulis mier da ise moaqcies qveyana, rom colebi qmrebs da qmrebi colebs Sordebian. Tumca mravali satanjveliT amovwyvite, magram ufro
gamravldnen. SemTxveva mqonda menaxa maTTagan erTi axalgazrda qali da ganvizraxe misi colad moyvana, xolo mas
mefis guli sasurvelad ki ar miaCnda, aramed saZaglad.
arawmidad Semracxes, farulad gaiqcnen da Seni qveynis
sazRvrebSi Semovidnen. icode, Zmao Cemo, gamoiZie isini, roca
ipovni, mohkal, xolo maTgan Secdenil pirmSvenier rifsimes
roca ipovni, warmoavline. Tu Sen inebeb, SenTvis igule,
rameTu aravinaa misi msgavsi saberZneTSi. icocxle RmerTebis
msaxurebiT~.
roca Trdatma es brZaneba waikiTxa keisrisa, mswrafl
iwyo maTi Zebna da ipova isini sawnaxlis saxlSi.
rifsimes xilvisas gulisTqmiT aRivso da didi sixaruliT
gaixara da ganizraxa misi colad moyvana, rac ar isurva
rifsimem. maSin awama is da dedamZuZu gaiane da sxva mravalni
maTgan, zogierTebi daimalnen da iltvodnen.
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maSin wmida nino daimala vardis ekalTa Soris, romelic
jer ar hyvaoda im dros, roca aRmovidnen sulni wmidaTa
mowameTani. ixila wmida ninom wmida stefanes msgavsi diakoni,
naTlis olariT Camomavali, xelSi eWira sasakmevle, romelsac asdioda surnelebis kvamli, cis damfarveli. masTan iyo
simravle zecis erisa da maT SeuerTdnen wmida mowameTa
sulebi. roca es ixila wminda ninom, SehRaRada ase:`ufalo,
ufalo, rad damiteveb me aspitTa da iqedneTa Soris~, maSin
xma moesma zevidan, romelic ityoda:`aseve wagiyvanen, roca
eg ekali, romelic Sens garSemo aris, surnelovan vardis
furclad iqceva, adeq da CrdiloeTisken wadi, sadac samkali
friad aris da muSaki ki mcire~.
da wavida iqidan wmida nino da mivida orbanTaSi, somxeTis sazRvarze, iq daizamTra mravali gasaWiriT, da meoTxe
Tves, romelic aris ivnisi, wavida da moiwia javaxeTis mTebTan,
sadac Sexvda gamdinare did tbas, romelsac hqvia faravna,
xolo roca iqiT gaixeda da ixila CrdiloeTis mTebi, zafxulis am dReebSi savseni TovliT da sastiki haeriT, SeZrwunda wmida nino da Tqva:`ufalo, ufalo, miiRe suli Cemi
Cemgan~.
dahyo iq ori dRe da iTxova sakvebi meTevzeTagan, am tbis
mebadurTagan. mwyemsebic iq iyvnen da Ramis samwysoSi cecxli
enToT. SesTxovdnen TavianT RmerTebs armazs da zadens, aRuTqvamdnen maT Sesawirs, `odes mivideT mSvidobiTo~.
wmida ninom mcired icoda somxuri ena, rameTu niaforisgan iswavla. mwyemsTa Soris somxurad molaparake ipova da
hkiTxa:`romeli soflidan xarT?~ man miugo da uTxra:`daba
elarbinidan da safurclidan da qinZarelni, rabatelni didisa
qalaqisa mcxeTisa, sadac RmerTni RmerToben da mefeni mefoben~. da hkiTxa, Tu `saiT aris mcxeTa?~ xolo mwyemsma ase
auwya, mdinare, romelic am tbidan gaedineba, mcxeTaSi mivao.
daido wmida ninom lodi sasTumlad, dawva da daiZina am
tbis gardasadinelSi. ZilSi CvenebiT movida erTi kaci, zomieri simaRlisa da naxevarTmosani. man misca wmida ninos
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beWdiT daluquli wigni da uTxra:`miarTvi es mcxeTaSi
warmarTTa mefes~. xolo wmida ninom daiwyo tirili da
vedreba. `ufalo, dedakaci var, ucxo da umecari da arc
vici maTi ena, rogor mivide ucxo qveyanaSi, ucxo erSi?~
maSin kacma gauxsna wigni da misca wasakiTxad, dawerili iyo
laTinurad da beWedi iyo ieso qristesi. am wignSi ewera 10
sityva:1. sadac iqadageba es saxareba, iq iTqmeba am dedakacis Sesaxeb; 2. arc mamakaceba aris da arc dedakaceba, aramed
Tqven yovelni erTi xarT~ 3. wadiT da moimowafeniT yovelni
warmarTni da naTelscemdiT maT saxeliTa mamisaTa da ZisaTa
da wmidisa sulisaTa; 4. naTeli gamobrwyinda warmarTebze
didebad erisa Senisa israelisa; 5. sadac sasufevlis es saxareba iqadageba, munca iTqmodes yovelsa sofelsa; 6. vinc
Tqven mogismenT da SegiwynarebT, me Semiwynarebs da vinc me
Semiwynarebs, Cems momavlinebels Seiwynarebs, 7. friad uyvarda mariami ufals, rameTu maradis ismenda mis WeSmarit
sityvas; 8. nu geSiniaT maTi, romelnic Tqvens xorcs moklaven,
maT sulis mokvla ar SeuZliaT; 9. uTxra mariam magdalinels iesom. `wadi, dedakaco, da axare daTa da ZmaTa
CemTa~; 10. qadagebdeT saxeliTa mamisaTa da ZisaTa da sulisa
wmidisaTa;
roca es sityvebi waikiTxa wmida ninom, iwyo vedreba
RvTis mimarT da gulisxma-hyo, rom zecidan iyo es Cveneba,
Tvalni miapyro zecas da meore dRisTvis iTxova Sewevna.
amis Semdeg gahyva tbis mdinares. da iwyo misi dineba
dasavleTis mxares. Seudga ficxel, Znel gzas, mravali Wiri
naxa, mxecebis SiSi, sanam ar miaRwia adgils, sadac wyalma
aRmosavleTiT iwyo dineba. amis Semdeg daiwyo misi lxena,
rameTu ipova iq mogzauri, romelTanac erTad miaRwia qarTlis sanaxebs, qalaqs, romelsac urbnisi ewodeba, sadac ixila
ucxo xalxi, RmerTTa msaxuri. cecxls, qvebs, xeebs RmerTad
Tayvanscemdnen, risTvisac suli daumwuxrda, Sevida ebraelebis
baginSi ebrauli enisaTvis, dahyo iq erTi Tve da qveyanas
ecnoboda.
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erT dRes daiZra didZali xalxi, am qalaqidan warmavalni
did samefo qalaqSi, mcxeTaSi, savaWrod da RmerT armazisTvis
zvarakis Sesawirad. wahyva wmida nino maT. roca qalaqSi
mividnen, dadgnen mogvTa xidTan. cecxlismsaxur am eris Secdomis xilvisas stiroda wmida nino maT warwymedasa da
Tavis ucxoobas.
meore dRes gaisma sayvirT xma, gamovida uricxvi xalxi
viTarca yvavilni velisani da xmauri ismoda saSineli. mefe
jer kidev ar iyo gamosuli. roca movida dro, iwyo sirbili
da damalva yovelma kacma, SiSisgan safarvelSi Serbodnen
da aha, myisve gamovida nana dedofali da nel-nela mosdevda eri. Seamkes yoveli quCa sxvadasxvaferi samosliT. iwyo
mTelma erma mefis qeba. maSin gamovida mefe sazareli da
TvalSeudgami xilviT, wmida ninom hkiTxa erT ebrael qals:`ra
aris es?~ man upasuxa:`RmerTi RmerTTa armazi uxmobs, romlis gareSec sxva kerpebi ararani arian~. myisve wavida wmida
nino armazis saxilvelad da `aRivsnen mTebi droSebiT da
xalxiT, viTarca velni yvavilTa~.
xolo wmida ninom Seaswro armazis cixeSi da dadga kerpis
maxloblad, zRudis napralTan. xedavda miuwvdomel da eniT
uTqmel sakvirvelebas, Tu rogor eSinodaT mefes, mTavrebs
da mTel ers maT winaSe aRmarTuli kerpebisa. ixila wmida
ninom, rom idga erTi spilenZis kaci, tans oqros jaWvi emosa,
Tavze oqros Cafxuti exura, samxreebic oqrosive hqonda da
moWedili iyo Zvirfasi TvlebiT. xelT xmali epyra viTarca
elva da iqnevda. Tu vinme Seexeboda, sasikvdilod gaiwireboda. ambobdnen:`vaime, ar davaklo dideba am did RmerTs
armazs, an ar Sevcde ebraelebisa da mogvebis mosmeniT,
romelnic ityvian raRac ucxo RmerTis Sesaxeb, ar mipovos
raime biwi armazma da ar mces Tavisi maxvili, romlisac
yvelas eSinia~. da SiSiT Tayvaniscemdnen mas.
da aseve iyo mis marjvniv oqros kerpi, saxeli misi gaci
da mas marcxniv edga vercxlis kerpi, saxeli misi gaim, romelnic
RmerTebad miaCnda qarTlis ers.
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maSin tiroda da oxravda netari nino RvTis mimarT am
CrdiloeTis qveynis SecdomisaTvis, rom naTeli maTTvis dafaruli iyo da bneli uflobda maTze mefeni da mTavarni
cocxlad STaenTqa jojoxeTs, daetovebinaT dambadebeli,
qvasa da xes, spilenZsa da gamoWedil rvals RmerTad Tayvans
cemdnen.
aRixilna zecad da Tqva:`ufalo, erTi wmida samebisagani kacad iqmen da acxovne yoveli sofeli, nu ugulebelyof amaT, rameTu kaci Seni xati aris, moxede wyalobiT am
ers, Serisxe soflis mpyrobeli, bneleTis mTavari uCino sulebi.
miCvene me, ufalo RmerTo mamisa da dedisa Cemisao, mxevalsa
Sensa, raTa ixilon yovelTa kideTa qveynisaTa macxovareba
Seni, raTa CrdiloeTi samxreTTan erTad ixarebdes da yovelma
enam (yvela erma) mxolod Sen gces Tayvani Seni Zis ieso
qristes mier, romelsac Svenis madloba da didebismetyveleba~.
rogorc ki daasrula es locva wmida ninom, Tvalis erT
wamisyofaSi amovarda dasavleTis qari, gaisma sazareli quxilis xma, gamoCnda swrafi Rrublebi saSineli niSniT, moitana
dasavleTis niavma myrali da Zlier cudi, mware suni. es rom
ixila eris simravlem, iltvoda yoveli kaci da qali qalaqisa da soflebisaken, miecaT dro, rom yovel kacs Seeswro
Tavis sayofelSi da swrafad moiwia es risxvis Rrubeli,
mwared sastiki da mxolod kerpebis sayofel adgilze moiRo
litris* toli setyva. daamsxvria es kerpebi da Semusra,
daarRvia zRudeni sastikma qarma da kldeTa napralebSi
Caamxo, xolo wmida nino darCa mSvidobiT im adgilas, sadac
pirvelad iyo Sesuli.
meore dRes gamovida mirian mefe da yoveli eri. eZebdnen
maT RmerTebs da ver ipovnes, ris gamoc SeeSindaT da SeZrwundnen, iglovdnen da ambobdnen:`qaldevelTa RmerTi iTrujan da Cveni RmerTi armazi mtrebi arian, aman erTxel masze
zRva miaqcia da axla man Suri iZia, mis mier moxda es~. xolo
litra* — wonis erTeuli Zvelad
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sxvebi ambobdnen:`romeli RmerTis ZaliTac Trdat mefe
gareul Rorad iqca da imave RmerTis ZaliT kvlav kacadve
iqmna, im RmerTma moaxdina es. rameTu sxva RmerTi uZluria
aseTis qmnad~. amas ambobdnen imitom, rom Trdat mefis Rorad da mere kacad gadaqcevis Semdeg, qristes qeba-dideba
qarTlSi aRar iTqmoda farulad, rameTu RvTis madlma aRmosavleTSi mofena daiwyo.
risxvis dRes, sastiki qaris dacxromis Semdeg, gamovida
wminda nino kldis napralidan, ipova bivrilis Tvali, aiRo
da wavida kldis qimisaken, sadac idga Zveli cixe. iq idga
akakis xe mSvenieri, maRali da rtomravali, sadac iyo bartam mefis sagrili da gansasvenebeli. mivida am xis Ziras,
gaakeTa qristes jvris niSani da eqvs dRes aq iloca. madlobda RmerTs da evedreboda, raTa moexeda wyalobiT Secdomili erisTvis, exsna eSmakisagan. iyo meeqvse dRe im Tvisa,
roca emanuilma Taboris mTaze mamis xati uCvena mociqulebis da winaswarmetyvelebis meTaurebs.
maSin movida erTi sefeqali, saxelad SroSana da ixila is
xis qveS, gaukvirda, moiyvana berZnulad metyveli qali, hkiTxa
misi gza, xolo wminda ninom auwya da uTxra yoveli gza da
saqme Tavisi, garda dedis Zmebisa, rameTu tyved gaacno Tavi.
maSin Seewyala SroSanas ucxoebisTvis, aevso cremliT
Tvalni da daaZala samefo saxlSi wahyoloda, xolo wminda
ninom ar ineba wasvla masTan da wavida SroSana.
amis Semdeg mesame dRes Camovida mtkvarze da gaemarTa
mefis baRSi, sadac amJamad aris sveti igi RvTiT aRmarTuli
da sakaTalikoso eklesia. roca mivida baRis karTan, ixila
mcire saxli baRis mcvelisa. Sevida wmida nino. ijda iq
dedakaci, saxelad anastos. roca dedakacma ixila nino adga,
moexvia da Seitkbo, rogorc nacnobma, dabana xelebi, scxo
zeTi, miarTva puri da Rvino. dahyo masTan wmida ninom cxra
Tve.
anastos da misi qmari uSviloebi iyvnen da wuxdnen uSvilobisaTvis. wmida ninos eCvena:movida kaci naTlisferi da
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Tqva:Sedi am baRSi, xeze aSvebuli vazia _ babilo, naZvTa
qveS. aiRe miwa am adgilidan, SeaWame magaT da eyolebaT
Svili~. hyo ase wmida ninom da uTxra:`dausabamo RvTis Zis,
qristes ZaliT, romelic Tanamosaydre aris mamisa da sulisa
wmidisa da romelic Seni xsnisaTvis gankacda, jvars ecva,
daefla, aRdga mesame dRes, amaRlda zecad, dajda mamis
gverdiT, kvlav mova didebiT gansasjelad cocxlebisa da
mkvdrebisa, man mogces Sen gulisxmis-yofa~. da auwya yoveli
gza WeSmariti.
maSin col-qmarma aRiara qriste da daemowafnen farulad. wmida ninom qalaqis zRudis gareT ipovna mayvlis
buCqi, sadac axla aris zemo eklesiis sakurTxeveli, saepiskoposo. da is Seqmna Tavis sayoflad. Seqmna nasxlevisagan
jvari da aRmarTa am buCqis qveS. marad loculobda dRe da
Rame daucxromlad. da emsaxureboda es col-qmari. ukvirdaT misi Rvawli, locva da mRviZareba.
da mravalgzis midiodnen uriaTa ubanSi ebrauli enisa da
uflis kvarTis gamoZiebisaTvis, romlis Sesaxebac ierusalimSi moismina niaforisgan, rom `kvarTi uflisa mcxeTel ebraelebs
wauRiaTo~. amisaTvis gamoeZiebda uriebTan, rom gaego raime
kvarTis Sesaxeb.
da ipova erTi ebraeli mRvdeli, saxeliT abiaTari da
uqadaga mas da mis asuls sidonias Cveni uflis ieso qristes
saxareba. irwmunes da daemowafnen isini da sxva 6 ebraeli
qali. da naTlisRebis gareSe aiRes wmida ninos swavlis uReli. rameTu ara ipoveboda mRvdeli, romelic naTelsscemda
da farulad iyvnen misi mowafeni. kurnavda da qristes ZaliT
sakvirvelebebs hyofda:mravali ganrRveuli gankurna.
ase imyofeboda qalaq mcxeTaSi sam wels. am dros SeiWrnen mirian mefe da misi Zmiswuli, sparsTa mefe, saberZneTSi,
xolo konstantine berZenTa mefem qristes ZaliT da jvris
winamZRvrobiT gandevna es mefeebi da maTi mravali molaSqre
mosra.
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Tqmuli abiaTar mRvdelisa, romelic daemowafa
wmidasa da netar ninos
`me, abiaTar mRvdeli, wilisyriT vmRvdelobdi im weliwads, roca wmida da netari nino movida mcxeTaSi. maSin
momivida werili antioqiidan, ebraeli mRvdlebisgan, romelSic
ewera:`samad gahyo RmerTma israelis samefo. Cveni
winaswarmetyvelebi dacxrnen, aRsrulda yovelive da ganvibnieniT yvela qveyanaSi. romaelebma daipyres Cveni qveyana.
vtirodiT erTurTs, rameTu ganvarisxeT Semoqmedi RmerTi.
axla ki ganixile moses wigni da is sityva, romelic dagviwera Cven:`romeli ityGs queyanasa zeda RmrTad Tavsa TGssa,
Zelsa damoekiden~. an rom avcdenodiT ieso nazarevelis
sikvdils! rameTu vxedavT, roca Cveni winapari mamebi
Sescodebdnen xolme RmerTs da daiviwyebdnen mas, maSin tyveobasa da gansacdelSi xvdebodnen, xolo roca moiqceodnen
da SesTxovdnen, maSin srulad ganSordebodnen Wirs. es Svidgzis
viciT werilidan. xolo axla, radganac Cvenma mamebma xeli
Seaxes im mwiri dedakacis Zes da mokles is, aiRo RmerTma
xeli wyalobisa Cvengan da gahyo Cveni samefo, gangvaSora mis
wminda taZars da ugulebelyo Cveni eri sruliad, da imis
Semdeg gavida 300 weli dametic, aRar Seismina Cveni vedreba
da unda vifiqroT, rom zeciT iyo is kaci~.
amis Semdeg viwye gamokiTxva ninosgan qristes Sesaxeb, Tu
vin iyo is da ra mizeziT iqmna Ze RvTisa kacad. maSin aRaRo
piri wmida ninom, rogorc aRmomdinare wyarom da iwyo sityva saukuniTgan. Cvens wignebs zepir aRmoityoda, gonebadakarguls gonier-gvyofda, ZmaTa CvenTa Segvabralebda
da rjulis cvalebas dagvajerebda, sanam ar virwmune misi
sityva. ieso qriste - Ze RvTisa, misi vneba da aRdgoma. misi
saSineli meored mosvla da warmarTTa molodini. me da Cemi
Svili misi gansawmedelis sapkureblis miRebis Rirsi SeviqmeniT, im wylis embazisa, romelsac natrobda daviT da ver
eRirsa. da mesma me axlisa rjulisa, sagaloblisa, romelsac
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natrobda daviT. Rirs viqmeniT RvTis Zis - qristes sisxlisa
da xorcis ziarebisa, tkbil ars gemos-xilva qveynis codvaTaTvis Sewiruli kravisa. da ase inebe, ufalo, gansvla
Cemi xorcidan. da kvlav mravali saswauli ixila Cemma Tvalebma
wmida ninos mier aRsrulebuli Cvens dReebSi.
Tqmuli misive, abiaTar mRvdelisa, kvarTisaTvis
uflisa Cvenisa ieso qristesi
`me, abiaTar mRvdeli, mogiTxrobT im ambavs, romelic
meuwya da Cemi yuriT movismine mamisa da dedisagan da wignidanac
vici, rameTu maTac mSoblebisa da papebisagan moTxrobiT da
smeniT icodnen, rom roca herode mefobda ierusalims, maSin
gvesma. `ierusalimi sparselebma daipyreso~, ris gamoc iqmna
glova da wuxili qarTveli ebraelebisa, mcxeTis mkvidrTa,
bodeli mRvdlebisa, kodiswyaroeli mwignobrebisa, sobis
kananelTa TargmanTa eseni yvelani moemzadnen saltolvelad, xolo ramdenime dRis Semdeg movida xma nugeSiscemisa,
rom `sparselebi dasapyrobad ki ar movidnen ierusalimSi,
aramed iaraRis nacvlad mohqondaT samefo oqro, muri
avadmyofobis mswrafl mkurnali, da gundruki saamo surnelebisa. da eZebdnen vinme axalSobil yrmas, daviTis Zes.
ipoves erTi, mwiri dedakacisagan Sobili udrood da uadgilo adgilas. da eseni am yrmis TayvaniscemisTvis movidnen da
mas Seswires ZRveni igi~. es rom gaiges, iqmna didi sixaruli
yovelTa zeda huriaTa qarTvelTa.
amis Semdeg, roca gavida 30 weli, maSin mowera ana mRvdelma
ierusalimidan Cvens mamaTamamas
eliozs, rom is, romlisTvisac sparsTa mefeebi ZRveniT movidnen, gaizarda, ukve
asakSia da Tavis Tavs uwodebs RvTis Zes. modiT yvelani mis
sikvdilze, raTa aResrulos moses mcneba~. da wavida aqedan
elioz mRvdeli, Cemi mamaTa mama, moxucebuli kaci da hyavda
mas deda elia mRvdlis tomisgan da erTi da. evedreboda
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eliozs dedamisi ase:`wadi, Svilo, mefis mowodebiT da
rjulis wesis Tanaxmad, xolo rasac isini ganizraxaven, nu
SeuerTdebi cnobierad, rameTu igi aris sityva winaswarmetyvelTa da igavi brZenTa~. wavidnen elioz mcxeTeli da longinoz
karsneli da iq daeswrnen uflis jvarcmas.
xolo roca damsWvales ufali da kveriT dahkres samsWvals, aq eliozis dedas moesma, ikivla da Tqva. `mSvidobiT,
mefobao huriaTao, rameTu mohkaliT Tqveni macxovari da
iqmeniT Semoqmedis mkvleli. vai, Cems Tavs, amaze win rad ar
movkvdi, rom Cems yurebs ar moesminaT~. da ase Seisvena
(gardaicvala).
xolo uflis kvarTi wilad xvdaT mcxeTelebs. wamoiRo
eliozma da moitana mcxeTas. da moegeba misi dai cremliani.
moexvia yelze Tavis Zmas, gamoarTva iesos samoseli, miikra
mkerdze da suli ganuteva am sami tkiviliT:qristes sikvdilisaTvis, dedisa da ZmisTvis, romelic eziara uflis sisxls.
maSin am sakvirvelebam didad SeaSfoTa mcxeTa, gaukvirda
TviT did aderki mefes, xalxis simravlesa da mTavrebs. moewona aderki mefes es samoseli, magram sakvirvelebisgan zardacemuli da SeSinebuli iyo. ar ineba gamoReba mkvdris
xelidan, romelsac magrad da surviliT Caekra samoseli.
eliozma damarxa Tavisi da, mas xelT hqonda samoseli uflisa.
es adgili sad aris, ufalma icis. mravali wlis Semdeg
aderki mefis Zmiswulma armazaelma moiZia es samoseli
ebraelebTan da ver ipova, rameTu auwyes yoveli, rac iyo.
aravin icis, sad aris es adgili, ician mxolod, rom aris
libanidan Camotanili da mcxeTas darguli da gazrdili
naZvis maxloblad~. mravalgzis brZana dedaman Cvenma wmida
ninom, rom mogveZia es samoseli, magram masac uTxres:`es is
adgilia, sadac kacTa ena ar dadumdeba RvTis sagaloblad~.
da esec meuwya mamaCemisgan, rom aris sxvac:saRmrTo
ZaliT Semosili ormagi xaleni eliasi am qalaqSi. eliozis
saxli iyo qalaqis dasavleTiT, mogvTa xids iqiT.
im dReebSi mravalgzis ixila Cvenma wmida ninom, TiTqosda
modiodnen cis frinvelebi Savi ferisani, Sevidodnen mdinare-
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Si, ganibandnen, ganspetakdebodnen da aRvidodnen baRSi, maRlari vazis (babilo) yurZens SeWamdnen, yvavilebs moZovdnen
da ase surviliT wmida ninosTan mividodnen, TiTqosda misi
iyo is baRi, Semoudgebodnen mSvenieri JiviliT garSemo. es
uTxra wmida ninom Tavis mowafe sidonias, abiaTaris asuls,
xolo sidoniam uTxra wmida ninos:`ucxov da tyveTa mxsnelo tyveo, ici, rom Sens mier movida es axali dro, Sens mier
ismis is Zveli ambavi, mamaTa CvenTa naqmari:sisxlis daTxeva
im zeciuri kacisa, rac safuZvlad daedo ebraelebis sircxvils, mTel qveyanaze kidiTkidemde ganbneva, maTi mefobis dacema,
wmida taZris warTmeva, ucxo eris mowodeba maTi didebis
maTTvis misacemad~. ierusalim, ierusalim, ierusalim, rogor
gagiSlia frTebi da Semoikreb Seni frTebis qveS ciskiduris
yvela ers. aha, aqac mosula es dedakaci, romelic Secvlis am
qveynis yovel wess. da uTxra wmida ninos _ `es Seni Cveneba is
aris, rom es adgili Sens mier iqceva samoTxed~.
saberZneTidan mefe konstantines mier damarcxebuli mirian mefis mosvlamde wmida ninom gancxadebulad daiwyo qristes
rjulis qadageba, gamoaCina vazis nasxlevis jvari da miT
iqmoda did sakvirvelebas:wamlis gareSe ganrRveuli gankurna
jvris SexebiT. masTan erTad qadagebdnen misi mowafeebi, romlebic Tavdapirvelad farulad daemowafnen _ 7 ebraeli
qali:sidonia, abiaTaris asuli da sxva eqvsi, baRis mcveli
col-qmari da abiaTar mRvdeli _ axali pavle, romelic
uSiSrad da daucxromlad qadagebda qristes rjuls. is
didi mcodne iyo Zveli rjulisa. axali rjuli iswavla
wmida ninosgan da ninoze ufro metad uxsnida yovel kacs
WeSmarit rjuls.
maSin aRiZrnen ebraelebi da surdaT qviT CaeqolaT abiaTari, xolo man, mefem, miavlina msaxuri da gadaarCina abiaTari sikvdils, rameTu mirian mefes hqonda survili qristes
rjulisa. mas esmoda qristes rjulis saswauli saberZneTsa
da somxeTSi da ar abrkolebda wmida ninos da misi mowafeebis qadagebas. magram ebrZoda eSmaki, uCino mteri, da ar
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aRiarebda qristes aRmsareblobas, xolo nana dedofali ufro
gulficxeli iyo da Seuracxyofda maT qadagebas.
wmida nino loculobda daucxromlad Tavis sayudelSi,
mayvlis qveS. gaocebulni iyvnen misi locviTa da mRviZarebiT. eucxoebodaT es saqme. daiwyes misi gamokiTxva, is auwyebda Zvel da axal wignebs, ganabrZnobda ugunurebs da ugulisxmoebs da maT gulSi nergavda qristes siyvaruls.
da ase iyo sam wels, gancxadebulad qadagebda qristes da
mravali daimowafa. maSin iyo erTi ymawvili, mZimed sneuli.
mimohqonda igi dedamiss kardakar, raTa epovna vinme mcodne
kurnebisa. magram ver ipova mkurnali da uTxres:aRaraferi
eSveleba mag ymas. es qali iyo warmarTi da gulficxi. sZagda
qristianuli sjuli, uSlida sxvebsac wmida ninosTan misvlas, magram roca sasowarkveTilebas mieca sxva mkurnalTagan,
mivida wmida ninosTan, davarda mis winaSe da evedreboda
yrmis gankurnebas. maSin uTxra wmida ninom:`kurnebas, romelic
adamianisgan aris, me ar vyof, xolo RmerTma Cemma - qristem
gankurnos es yrma, romelic yvelasgan ganwirulia.~
kilikze* loculobda xolme wmida nino, masze daadebina
yrma da daiwyo RmerTis mimarT vedreba. maSinve ganikurna is
yrma, gamojanmrTelebuli misca dedamiss. xolo yrmis dedam
aRiara qriste da Tqva:`ar aris sxva RmerTi, garda qristesi, romelsac qadagebs nino~, da daemowafa wmida ninos, Seudga
mis kvals da adidebda RmerTs.
nana dedofalic Zlier dasneulda. veravin gankurna igi,
Tumca yvela xelovanma mkurnalma scada Tavisi wamlebi.
uRononi da sasowarkveTilni iyvnen. auwyes dedofals, rom
`romaeli tyve dedakacis locviT, romelsac nino hqvia,
mravalni sneulni ganikurnen~. maSin ubrZana Tavis msaxurebs,
raTa moeyvanaT nino. mividnen dedoflis msaxurebi da ipoves
kiliki* — matylisagan moqsovili sagebeli
mveqvse Jami* — naSuadRevs saTqmeli locva
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nino mayvlis buCqis qveS, meeqvse Jams* loculobda. uTxres
dedoflis brZaneba, xolo wmida ninom uTxra:`ara maqvs
brZaneba (neba), rom mivide iq, sadac Cveni Sveba ar aris,
TviTon dedofali movides Cems sayofelSi da WeSmaritad
ganikurneba qristes ZaliT~. msaxurebma uTxres wmida ninos
naTqvami dedofals. maSin dedofalma brZana:`SemimzadeT
sawoli da mimiyvaneT masTan~. sawoliT waiyvanes msaxurebma,
misma Zem revim da eris simravlem.
roca mividnen wmida ninos samyofelTan, dades dedofali
sagebel kilikze. daiwyo wmida ninom locva da vedreba
RvTis mimarT.
moiRo jvari, romelic hqonda, Seaxo Tavze, fexebsa da
mxrebze jvrissaxed da maSinve ganikurna da adga gamojanmrTelebuli, irwmuna qriste da Tqva:`ar aris sxva RmerTi,
qristes garda, romelsac qadagebs es tyve dedakaci~. da im
droidan gaixada is megobrad da Tavis Sinaurad. marad hkiTxavda da gamowvlilviT gamoeZiebda qristes rjuls. aswavlidnen wmida nino, abiaTari - axali pavle da misi asuli
sidonia. morwmune gaxda dedofali da cno WeSmariti RmerTi.
gamohkiTxa mefem dedofals, Tu rogor ganikurna meyseulad. mouTxro dedofalma, rac iqmna masze, Tu rogor ganikurna wamlis gareSe locviT da jvrisSexebiT. am saswaulis
mxilveli eris simravle amowmebda dedoflis sityvebs.
maSin gankvirda mirian mefe, daiwyo gamoZieba qristes
rjulisa, mravalgzis hkiTxa uriayofil abiaTar mRvdels
Zveli da axali rjuli. nebroTis wignSic, romelic hqonda
mirian mefes, ipova erTi adgili:godolis aSenebis dros
zecidan gaisma xma nebroTis mimarT:`me var miqael, RmerTis
mier dadgenili aRmosavleTis mTavrad. gadi mag qalaqidan,
rameTu RmerTi faravs mag qalaqs. ukanasknel Jams mova meufe
cisa, romlis xilvac Sen gnebavs. misi SiSi ganaqarvebs amqveyniur sitkbos. mefeni mefobas datoveben da siglaxakes dauwyeben Zebnas. is gixilavs WirSi da gixsnis Sen~. maSin gulisxma-yo mirianma, rom Zveli da axali wignebi emowmebodnen da
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nebroTis wignic amtkicebda. da mas gauCnda survili qristes
rjulisa, magram ebrZoda uCino mteri da abrkolebda qristes
aRiarebisgan, gulSi imeds itovebda kerpebisas da cecxlisas.
mudam evedreboda dedofali qristes aRsarebisaTvis. dedoflis moqcevis Semdeg mefe ori weli orgulobda. am dros
wminda nino ers aswavlida daucxromlad, magram aravis
eubneboda:`vin var da saidan movedi~, aramed tyves uwodebda
Tavis Tavs.
amis Semdeg sparseli mTavari mogvi saxelad xuara, dasneulda da sikvdilis pirs iyo. is iyo mirian mefis naTesavi.
Seevedrnen wmida ninos nana dedofali da mefe. mefe mis
saqmes cota eWviT uyurebda, amitomac uTxra wmida
ninos:`romeli ZaliT mkurnalob Sen? an armazis asuli xar,
an zadenis Svili. ucxoeTidan moxvedi, amaT Seevedre da
mogces wyaloba, moganiWes kurnebis Zala, raTa gearseba ucxo
qveyanaSi. didebul arian ukunisamde. xolo Sen iyavi CvenTan,
rogorc Cveni Svili, am qalaqSi pativcemuli. magram nu
iqadageb romaelTa Secdomil rjuls da nurc ityvi, rameTu
es didi da soflis mpyrobeli RmerTebi, mzis momfeneli,
wvimis momcemeli da yoveli sulieri arsebis gamomzrdeli
qarTlis RmerTebi armazi da zadeni, yovelive dafarulis
gamomeZiebelni, Cveni mamebis Zveli RmerTebi gaci da gaim isini unda swamdeT adamianebs. Tu gankurnav am mTavars gagamdidreb da mcxeTis mkvidroba-moqalaqeobas mogcem, dagayeneb armazis msaxurad. marTalia, maSin haeriTa da setyviT
Seimusrnen, magram is adgili uZlevelia. es qarTvelTa armazi da qaldevelTa RmerTi iTrujan maradi mtrebi arian.
aman masze zRva miaqcia da man ki aseTi urva moawia, rogoradac aris qveynis mpyrobelTa Cveuleba, da SenTvis sakmarisi iyos es brZaneba~. miugo netarma ninom:`qristes saxeliT da misi dedis vedrebiT moavlinos Senze RmerTma cisa da qveynis Semoqmedma, yoveli dabadebulis dambadebelma, Tavisi mravalmowyalebisgan madlis erTi naperwkali,
raTa icno da gulisxma-hyo cis simaRle da mzis naTeli,
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zRvis siRrme da qveynis sivrce. icode, mefev, vin mosavs cas
RrubliT da quxs haerSi, iZvris qveyana misi simZafriT. aris
mexTa texa da mis kvalze cecxli aRegzneba misi guliswyromiT. icode, rom RmerTi aris caSi. Tavad is uxilavia
yovelive dabadebulisgan, garda misi Zisa, romelic misgan
gamovida da qveynad movida rogorc kaci, romelmac aRasrula yovelive, risTvisac iyo mosuli da aRvida zecaSi mamasTan da ixila dausabamo, romelic maRlaa da mdabalTa
xedavs. male mogxedavs RmerTi, rameTu aris am qalaqSi erTi
saswauli:samoseli RmerTis Zisa da Tqves, elias xalenic aq
ariso da mravali saswaulia, romelsac RmerTi gamoaCens.
axla ki me Sens mTavars ganvkurnav qriste RmerTis ZaliT da
misi vnebis jvriT, rogorc dedofali ganvkurne senisgan~.
da mihgvares mas is mTavari, movida dedofalic baRSi
naZvis qveS, daayena aRmosavleTiT, aawevina xelebi da aTqmevina
samgzis:`ganveSorebi Sengan, eSmako, da Sevudgebi qristesa
RmerTis Zesa~. tiroda nino da SesTxovda RmerTs Seswevnoda
am kacs. mowafeebi masTan iyvnen iq erTi dRe da ori Rame. da
swrafad gavida misgan suli boroti da daemowafnen ninos
TavianTi saxliT da eriT da adidebdnen RmerTs.
T q m u l i s i d o n i a d e d aka c i s a , r o m e l m a c i x i l a
d a a R we r a. . .
erT zafxulis dRes, 20 ivliss, SabaTs, gavida mefe muxranisaken sanadirod. am dros uCino mterma - eSmakma, gulSi
Caugdo kerpebisa da cecxlis siyvaruli. gaixsena msaxureba
kerpebisa da isurva maxviliT amowyveta yvela qristianisa.
uTxra mefem Tavis oTx Tanamzraxvels:`Rirsni varT, rom
Cvenma RmerTma boroti gviyos, radganac aRar vemsaxurebiT
mas da mivuSviT Tavis nebaze grZneuli qristiani mqadageblebi TavianTi rjulis saqadageblad Cvens qveyanaSi. isini grZneulebiT akeTeben sakvirvelebas. axla aseTia Cemi ganzraxva,
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borotad gavwyvitoT yvela Tayvanismcemeli jvarcmulisa,
da umetesad vemsaxuroT qarTlis mpyrobel RmerTebs, vamxiloT dedofali nana, Cemi coli. movananiebinoT da davatovebinoT jvarcmulis rjuli. Tu ar damemorCileba, daviviwyeb mis siyvaruls da sxvebTan erTad wavrwymidav masac~.
daeTanxmnen misi Tanamzraxvelebi, radganac maTac am saqmis
Sesruleba mxurvaled undodaT, adreve surdaT, magram ver
acxadebdnen.
xolo mefem movlo sanaxebi muxranisa, avida TxoTis maRal mTaze, raTa moexila kaspi da ufliscixe. ganvida mTis
Txemze. Sua samxrobisas dabnelda mze mTaze da iqmna rogorc
Rame, bneli, ukuni. daipyro sibnelem areni da adgilni. ganSordnen erTmaneTs Wirisa da urvis gamo. darCa mefe marto,
iareboda mTaTa da maRranTa Soris SeSinebuli da SeZrwunebuli. dadga erT adgilas, gadaewura imedi Tavis sicocxlisa da roca movida cnobaze, ganizraxa gulSi:`aha,
SevTxove Cems RmerTebs da ver vpove lxineba. axla juarcmuls, romelsac qadagebs wmida nino da kurnavs misiT, ar
SeuZlia Cemi xsna am Wirisagan? rameTu cocxlad var jojoxeTSi da ar vici mTeli qveyana daiqca, Tu mxolod
CemTvis iqmna es. axla Tu marto CemTvis aris es Wiri, ninos
RmerTo, ganminaTle es bneli da miCvene Cemi samyofeli da
vaRiareb Sens saxels, aRvmarTav jvris Zels da Tayvans vcem
mas. avaSeneb CemTvis salocvel saxls da viqnebi morCili
ninosi romaelTa rjulze~.
yovelive es rom warmoTqva, ganaTda da gamobrwyinda mze.
CamoqveiTda cxenidan mefe, dadga imave adgilas, ganipyrna
xelni aRmosavleTiT da Tqva:`Sen xar RmerTi yovelTa
zeda RmerTTa da ufali yovelTa zeda ufalTa, RmerTi,
romelsac nino ityvis. saqebelia Seni saxeli yoveli dabadebulisgan cis qveS da qveyanaze, rameTu Sen mixseni Wirisgan da ganminaTle bneli. aha, vcnob. rameTu ginda Cemi xsna,
lxena da SenTan miaxleba. kurTxeulo ufalo, am adgilas
aRvmarTav Zelis jvars, romliTac idideba Seni saxeli da
moixsenieba es sasawaulebrivi saqme ukunisamde~.
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daiswavla es adgili da wamovida. ixiles naTeli da
SeuerTda gabneuli xalxi. mefe ki RaRadebda. `mieciT ninos
RmerTs dideba, rameTu is aris saukuniTgan RmerTi da mxolod mas Svenis dideba ukunisamde~.
nana dedofali da yoveli eri gavida mefis misagebeblad,
rameTu esmaT pirvelad daRupva, xolo Semdeg mSvidobiT
mosvla, miegebnen qinZarasa da RarTaSi. xolo netari nino
loculobda mwuxrs mayvlovanSi misi Cveulebisamebr. Cven
masTan viyaviT ormocdaaTi suli. roca movida mefe, iZvroda
qalaqi da maRali xmiT RaRadebda mefe. `sad aris is ucxo
dedakaci, romelic aris dedaCemi da misi RmerTi Cemi mxsnelia~. da roca uTxres:`aq, mayvlovanSia da loculobs~,
mivida TviT mefe da mTeli laSqari, Camoxda mefe cxenidan
da uTxra ninos:`axla Rirsi var Seni RmerTis da Cemi
mxsnelis saxelis aRiarebisa~. wmida ninom aswavla, aRmosavleTiT eca Tayvani da eRiarebina qriste Ze RvTisa.
maSin grgvinavda da tiroda yoveli kaci, roca xedavdnen
mefesa da dedofals cremlovanT. meore dRes mirian mefem
waravlina mociquli saberZneTSi konstantine berZenTa mefis
winaSe. masve gaatana ninos wigni elene dedofalTan. da
auwyes yovelive saswauli mirianisa qristesmieri, romelic
mcxeTaSi moxda da iTxoves saswrafod mRvdelni naTlisRebisTvis. xolo wmida nino da misi mowafeebi uqadagebdnen ers
dRe da Rame daucxromlad da uCvenebdnen WeSmarit gzas.
T q mu l i m is i v e ek l e s i is a R S en e b i s aT v i s
roca mefe da mTeli eri qristianobas daewafa mRvdlebis
mosvlamde, uTxra mefem wmida ninos:`msurs saswrafod avaSeno
RvTis saxli, sad avaSeno?~ uTxra wmida ninom:`sadac mefeTa goneba mtkicea~. uTxra mas mefem:`miyvars me Seni mayvlovani, iq mnebavs Cemi gonebiT, magram ase ar vyof da ar
moveridebi samefo baRs, am naZvTa simaRles, am babilos nay-
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ofierebasa da yvavilTa surnelebas, rameTu Cveneba, romelic ixile Sen, SavfrTiani frinvelebis ganbana wyliT, brwyinvaled ganspetakeba da dasxdoma maTi am baRis xeebze, maTi
tkbilxmovaneba, - WeSmaritad, es xorcieli warmavali baRi
Segvecvleba saukuno samoTxed. aq aRvaSenoT RvTis saxli,
Cven salocvelad, saberZneTidan mRvdlebis mosvlamdeo~.
saswrafod moiRo Zali. aswavlida xuroebs, mohkveTes is
naZvi da am naZvisgan Seamzada eklesiis Svidi sveti. ZelebiT
aaSenes kedeli da aRmarTes eqvsi sveti TavianT adgilebze,
xolo udidesi svetis aRmarTva. romelic sakvirveli iyo
saxilvelad da gamzadebuli iyo Sua eklesiis Sesadgmelad,
ver SeZles. auwyes mefes, rom adgilidanac ver daZres es
sveti. maSin movida mefe eris simravliT, moitanes mravalRone manqanebi. simarjviTa da xalxis simravlis ZaliT Seecadnen aRmarTvas da ver SeZles. gakvirvebuli iyo mefe da
xalxi da ambobdnen:`ra aris es?~ roca mosaRamovda:wavida
mefe Tavis saxlSi, friad Sewuxebuli, xolo wmida nino da
Tormeti misi mowafe qali dadgnen svetTan. xolo sanatreli igi godebda am svetze da adenda Tavis cremls.
SuaRamisas gadmoiqca orive mTa - armazi da zadeni, TiTqos
CamoirRvnen da daayenes orive wyali:da mtkvarma gadmoxeTqa da mihqonda qalaqi. gaisma sazareli tyebisa da godebis
xma. da agreTve aragvi gardamoxda cixeze da Seiqmna sazareli grgvinva. SeeSindaT qalebs da iltvodnen. xolo wmida
nino RaRadebda:`nu geSiniaT, dano Cemno, mTani aqve arian,
wyalni aqve dian, da xalxs, yvelas sZinavs. xolo es TiTqosda mTebi rom daiZrnen, marTali Cvenebaa, rameTu urwmunoebis mTani dairRvnen qarTlSi, xolo wyali rom dadga, kerpebisadmi Sewiruli yrmebis sisxli Sewyda. xolo tyebis xma
eSmakTa simravle aris, rameTu igloven Tavsa Tvissa, romelnic
am adgilebidan gaiqcnen ZaliTa maRlisa da qristes jvariT.
iloceT RvTis mimarT~. da maSinve dacxra is xma da iyo
arara. da dadga wmida nino, ganipyro xelni da daiwyo locva RmrTis mimarT da ambobda:`raTa ar dabrkoldes es
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saqme, romlisTvisac warmarTulia mefe~. da kvlav, mamlis
yivilamde qalaqis samive kars dasca zari Zlierma laSqarma.
dalewes karni da aRivso qalaqi sparsTa laSqriT, da gaisma
xma SiSismomgvreli, yivili da kvla, da aRivso yoveli adgili sisxliT da movida simravle maxviliT da SeZaxilebiT.
SiSisgan xorci dadneboda da ganilia suli maTi. tirodnen
TavianT naTesavebs. ismoda Zlieri xma:`mefe sparsTa, mefeTmefe xuaran-xuara brZanebs:yoveli ebraeli ganarineT pirisagan maxvilisa~. es rom momesma, SevorguldiT me da aTnive
CemTan myofni, da moaxloebulni iyvnen maxvilosanni Cvens
garemos, scemdnen da klavdnen.
da gaisma Zlieri xma - `mirian mefe mokleso~. gaixeda mxne
moRvawem da Tqva:`es, romelic yivis, vici, axla didad
gaWirvebulia da vmadlob RmerTs, rom es niSani aris maTi
warwymedisa, qarTlisa cxovrebisa da am adgilis didebisa~,
da gvanugeSebda, rogorc xelovani moZRvari, WeSmariti moZRvari da mociquli qristesi.
miubrunda am momaval xalxs da uTxra:`sad arian mefeni
sparsTani xuara da xuaran-xuara? sabastaniT guSin gamoxvediT, viTom male moxvediT da didi laSqari xarT, Zlierad
daleweT es qalaqi da maxvili daeciT. qarsa da niavs gahyeviT
bneliT CrdiloeTisken, mTaTa da kedarTa. aha, movida, romlisganac Tqven iltviT~. da ganZra xeli jvrissaxed da meyseulad uCino iqmna yoveli da dadumda garemo. qalebi Sehnatrodnen mas da adidebdnen RmerTs.
ciskrisJams mierula yvela qals, xolo me, sidonia, mRviZare
viyav. is idga xelganpyrobiT da aha, netars, zed moadga erTi
Wabuki sruliad naTliT Semkobili, Seblardnili cecxlis
zewriT da Tqva raRac sami sityva. xolo is daeca miwaze.
Wabukma xeli mohkida svets, aRmarTa da waiRo maRla. me
gakvirvebuli miveaxle mas da vuTxari:`dedofalo, ra aris
es?~ xolo man mipasuxa:`moidrike Tavi qveynad~ da tirili
daiwyo. mcire xnis Semdeg adga da amayena, ganvSordiT am
adgils. da qalebmac ixiles es sveti, cecxlis saxiT Camodioda. miuaxlovda Tavis xarisxs - monakveTi naZvis Zirs.
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riJraJisas adga mefe, urvisgan Sewuxebuli. gaxeda baRs
da dawyebul eklesias. ixila naTeli, rogorc elva aRweuli caSi misi baRidan. sirbiliT da mkvircxlad modioda misi
saxlis simravle da qalaqis xalxi masTan erTad. maT
sakvirveleba ixiles - naTeliT gabrwyinvebuli sveti Camodioda Tavis adgilze TiTqosda zecidan. da dadga Tavis
xarisxze da daemyara mas kacTagan xelis Seuxeblad. netari
iyo is Jami, rameTu am dros SiSiTa da sixaruliT aRivso
qalaqi mcxeTa. dioda cremlTa mdinareni mefeTa, mTavarTa
da mTeli erisa. sulTqmiT adidebdnen RmerTs da natrobdnen netar ninos, da im dRes didi saswaulebi xdeboda.
pirvelad movida erTi ebraeli, Sobidan brma, mieaxla
svets, aexila maSinve Tvalebi. adidebda RmerTs. meored
yrma sefewuli moiyvanes, amazaspani, rva wlisa. sawoliT
moitana dedamisma. sarwmunoebiT dado sawoli naTlis svetis win. evedreboda ninos:`moxede, dedofalo, sikvdils
miaxloebul am Cems Zes, rameTu vici, RmerTi RmerTTa is
aris, romelsac Sen emsaxurebi da Cven gviqadageb. maSin wmida ninom Seaxo xelis svets, daado yrmas da Tqva:`gwamdes
ieso qriste, Ze RmrTisa, yvela kacis sicocxlisaTvis am
qveynad xorcielad mosuli, ganikurne amieridan da adidebde
mas, visma Zalamac gangkurna~. da uceb aRdga yrma, rogorc
utkivneli. daeca SiSi mefesa da xalxs. sneulebi modiodnen
da ganikurnebodnen, sanam mefem ar Seqmna saburveli Zelisa
svetis garSemo da dafara xedvisgan. aseve exeboda xalxi mis
sarTuls da ikurneboda. swrafad daiwyo mefem da ganasrula
eklesia baRSi.
roca mirian mefis mociqulebma miaRwies berZenTa mefis
konstantines winaSe, mouTxres yovelive rac iqmna. maSin aRivso
sixaruliT mefe da dedamisi elene dedofali:pirvelad
imisTvis, rameTu madli RvTisa moefineboda yvela adgils da
maT xelqveS naTels-iRebda yoveli .qarTli. xolo Semdgom
uxarodaT, rameTu darwmundnen, rom mirian mefe srulebiT
CamoSorda sparselebs da mtkiced miiRo maTi siyvaruli.
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adidebdnen da hmadlobdnen RmerTs. gamogzavnes mRvdeli
WeSmariti iovane episkoposad da masTan ori mRvdeli da sami
diakoni. miswera mirians konstantine mefem wigni locvisa da
kurTxevisa, RmerTis madlobisa. gamogzavnes jvari da macxovris xati da masTan didi simdidre. xolo elene dedofalma mowera wigni qebisa da nugeSiniscemisa.
movidnen iovane episkoposi, masTan erTad mRvdlebi, diakvnebi da mociqulebi mcxeTaSi. aRivsnen sixaruliT mefe,
dedofali da mTeli maTi xalxi, rameTu survili hqonda
yvelas naTlisRebisa. maSin swrafad gaugzavna mefe mirianma
brZaneba yvela erisTavs, spasalarebs da yovel samefo pirs
mis winaSe misasvlelad. swrafadve movidnen yvelani qalaqSi. maSin naTeliRo mefem wmida ninos xelqveS, Semdeg dedofalma, maTma Svilebma mRvdlebisa da diakvnebis xelqveS.
Semdeg akurTxes mdinare mtkvari. episkoposma Seamzada erTi
adgili, mogvTa xidTan, mogvTa karis siaxloves, sadac iyo
elioz mRvdlis saxli, iq naTels-cemda TiToeul warCinebuls,
da ewoda am adgils mTavarTa sanaTlo. xolo mis qvemoT
mdinarisve piras organ, ori mRvdeli da diakvnebi naTelscemdnen
xalxs. awydeboda xalxi erTmaneTs da evedrebodnen mRvdlebs,
raTa pirvelad is moenaTla. ase eswrafoda naTlisRebas
yvela.
aseTi saxiT naTel-iRo mTelma xalxma da qarTlis simravlem. ar moinaTlnen mxolod kavkasieli mTiulebi da arc
movidnen am naTlis mofenaze, aramed darCnen sibneleSi ramdenime xans. da mcxeTeli ebraelebic ar moinaTlnen, barnabianebi (barnabas saxli) moinaTlnen da WeSmarit qristianebad
iqcnen. amisTvis mefis winaSe didni gaxdnen, uboZa maT daba,
romelsac hqvia cixedidi. aseve ar moinaTla ferozi, siZe
mirian mefisa, romelsac hqonda mirian mefisgan micemuli
rani bardavamde. arc misma erma miiRo naTeli, aramed mxolod xorcielad emsaxurebodnen mefes.
maSin gagzavna mirian mefem episkoposi iovane da masTan
erTad erTi warCinebuli konstantine mefesTan da iTxova
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nawili Zelisa cxovrebisa, romelic imJamad aRmoeCina RvTismoyvare elene dedofals. iTxova mravali mRvdeli, raTa
mievlinebina yovel qalaqsa da adgilze da moenaTlaT xalxi,
rom monaTluliyo qarTlis yoveli suli. aseve iTxova qviTxuroni eklesiebis aSenebisTvis. roca mividnen konstantine
mefis winaSe, sixaruliT uboZa nawili Zelisa cxovrebisa da
is ficari, romelzedac iyo damsWvaluli uflis fexebi, agreTve
samsWvalni xelebisa. warmogzavna mRvdelni da xuroni friad
mravalni, rameTu konstantine mefem misi mefobisas aaSena
wmida eklesiebi. misca ganZi episkopos iovanes da
ubrZana:`sadac saWirod miiCnev qarTlSi, iq aRaSene eklesiebi Cems saxelze da es simdidre daamkvidre qarTlis
qalaqebSi~.
da wamovida episkoposi da masTan erTad mirianis mociquli, mividnen im adgilas, romelsac hqvia eruSeTi. datova iq
xuroebi eklesiis asaSeneblad, datova ganZi, uflis samsWvalni da wamovida. da agreTve wundaSi datova xuroebi
da ganZi, eklesiis dawyebisas wamovida, movida manglisSi,
aqac daiwyo eklesiis Seneba da datova uflis ficari.
maSin Sewuxda imisTvis mirian mefe, rom pirvelad samefo
qalaqSi ar movidnen, aramed sxva qalaqebsa da adgilebSi
daiwyes eklesiis Seneba da datoves nawilebi. mivida wmida
nino mefesTan da uTxra:`nu swuxar, mefeo, rameTu ase sjobia, sadac mividnen, daTeses RvTis saxeli. aris am qalaqSi
samoseli uflisa~.
maSin moiyvana mefem abiaTar mRvdeli da masTan erTad
mravali ebraeli da gamoikiTxa maTgan uflis kvarTisaTvis,
xolo maT mouTxres yovelive, romelic zemoT weria. maSin
aRapyro xeli mirian mefem da Tqva:`kurTxeul xar, Sen
ufalo, ieso qriste, Zeo RvTisa cxovelisao, rameTu Tavidanve
gindoda Cveni xsna eSmakisagan da misi bneli adgilisagan,
amisTvis Seni wminda samoseli warmoec wminda qalaq ierusalimidan, Seni RvTaebis armcodne ebraelebisgan da mogvec
Cven, ucxo ers~.
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mefe da mTeli qalaqi ganmtkicdeboda qristianobaSi. daiwyes
xuroebma zRudis gareT eklesiis Seneba, wminda ninos sayofel mayvlovanSi, sadac axla aris saepiskoposo eklesia.
maSin Tqva wminda ninom:`kurTxeul ars ufali ieso qriste
da mama uflisa Cvenisa ieso qristesi. romelmac moavlina
wminda sityva misi zecis simaRlidan, Zlieri taxtisgan gadmosuli qveynad, mdablad Sobili daviTis Teslisgan, dedakacisgan mxolodSobilisa wmindisa da ubiwoisa. Cveni cxovrebis mizezi, romelmac cis qveS yvelaferi gaanaTla da morwmuneni acxovna, romelic iSva rogorc kaci, naTeli yovelTa, mama RmerTis xati da viTarca vinme sulis msaxurma
naTel iRo wylisagan da sulisagan da jvars ecva, daefla
da aRdga mesame dRes, da axda simaRlesa mamisa Tana, da
kvlav mova didebiT, romelsac Svenis yovelive dideba, pativi da Tayvaniscema mamiT da suliT wmidiT~.
aRmarTebisaTvis patiosnisa jvrisa
qarTlis moqcevis dros idga erTi xe kldis borcvze,
Seuval adgilas, es xe iyo friad eSvenieri. da sakvirveleba
am xisgan is iyo, rom isarcemuli nadiri, romelic mividoda
da SeWamda am xis foTols an Tesls, aRar mokvdeboda,
Tundac sasikvdilod daWrili yofiliyo. es Zlier akvirvebda pirvel warmarTebs. auwyes episkopos iovanes am xis Sesaxeb. xolo episkoposma Tqva:`aha. WeSmaritad, es qveyana Tavdapirveladvea Senaxuli RvTisgan Tavis msaxurad, rameTu RmerTisgan aRmocenda es xe, am droisaTvis Senaxuli, rameTu
axla moefina RmerTis madli qarTls, da am xisgan jer ars
patiosani jvris Seqmna, romelsac Tayvans scems qarTlis
mTeli simravle~.
da wavidnen rev, Ze mefisa, episkoposi da xalxis simravle.
mohkveTes es xe da Tavis rtoebianad wamoiRes da mohqonda
aT aTeul kacs, zeze rtoebiT da foTlebiTurT, Semoi-
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tanesqalaqSi, zamTris dros, roca sxva yoveli xe xmeli iyo,
xolo es foToldaucveneli, surnelovani da saxilvelad
mSvenieri. da Zirze daayenes eklesiis karebTan, samxreTiT,
sadac uberavda neli niavi da Slida mis foTlebs, Zravda
mis rtoebs da misi xilva mSvenieri iyo, rogorc gvsmenia alvis xisa.
es xe mohkveTes 25 marts, paraskevs, da idga ase 37 dRe. da
ar Seicvala feri misma foTlebma, idga Tavis Zirze, wyaros
TavTan, vidre ar Seimosa yvela xe foTliT, xolo nayofis
gamomRebeli xeebi - yvaviliT.
maSin, 1 maiss, Seemnes jvari, 7 maiss aRmarTa mefis xelis
dadebiT qalaqis mTelma xalxma, da aha, zecidan Camovida
cecxlis jvari da rogorc varskvlavT-gvirgvini daadga eklesias ganTiadamde. gariJraJisas misgan gamovida ori varskvlavi, erTi wavida aRmosavleTiT da erTi dasavleTiT. da is
TviTon (varskvlavgvirgvini) aseve brwyinvaled nel-nela
gadavida aragvze da dadga kldis borcvze, zemo mxares, im
wyaros siaxloves, romelic wmida ninos cremlebma aRmoacena da iqidan amaRlda zecad. da ase mravalgzis ixila mTelma xalxma macxovareba RvTisa Cvenisa. maSin gamohkiTxes wmida
ninos, Tu ra aris, rom erTi brwyinvale varskvlavi aRmosavleTiT midis, meore ki dasavleTiT, da Tqva man. `ganavlineT
kaci maRal mTebze aRmosavleTiT kaxeTis mTamde da dasavleTiT am qalaqis sanaxebamde, roca gamobrwyindebian is mTiebi,
naxon, Tu sad dadgebian da iq aRemarTos jvrebi ieso qristesi~.
maSin yo mefem egre. es dRe iyo paraskevi da SabaTi
Tendeboda. moxda igive saswauli, rogorc pirvelad. meore
dRes movidnen dasavleTSi gagzavnilebi, romelnic idgnen
qvabTa Tavze da mouTxres mefes, rom `gamovida is varskvlavi,
amaRlda da miiwia TxoTis mTaze, kaspis gadasasvlelTan,
dadga erT adgils da srulebiT gauCinarda~.
aseve movidnen kaxeTis mTidan da Tqves:`vixileT varskvlavi Cvensken momavali da daadgra daba bods kuxeTisas~.
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maSin ubrZana netarma ninom:`waiReT ori jvari, da aRmarTeT erTi TxoTs, sadac gagimxila RmerTma Tavisi Zala da
erTi miec salomes qristes mxevals, aRmarTos ujarmis qalaqSi,
rameTu bodSi aris eris simravle. bodis daba iqneba RvTis
saTno adgili~. hyves egre, rogorc brZana dedofalma. xolo
zeciuri saswaulis CvenebiT es patiosani jvari mcxeTaSi
datoves. mividnen borcvis qveS, wyarosTan aTies Rame, iloces RmerTis mimarT, netari nino cremliT azavebda wyaros,
da iyo kurnebani da didi saswaulebi. meore dRes avidnen
kldeze, movida netari nino borcvze, davarda qvebze, tiroda, da masTan erTad mefeebi, mTavrebi da yoveli simravle
erisa, ise rom mTebi eqos aZlevdnen. da daado xeli qvas da
uTxra episkoposs:`modi, rameTu Senda jer ars, da daswere
jvari am qvas~. da man hyo egre da iq aRimarTa is jvari
didebiT mefeTagan, daiCoqa uricxvma xalxma da Tayvanisces
jvars da aRiares jvarcmuli WeSmaritad Zed RvTisa cxovelisa, da irwmunes samebiT didebuli RmerTi.
xolo didi mTavrebi ar ganSordnen wminda eklesias, naTlis svets da cocxal jvars, rameTu hxedavdnen uzomo
saswaulebs da miuTxrobel kurnebebs. aRdgomis dResaswaulis kvira dRes mirian mefem da mTelma mcxeTam Seswires
Sesawiravi da es dRe ganawesa jvris msaxurebad, aRdgomis
dResaswauli, yovelma qarTlma dRevandlamde. ramdenime dRis
Semdeg suli wmindis mofenidan ixiles saswauli didad saSineli, oTxSabaT dRes naTlis sveti jvris saxiT daadga am
jvars da Tormeti varskvlavi mis garSemo gvirgvinis saxiT.
xolo is borcvi akmevda surnelebas. xedavdnen am saswauls
yovelni da mravali uRmerToTagani moiqca da moinaTla im
dRes. xolo qristianebi kidev ufro morwmuneni gaxdnen da
adidebdnen RmerTs. mere kvlav ixiles jvris sxva saswauli mzeze Svidjer ubrwyinvalesi naTeli daadga jvars Tavze da
RvTis angelozebi aRvidodnen da gardamovidodnen masze, viTarca RumelSi naperwklebi.
xolo is borcvi Zlier iZroda. am saswaulis dacxromisas
Zvrac wydeboda. ixiles es saswauli, gaukvirda yvelas, ufro
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da umetesad adidebdnen RmerTs. am saswauls xalxi xedavda
SiSiT da ZrwoliT. modiodnen gulmodgined Tayvanissacemad.
am dros mefis Zes, revs, hyavda sasikvdilod sneuli patara Svili. marto is hyavda. moiyvana da dado jvris winaSe
da cremliT Tqva:`Tu miboZeb am yrmas cocxals, avaSeneb
luskumas (budes) Sens sayofelad~. maSinve ganikurna is yrma,
gacocxlda da gankurnebuli waiyvana. mere movida Tavisi
aRnaTqvamis aRsasruleblad da misca madli didi sixaruliT
da gulmodgined aaSena mcxeTis jvris luskuma revma, mefis
Zem. yovelwliurad modioda da aRasrulebda aRnaTqvam msxverpls. mis Semdeg ufro modiodnen uZlurni da sneulni da
ikurnebodnen, sixaruliT adidebdnen wminda jvars. iyo erTi,
orive TvaliT brma, Wabuki. ijda is qristes jvris win da
meSvide dRis Semdeg aexila Tvalebi, xedavda da adidebda
RmerTs. mere iyo vinme dedakaci, ukeTuri sulisgan marad
gvemuli rva wlis manZilze, ise, rom Zali da goneba warTmeuli hqonda, Tavis samosels xevda. roca moiyvanes da patiosan jvars amTxvies, meTormete dRis Semdeg ganikurna da
Tavisi fexiT wavida, adidebda RmerTs da Tayvansscemda patiosan jvars. iyo aseve erTi mcire yrma, uceb daeca da
mokvda. aiRo dedamisma da dado jvris win mkvdari, dilidan
saRamomde dedamisi tiriliT loculobda jvris win, sxvebi
eubnebodnen:`waiRe, dedakaco, da damarxe, rameTu mkvdaria,
nuRar aCereb~. xolo man ar warikveTa sasoeba, aramed ufro
da umetsad sawyaloblad tiroda da loculobda. xolo
saRamo Jams yrma mosulierda, Tvali aaxila da meSvide dRis
Semdeg ganikurna. gacocxlebuli waiyvana yrma dedamisma da
adidebda RmerTs. xolo roca ixiles saswaulebi da kurnebani
yovlad wmindisa jvrisa, mravali uSvilo midioda, iTxovdnen Svilierebas da mravalSvilianebi xdebodnen, Sesawiravebs
da madls aZlevdnen. ara marto mosulebi iRebdnen kurnebas,
aramed isinic, romelnic Soridan loculobdnen, maSinve misi
SewevniT iRebdnen madls da madlobis Sesawiravad modiodnen.
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mravalni uRmerTonic ki, WirSi Cacvenilni, rogorc ki
SesTxovdnen wmida jvars, maSinve SordebodaT Wiri da modiodnen jvris samTxvevad, saswrafod inaTlebodnen da adidebdnen patiosan jvars. patiosani jvris ZaliT ikurnebodnen
piradi satanjvelisgan, modiodnen savedreblad da ikurnebian dRevandel dRemde da adideben mamas, Zes da suli wmindas.
wigni, romelic miswera romis patriarqma da branjTa
mefem ninos, mefe mirians da qarTlis ers
am dReebSi mouvida wigni romis patriarqisagan wmida
ninos, mefes da qarTlis mTels ers. moavlina branji diakoni
qebis Sesasxmelad da kurTxevis misacemad, netari ninosgan
locvis wasaRebad da misi madlis saziareblad.
mas hqonda aseve branjTa mefis wigni wminda ninosTan,
rameTu mamamisisgan mieRo naTeli branjTa qveyanas. gagebuli
hqondaT ierusalimsa da konstantinepolSi es yovelive, rom
simarTlis mze moefina qarTlis qveyanas. amisTvis sanatreli
wigni moewera, raTa euwyebina misTvis saswaulebi svetisa da
mayvlovanis kurnebis Zala. yovelive moismina da ixila branjma
diakonma, rac momxdariyo mcxeTaSi da gakvirvebuli adidebda
RmerTs. waiRo wignebi da wavida.
maSin uTxra mefem wminda ninos da episkoposs:`mnebavs,
raTa iZulebiT, maxviliT movaqcioT mTiulebi da Cemi siZe
ferozi, davumonoT isini RvTis Zes da vaTayvanoT patiosan
jvars~. maSin uTxres:`ara brZanebul ars uflisgan maxvilis
aReba, aramed saxarebiT da patiosani jvriT vuCvenoT WeSmariti gza, mimyvani saukuno cxovrebasTan. RvTis madlma
gananaTlos sibnele maT gulebSi~. da wavidnen wmida nino,
episkoposi iovane da maT gaatana mefem erTi erisTavi. movidnen da dadgnen wobens, mouxmes mTiulebs, pirutyvis saxis
kacebs, WarTalelebs, fxovelebs, wilknelebs da gudamayrelebs.
uqadages maT qristianTa WeSmariti rjuli, saukuno cxovre-
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basTan mimyvani, xolo maT ar inebes naTlisReba. maSin mefis
erisTavma mcired warmarTa maxvili maTze da ZleviT Semusra maTi kerpebi.
iqidan gadavidnen da JaleTs dadgnen, uqadages erwoTianeTelebs. maT Seiwynares da naTel-iRes, xolo fxovelebma
datoves TavianTi qveyana da gadavidnen TuSeTSi. sxva mTiulTa umravlesoba ar moiqca, daumZima maT xarki mefem, roca
ar inebes naTlisReba, xolo ukanasknel Jams, maTi nawili
moaqcia abibos nekreselma episkoposma da zogierTni maTganni
darCnen warmaTobaSive dRemde.
xolo wmida nino wavida ranisken ferozis mosaqcevad.
mivida kuxeTSi, daba bodSi da dahyo iq ramdenime dRe.
modiodnen masTan kaxeTidan. aRiara misi swavla eris simravlem. dasneulda iq. gaigo es rev, mefis Zem da misma colma
salomem, romelnic cxovrobdnen ujarmaSi, mividnen ninosTan.
acnobes mefesa da dedofals, maT gagzavnes episkoposi iovane
ninos wamosayvanad. magram wminda nino ar daemorCila, maSin
wavida TviT mefe da xalxis simravle.
xedavda xalxi mis saxes rogorc zecis angelozis pirs. mis
samosels bolo nawilebs aclidnen, iRebdnen da sarwmunoebiT emTxveodnen. garSemo msxdom yvela dedofals TvalTagan
cremli dioda moRvawe moZRvrisa da sneulTa xelovani mkurnalis ganSorebis gamo.
salome ujarmeli da peroJavri sivnieli, maTTan erisTavebi
da mTavrebi, hkiTxavdnen:`Tu vina xar an saidan moxvedi am
qveyanaSi Cvens macxovrad? sad aRizarde, dedofalo, gvauwye
Cven Seni saqme. ratom ambob tyve varo, tyveTa mxsnelo da
sanatrelo, rameTu Sengan gviswavlia, rom iyvnen
winaswarmetyvelebi RvTis Zis uwinares, Semdgom Tormeti
mociquli, sxva samocdaaTni. CvenSi aravin moavlina RmerTma
Sens garda da rogor ityvi, tyve varo da rogora xar
u c x o~ . m aSi n d a iwy o s it y v i s T q m a wm i d a ni n o m
daTqva:`sarwmunoebis asulno, Cemo maxlobelo dedoflebo, gxedavT Tqven rogorc im pirvel qristian qalebs, gnebavT
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Cemi gzis cnoba, glaxaki mxevlisa. axla gauwyebT, rom misulia Cemi suli Cems xorcTan da meZineba me dedaCemis ZiliT
saukunod, magram aiReT Tqveni sawerlebi da dawereT Cemi
glaxaki da udebi cxovreba, raTa icodnen Tqvenma Svilebma
Tqveni sarwmunoeba, Cemi Sewynareba, RvTis saswaulebi, romelnic
uxilavT~. maSin swrafad aiRes sawerlebi salome ujarmelma
da peroJavri sivnielma. daiwyo sityvis Tqma wmida ninom da
isini werdnen. mouTxro yovelive, rac Cven zemoT davwereT,
cxovreba am wmindisa da netarisa da Sehvedra mefes iakob
mRvdeli, raTa iovanes Semdeg iyos is episkoposi. maSin iovane
episkoposma swira da aziara wminda nino qristes sisxliT da
xorciT. Seavedra Tavisi suli cis meufes, misi qarTlSi
mosvlidan meToTxmete wels, qristes amaRlebidan samas ocdaTvramet wels dasabamidan welTa xuTiaTas rvaas ocdaTvramets.
SeiZra orive qalaqi, mcxeTa da ujarma, da yoveli qarTli ninos micvalebisas. iq mividnen da damarxes ZleviT Semosili misi gvami imave adgilas - kuxeTs, daba bodSi, rameTu
iq iTxova TviT mefisgan daflva. simdablisaTvis qmna es,
radganac es adgili saxelganTqmuli ar iyo. mwuxare iyo mefe
da yvela warCinebuli iq misi daflvis gamo, magram mcnebisa
da anderZis asrulebisTvis dafles iq. roca aResrula es
yovelive, RvTiT ganbrZnobilma mirian mefem ganamtkica wminda samebis da yovelives dambadebeli RvTis sarwmunoebaze
yoveli qarTli da hereTi. maSin konstantine mefem gamogzavna mZevali - mirianis Ze baqari didi ganZiT da moswera
ase:`me, konstantine mefe, TviTmpyrobeli, caTa meufis axali mona, pirvelad eSmakisagan datyvevebuli da mere gamoxsnili dambadeblis mier, gwer Sen, RvTiv ganbrZnobils da
CemsaviT axalnerg morwmune mefe mirians. iyos SenTan mSvidoba da sixaruli, vinaidan ican sameba erTarseba, RmerTi
dausabamo yovlisa dambadebeli, aRar minda me Sengan mZevali, aramed sakmarisia Cvens Soris Suamdgomlad qriste, Ze
RmrTisa, JamTa upirveles Sobili, romelic gankacda Cveni
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xsnisaTvis, da misi patiosani jvari, romelic mocemuli gvaqvs sawinamZRvrod mis guliT mosavebs. dambadebeli RvTis
SuamdgomlobiT viyoT Cven ZmebiviT, siyvaruliT. Seni Svili
SenTvisve mominiWebia, ixile da gaixare da RmerTisgan movlinebuli mSvidobis angelozi iyos SenTan maradis. dambadebelma RmerTma gandevnos Seni sazRvrebidan eSmaki~.
movidnen mirian mefis Ze baqari da mefe konstantines
mociquli mcxeTaSi. aRivsnen sixaruliT mirian mefe da dedofali nana da adidebdnen RmerTs.
maSin mirian mefem ganasrula saepiskoposo eklesiac, aRasrula misi wlisTavis dResaswauli mravali didebiT. mirian
mefis moqcevidan ocdamexuTe wels mokvda misi Ze, revi, siZe
Trdat somexTa mefisa, romelsac mamis sicocxleSive mieca
mefoba.
dafles Tavis mier aSenebul akldamaSi. imave wels dasneulda mirian mefe da aResrula. moiyvana Tavisi Ze baqari
da coli nana da uTxra nanas:`aha, me waval, saidanac
movedi, vmadlob mravalmowyale RmerTs, cisa da qveynis
dambadebels, romelmac eSmakisgan datyvevebuli mixsna jojoxeTis pirisgan da Rirsmyo marjveniT missa.
Sen, nana, Tu SeZleb, Cemi sikvdilis Semdeg gayavi Cveni
samefo ganZi orad da wariRe ninos, Cveni ganmanaTleblis
samarxs, droTa cvalebadobiT rom ar Seicvalos is adgili
ukunisamde, radgan Tumca mefeTa sajdomia, magram mwiria.
ase Seevedra episkoposebs, raTa adidon dideba im adgilisa, rameTu Rirs ars pativiscemisa. moayvanina wmida ninos
jvari, romelic Tavdapirvelad hqonda, Camohkida samefo
gvirgvini jvarze, moiyvana Ze misi baqari, mis Tavze gamosaxa
jvris saxe, aiRo gvirgvini jvridan da daadga Zes Tavze.
aResrula mirian mefe da daefla zemo eklesiaSi saSualo
svetis samxreTiT, CrdiloeTis mxrisaken. am svetSia nawili
RvTiv aRmarTuli svetisa. meore wels mokvda nana dedofali da daefla imave svetis dasavleTiT, sadac mirian mefe
iyo damarxuli.
*qarTlis cxovreba, gv. 72-130
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