UMbhishobhi wakwaNierian uNeophyte (eKenya) we-Alexandria Patriarchate usephumele obala ngemizamo yokuthatha ibandla lesifundabhishobhi sakhe “kubefundisi” baseRussia abazungeza amazwe ase-Afrika benxenxa abefundisi bendawo ukuthi bafudukele e-Moscow Patriarchate.
Umbhishobhi uNeophyte uchaza okwenzeka ngo-February 5, lapho umpristi waseRussia uGeorgi Maximov ezama ukugubha izinkonzo zesonto langaphandle futhi ngaleyo ndlela "amjoyine" ku-ROC. Ikhandlela. UGeorgy Maximov wathunyelwa u-Exarch waseRussia owayesanda kuqokwa u-Leonid (Gorbachev) ukuba avakashele amazwe ahlukahlukene ase-Afrika futhi "aqoqe" abefundisi namathempeli ase-Afrika ukuze enze isakhiwo esisha saseRussia.
Umbhishobhi wase-Alexandria wabiza lokhu kuziphatha ngokuthi “ukungazi” kanye “nokuthuka okungokomoya,” ephawula ukuthi waphoqeleka ukuba axoshe izivakashi ezingamenyiwe. “Bayeke bazenzele owabo umsebenzi, akekho ozobaphanyeka lapho, kodwa abakwazi ukuhlala emathempelini akwamanye amazwe,” kusho umbhishobhi.
Ngokucasuka okukhulu nangobuhlungu wabhala:
“Ukuthuka okungokomoya nokungazi okuphakeme kakhulu kuwukuba abefundisi boMphathi Omkhulu WaseMoscow bangene e-altare lesifunda-bhishobhi sethu ukuze bakhulekele, bazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi kunegunya elingokomoya elingokomthetho eliqondisa isonto endaweni leli sonto elamiswa kulo.
Kuyadabukisa ukuthi kuye kwadingeka ngimmise yena nabalandeli bakhe ukuba bayogubha inkonzo yenkonzo namuhla eNieri (esifundabhishobhi sethu) futhi ngabacela ukuba bahambe ngokuthula. Kwakuwukuhlasela okwahlelwa kahle umpristi engamxosha ngokushesha esontweni. Bangakwazi ukusungula ibandla labo futhi akekho ozogxambukela emsebenzini wabo. UFata Georgi, umfundisi waseRussia (umthunywa), esitatimendeni sakhe uthe uzisola kakhulu ngalokhu ngoba umfundisi (abefundisi) akazange amtshele iqiniso. Ingabe kuliqiniso? UNkulunkulu kuphela owaziyo!”
Umbhishobhi ube esenxusa abefundisi bakhe abafuna ukujoyina iROC, ebanxusa ukuthi baziphathe ngesizotha, bahloniphane ngoba uma kungenjalo kuyobhidlika yonke into osekuyiminyaka yakhiwe. Ubaxwayisa ngokuthi akusiyo yonke into ecwebezelayo eyigolide:
“Thina singama-Afrika uma sicekela phansi esikwakhiwe iminyaka yithina esilahlekelwayo. Kungani sibe izitha zethu? Akekho ozokuphoqa ukuthi uhlale nathi, kodwa khumbula ukuthi isenzo ngasinye sinokuphikisana naso. Ngokwazi kwami kayikho impi, kodwa khumbula njalo ukuthi esikuhlanyelayo siyavuna, akusikhona konke okukhazimulayo okuyigolide. Izinto zingase zingabi yilokho ezibonakala uma zinikezwa njengezithembiso ezinzima kubhasikidi “wethemba.”
Njengoba iSonto LaseRussia lifuna ukwazi iqiniso ngalokho esikwenzayo nokuthi singobani, nabo mabakhulume iqiniso futhi bakhululeke ngempela. Okwamanje, mabajabulele impango “yomthombo woqhekeko.” Ngelinye ilanga liyokoma kungazelelwe bese amehlo ethu evuleka. Ngeke ngikhohlwe ukukukhumbuza ukuthi uhambe kancane futhi ucabange kabusha izenzo nezinqumo zakho. Gwema ukuthuka, ukuchukuluza namanga. Khuluma iqiniso endleleni yokuphuma, ngoba lelo qiniso liyodingeka kuwe ngelinye ilanga lapho ungena. Ungawuvali umnyango kanzima, ngoba kungase kudingeke ubaleke ubuyele emuva uma ubaleka. futhi sicekele phansi konke esikusebenzele. Abayiqondi ngempela?!
Ngizwa ubuhlungu obukhulu futhi inhliziyo yami yopha ngemva kokubona okwenzeka namuhla. Ngithandazela ukuthi abaphathi bethu maduze bahlale phansi bathole isixazululo esinobungane kulo msangano. Kubuhlungu ukubona ibandla lihlukana phakathi, kubuhlungu ukubona abefundisi beshiya ibandla asebekhonze iminyaka eminingi. Kukhona okungahambanga kahle, kunephutha elikhulu ndawondawo, futhi izwe lama-Orthodox lisibhekile. Inkonzo yokukhulekela yaphazanyiswa namuhla nguSt. Moses the Black eNieri ngokumelene nezifiso zami, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi: kunesonto elilodwa kuphela, umbhishobhi oyedwa (igunya elingokomoya elilodwa) okwamanje. Kufanele sivikele amabandla ethu namakholwa ethu amsulwa awazi lutho ngalo mgomo. Le mpi engokomoya ingokoqobo.
Nkosi sikelela iAfrika! ”
Isithombe ngenhla: Umhlonishwa uNeophyte utshela umpristi waseRussia uGeorgi Maximov ukuba ashiye i-altare
