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`wmida ninos cxovrebis~ teqsti Cawerili IV saukune-Si salome ujarmelis mier, Sesulia ̀ qarTlis cxovrebaSi~,

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wigni gankuTvnilia moswavleebis, studentebisa dafarTo mkiTxveli sazogadoebisaTvis.

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pirvelad vaxsenoT cxovreba wmidisa da netarisa dedisaCvenisa da yoveli qarTlis ganmanaTleblisa nino mociqulisa,romelic TviT manve netarma mogviTxro aRsrulebis Jams daaRwera morwmune dedofalma salome ujarmelma, mirian me-fis Zis colma, asulma Trdat somexTa mefisa.

wmida giorgi kapadokielis qristesTvis wamebis Jams, kapa-dokiaSi mcxovrebi didebuli kaci zabuloni wavida qalaqromSi karze samsaxurisaTvis. am dros branjni ebrZodnenromaelebs. zabulons, romelic romaelTa laSqarSi iyo, miscaRmerTma uZleveli Zali, gaaqcia branjebi da Seipyro maTimefe mTavrebTan erTad. keisarma gadawyvita maTi daxocva.maSin branjebma daiwyes tirili da Seevedrnen zabulons:`jermogveci Seni rjuli, Tqveni RmerTis taZarSi Segviyvane damere dagvxoce, radganac Sen Segvipyari da Senve dagvexmaream saqmeSi~. zabulonma es saswrafod auwya keisars da patri-arqs. isini monaTles zabulonis xelTa qveS, Seiyvanes RvTistaZarSi, aziares wmida saidumlos - qristes sisxlsa daxorcs.

diliT adgnen branjebi, Caicves samkvdro samoseli, gavid-nen kacTa sasaklaoze, loculobdnen da madlobdnen RmerTsnaTlisRebisaTvis:`Cven sikvdilSic ukvdavebi varT, rameTuRmerTma am didebis Rirsni gagvxada~. amis Semyure zabulonimwared atirda, rameTu rogorc cxvrebma, Tavi Tvisi war-sakveTad moudriknes.

Sevida zabuloni keisarTan da gamoiTxova samkvdrod Seka-zmulni. xelmwifem uTxra:`momiZRvnia SenTvis da rac ginda,is uyavi~.

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zabulonma isini gaaTavisufla. xolo branjebi evedre-bodnen, raTa wahyoloda maT qveyanaSi da gaeqristianebinamTeli maTi eri. ismina, iTxova patriarqisgan mRvdelni, nebarTvamiiRo mefisgan da sixaruliT gahyva maT.

branjTa aTi saerisTavo sixaruliT Seegeba TavianT mefesdidi da Rrma mdinaris piras. gahyo mefem xalxi da daayenaorive napirze. xalxi ganibana wyalSi, amovidnen erT adgilasda zabulonis xelqveS moinaTlnen. aziara isini qristes sai-dumlos, dautova mRvdeli da ganuwesa qristianobis yoveliwesi. gamoemSvidoba da didi simdidriT dabrunda romSi. aqTqva:`sjobs, wavide ierusalims da movaxmaro es simdidreRvTis adgils~. Cavida ierusalimSi da gauyo Tavisi monagebiglaxakebs. aq patriarqi iyo iobenali. bavSvobaSive daoble-buli iobenali da misi daO sosana warmoSobiT zabulonismxrisani iyvnen. Cans, amis gamo niaforma sara beTlemelma,romelsac emsaxureboda sosana, uTxra patriarqs:`es zabu-loni aris mama da ganmanaTlebeli branjTa, RvTismoSiSi dabrZeni kacia. mieci Seni da sosana colad~. patriarqi da-Tanxmda, misca sosana colad da wavida zabuloni TavissamSoblo kapadokiaSi.

wminda nino, qarTlis moZRvari, maTgan iSva. is iyo dedi-serTa, sxva Svili mis mSoblebs ar hyavdaT. roca nino Tormetiwlisa gaxda, misma mSoblebma gayides yovelive, rac ebadaT,wavidnen ierusalims da gauyves glaxakebs. ierusalimSi zab-ulonma miiRo kurTxeva patriarqisagan da ganSorda Taviscols. cremliT gamoeTxova Tavis asuls, ninos da uTxra:`Sen,Cemo erTaderTo Svilo, gtoveb oblad Cemgan da migandobzecaTa mamas, rameTu is aris obolTa mama, yovelTa mzrdelida qvrivTa ganmkiTxveli. nu geSinia, Svilo Cemo, Seiyvareqriste mariam magdalinelis msgavsad da lazares debiviT.Tu Senc maTsaviT Seiyvareb, aseve mogcems yovelives, rasaciTxov misgan~. es rom Tqva, saukuno amboris-yofiT eamborada wavida iordanes iqiT meudabnoe kacebTan.

xolo deda wmidisa ninosi patriarqis nebiT dadga glax-aki da uZluri qalebis msaxurad. wmida nino dvinel somex

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niaforTan msaxurobda ori weli da gamohkiTxavda xolmeqristes jvarcmas, daflvasa da aRdgomas, rameTu misebrrjulis mcodne ierusalimSi aravin iyo, icoda Zveli daaxali aRTqma zedmiwevniT. auwya da uTxra:`vxedav, SviloCemo, Sens Zalas, viTarca Zu lomisa, msgavsi xar dedaliorbisa, romelic haerSi mamalze ufro maRla adis da misTvalSi mTeli xmeleTi Cans mcire margalitis TvaliviT,saWmels ixilavs, dauSvebs frTebs da mieteveba mas. aseveiyos Seni cxovreba suliwmidis winamZRvrobiT.

mogiTxrob yovelives:mokvdavma adamianebma ixiles war-marTebis mosarjuleblad mosuli ukvdavi RmerTi, romelsacundoda qveynis xsna:keTils uyofda ebraelebs, mkvdrebsaRadgenda, brmebs Tvals uxelda, sneulebs kurnavda. SeSurdaTmisi da SeiTqvnen, dagzavnes macneni mTel qveyanaze yovelimxridan ebraelebis mosawvevad da auwyes maT:`aha, sacaawarvwymdebiT, modiT, SemokrbiT yovelni~.

maSin movidnen yvela mxridan uricxvi adamianebi, mosesrjulis swavlulni, win rom aRudgnen suliwmidas, jvarsacves qriste da mis samoselze wili iyares. samoseli Crdi-loeTis qveynidan mosul moqalaqeebs SexvdaT. daflesebraelebma qriste da dabeWdes misi saflavi, magram is aRd-ga, rogorc adreve Tqva. tiloni saflavSi ipoves. diliTpontoeli pilates colma aiRo es tiloni, saswrafod wav-ida pontoSi da qristes morwmune gaxda. qristes sudari kiver ipoves, magram Tqves, petrem ineba misi aReba da masvehqondeso. jvari ki aqvea damarxuli, ierusalimSi, magram misiadgili aravin icis. RmerTi inebebs da isic gamoCndeba.

roca sara niaforisgan es moismina wmida ninom, madlobaSeswira RmerTs da kvlav hkiTxa:`sad aris CrdiloeTisqveyana, saidanac mosul ebraelebs wilad xvdaT da waiRessamoseli uflisa Cvenisa ieso qristesi?~ miugo da uTxrasara niaforma, rom aRmosavleTSi aris qalaqi mcxeTa, qveyanaqarTlisa, somxeTTan, mTieli warmarTebisa.

im dReebSi wmida aRdgomis Tayvanissacemad efesodan mov-ida erTi dedakaci. hkiTxa mas sara niaforma:`elene dedo-

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fali kvlav cdomilebasa da bnelSi imyofeba?~. xolo manupasuxa. `me var maTi mxevali, mcodne yoveli maTi ganzrax-visa, cxadisa da dafarulisa, da vici, rom aqvs mas didiwadili qristes rjulisa da naTlisRebisTvis~.

es roca moismina, wmida ninom uTxra niafors:`warmgzavneelene dedofalTan da iqneb miveaxlo mas sasaubrod qristesSesaxeb~.

niaforma ninos wadili auwya patriarqs. patriarqma, wmi-da ninos dedis Zmam, mouxmo Tavis diswuls, daayena is sakurTx-evlis aRsavlis karTan, daado xelebi mxrebze da SesTxovaRmerTs:`ufalo RmerTo saukuneTao, xelTa SenTa Sevve-dreb Cems obol disSvils, warvavlen Sens saqadageblad,raTa axaros maT Seni aRdgoma. iqmen, qriste RmerTo, amisTanamgzavri da moZRvari~.

gaemgzavrnen wmida nino da efeseli qali qalaq romSi. iqnaxes mefeebis naTesavi erTi dedofali, saxelad rifsime damisi dedamZuZu gaiane, qalwulTa monasterSi. elodnen dasurdaT ierusalimSi naTlisReba qristes aRsarebisaTvis.

wmida nino rifsimesTan gadavida sacxovreblad. im weli-wadsve moinaTlnen rifsime, gaiane da maTi saxleuli or-mocdaaTi suli, umravlesma maTTagan wmida ninos xelqveSmiiRo naTlisReba da wavidnen TavianT monasterSi. maTTaniyo wmida nino ori weli.

im dReebSi keisarma TavisTvis lamazi sacolis mosaZebnadgagzavna mZebnelni. maT qalwulTa monasterSi ixiles rif-sime. gamohkiTxes gvarovneba, radganac aravin iyo saxiT misimsgavsi. daxates ficarze da gaugzavnes. moewona keisars, aRiv-so sixaruliT da brZana qorwili. waravlina mociqulebimTels Tavis sabrZanebelSi, raTa yvelani ZRveniTa da didisixaruliT Sekrebiliyvnen samefo qorwilSi.

roca netarma rifsimem, gaianem da sxva wmida da yov-ladqebulma qalebma ixiles maTze moweuli gansacdeli, gaix-senes ubiwoebis aRsareba da qebis Rirsi martoobiT cxovre-ba, iwyes tirili, evedrebodnen RmerTs mowyalebas da er-

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TobiT, urTierTganzraxviT, farulad datoves qveyana, or-mocdacametma sulma.

mividnen ltolvilebi somxeTis areebSi, dvinSi, somex mefeTasayofelSi. iq Sevidnen maranSi, romelic aSenebuli iyo Crdil-oaRmosavleTiT. Tavs irCendnen xelsaqmiT.

xolo keisari aRivso mwuxarebiT, yvelgan gagzavna kacebimaT mosaZebnad. keisris mociqulebi Trdat somexTa mefesTanacmividnen, miarTves mas keisris wigni, romelSic ewera: ̀ TviT-mpyrobeli keisari siyvaruliT mogikiTxav Cems Zmasa da Tan-amosaydre Trdats. gauwyeb, rom mravali vneba gvaqvs qris-tianTagan, sruliad Seuracxyofilia Cveni samefo uflebamaTi krebulis mier da dawunebulia Cveni xelmwifeba maTgan,rameTu isini vinme jvarcmul mkvdars emsaxurebian da ZelsTayvanscemen, kacTa Zvlebs pativscemen, TavianTi sikvdiliuflis didebad miaCniaT. ar eSiniaT uriebis, uriebs ki jvarc-mulis eSiniaT. mefeebs agineben, RmerTebs Seuracxyofen, mzis,mTvarisa da varskvlavebis naTlis Zala arafrad miaCniaT,aramed Seqmnilad ityvian im jvarcmulis mier da ise moaq-cies qveyana, rom colebi qmrebs da qmrebi colebs Sordebi-an. Tumca mravali satanjveliT amovwyvite, magram ufrogamravldnen. SemTxveva mqonda menaxa maTTagan erTi axal-gazrda qali da ganvizraxe misi colad moyvana, xolo masmefis guli sasurvelad ki ar miaCnda, aramed saZaglad.arawmidad Semracxes, farulad gaiqcnen da Seni qveynissazRvrebSi Semovidnen. icode, Zmao Cemo, gamoiZie isini, rocaipovni, mohkal, xolo maTgan Secdenil pirmSvenier rifsimesroca ipovni, warmoavline. Tu Sen inebeb, SenTvis igule,rameTu aravinaa misi msgavsi saberZneTSi. icocxle RmerTebismsaxurebiT~.

roca Trdatma es brZaneba waikiTxa keisrisa, mswrafliwyo maTi Zebna da ipova isini sawnaxlis saxlSi.

rifsimes xilvisas gulisTqmiT aRivso da didi sixaruliTgaixara da ganizraxa misi colad moyvana, rac ar isurvarifsimem. maSin awama is da dedamZuZu gaiane da sxva mravalnimaTgan, zogierTebi daimalnen da iltvodnen.

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maSin wmida nino daimala vardis ekalTa Soris, romelicjer ar hyvaoda im dros, roca aRmovidnen sulni wmidaTamowameTani. ixila wmida ninom wmida stefanes msgavsi diakoni,naTlis olariT Camomavali, xelSi eWira sasakmevle, romel-sac asdioda surnelebis kvamli, cis damfarveli. masTan iyosimravle zecis erisa da maT SeuerTdnen wmida mowameTasulebi. roca es ixila wminda ninom, SehRaRada ase:`ufalo,ufalo, rad damiteveb me aspitTa da iqedneTa Soris~, maSinxma moesma zevidan, romelic ityoda:`aseve wagiyvanen, rocaeg ekali, romelic Sens garSemo aris, surnelovan vardisfurclad iqceva, adeq da CrdiloeTisken wadi, sadac samkalifriad aris da muSaki ki mcire~.

da wavida iqidan wmida nino da mivida orbanTaSi, somxe-Tis sazRvarze, iq daizamTra mravali gasaWiriT, da meoTxeTves, romelic aris ivnisi, wavida da moiwia javaxeTis mTebTan,sadac Sexvda gamdinare did tbas, romelsac hqvia faravna,xolo roca iqiT gaixeda da ixila CrdiloeTis mTebi, zafx-ulis am dReebSi savseni TovliT da sastiki haeriT, SeZrwun-da wmida nino da Tqva:`ufalo, ufalo, miiRe suli CemiCemgan~.

dahyo iq ori dRe da iTxova sakvebi meTevzeTagan, am tbismebadurTagan. mwyemsebic iq iyvnen da Ramis samwysoSi cecxlienToT. SesTxovdnen TavianT RmerTebs armazs da zadens, aRuTq-vamdnen maT Sesawirs, ̀ odes mivideT mSvidobiTo~.

wmida ninom mcired icoda somxuri ena, rameTu niaforis-gan iswavla. mwyemsTa Soris somxurad molaparake ipova dahkiTxa:`romeli soflidan xarT?~ man miugo da uTxra:`dabaelarbinidan da safurclidan da qinZarelni, rabatelni didisaqalaqisa mcxeTisa, sadac RmerTni RmerToben da mefeni me-foben~. da hkiTxa, Tu ̀ saiT aris mcxeTa?~ xolo mwyemsma aseauwya, mdinare, romelic am tbidan gaedineba, mcxeTaSi mivao.

daido wmida ninom lodi sasTumlad, dawva da daiZina amtbis gardasadinelSi. ZilSi CvenebiT movida erTi kaci, zom-ieri simaRlisa da naxevarTmosani. man misca wmida ninos

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beWdiT daluquli wigni da uTxra:`miarTvi es mcxeTaSiwarmarTTa mefes~. xolo wmida ninom daiwyo tirili davedreba. `ufalo, dedakaci var, ucxo da umecari da arcvici maTi ena, rogor mivide ucxo qveyanaSi, ucxo erSi?~maSin kacma gauxsna wigni da misca wasakiTxad, dawerili iyolaTinurad da beWedi iyo ieso qristesi. am wignSi ewera 10sityva:1. sadac iqadageba es saxareba, iq iTqmeba am dedaka-cis Sesaxeb; 2. arc mamakaceba aris da arc dedakaceba, aramedTqven yovelni erTi xarT~ 3. wadiT da moimowafeniT yovelniwarmarTni da naTelscemdiT maT saxeliTa mamisaTa da ZisaTada wmidisa sulisaTa; 4. naTeli gamobrwyinda warmarTebzedidebad erisa Senisa israelisa; 5. sadac sasufevlis es sax-areba iqadageba, munca iTqmodes yovelsa sofelsa; 6. vincTqven mogismenT da SegiwynarebT, me Semiwynarebs da vinc meSemiwynarebs, Cems momavlinebels Seiwynarebs, 7. friad uy-varda mariami ufals, rameTu maradis ismenda mis WeSmaritsityvas; 8. nu geSiniaT maTi, romelnic Tqvens xorcs moklaven,maT sulis mokvla ar SeuZliaT; 9. uTxra mariam magda-linels iesom. `wadi, dedakaco, da axare daTa da ZmaTaCemTa~; 10. qadagebdeT saxeliTa mamisaTa da ZisaTa da sulisawmidisaTa;

roca es sityvebi waikiTxa wmida ninom, iwyo vedrebaRvTis 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 dinebadasavleTis mxares. Seudga ficxel, Znel gzas, mravali Wirinaxa, mxecebis SiSi, sanam ar miaRwia adgils, sadac wyalmaaRmosavleTiT iwyo dineba. amis Semdeg daiwyo misi lxena,rameTu ipova iq mogzauri, romelTanac erTad miaRwia qarT-lis sanaxebs, qalaqs, romelsac urbnisi ewodeba, sadac ixilaucxo xalxi, RmerTTa msaxuri. cecxls, qvebs, xeebs RmerTadTayvanscemdnen, risTvisac suli daumwuxrda, Sevida ebraelebisbaginSi ebrauli enisaTvis, dahyo iq erTi Tve da qveyanasecnoboda.

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erT dRes daiZra didZali xalxi, am qalaqidan warmavalnidid samefo qalaqSi, mcxeTaSi, savaWrod da RmerT armazisTviszvarakis Sesawirad. wahyva wmida nino maT. roca qalaqSimividnen, dadgnen mogvTa xidTan. cecxlismsaxur am eris Sec-domis xilvisas stiroda wmida nino maT warwymedasa daTavis ucxoobas.

meore dRes gaisma sayvirT xma, gamovida uricxvi xalxiviTarca yvavilni velisani da xmauri ismoda saSineli. mefejer kidev ar iyo gamosuli. roca movida dro, iwyo sirbilida damalva yovelma kacma, SiSisgan safarvelSi Serbodnenda aha, myisve gamovida nana dedofali da nel-nela mosdev-da eri. Seamkes yoveli quCa sxvadasxvaferi samosliT. iwyomTelma erma mefis qeba. maSin gamovida mefe sazareli daTvalSeudgami xilviT, wmida ninom hkiTxa erT ebrael qals:`raaris es?~ man upasuxa:`RmerTi RmerTTa armazi uxmobs, rom-lis gareSec sxva kerpebi ararani arian~. myisve wavida wmidanino armazis saxilvelad da `aRivsnen mTebi droSebiT daxalxiT, viTarca velni yvavilTa~.

xolo wmida ninom Seaswro armazis cixeSi da dadga kerpismaxloblad, zRudis napralTan. xedavda miuwvdomel da eniTuTqmel sakvirvelebas, Tu rogor eSinodaT mefes, mTavrebsda mTel ers maT winaSe aRmarTuli kerpebisa. ixila wmidaninom, rom idga erTi spilenZis kaci, tans oqros jaWvi emosa,Tavze oqros Cafxuti exura, samxreebic oqrosive hqonda damoWedili iyo Zvirfasi TvlebiT. xelT xmali epyra viTarcaelva da iqnevda. Tu vinme Seexeboda, sasikvdilod gaiwire-boda. ambobdnen:`vaime, ar davaklo dideba am did RmerTsarmazs, an ar Sevcde ebraelebisa da mogvebis mosmeniT,romelnic ityvian raRac ucxo RmerTis Sesaxeb, ar mipovosraime biwi armazma da ar mces Tavisi maxvili, romlisacyvelas eSinia~. da SiSiT Tayvaniscemdnen mas.

da aseve iyo mis marjvniv oqros kerpi, saxeli misi gacida mas marcxniv edga vercxlis kerpi, saxeli misi gaim, romelnicRmerTebad miaCnda qarTlis ers.

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maSin tiroda da oxravda netari nino RvTis mimarT amCrdiloeTis qveynis SecdomisaTvis, rom naTeli maTTvis da-faruli iyo da bneli uflobda maTze mefeni da mTavarnicocxlad STaenTqa jojoxeTs, daetovebinaT dambadebeli,qvasa da xes, spilenZsa da gamoWedil rvals RmerTad Tayvanscemdnen.

aRixilna zecad da Tqva:`ufalo, erTi wmida samebisa-gani kacad iqmen da acxovne yoveli sofeli, nu ugulebely-of amaT, rameTu kaci Seni xati aris, moxede wyalobiT amers, Serisxe soflis mpyrobeli, bneleTis mTavari uCino sulebi.miCvene me, ufalo RmerTo mamisa da dedisa Cemisao, mxevalsaSensa, raTa ixilon yovelTa kideTa qveynisaTa macxovarebaSeni, raTa CrdiloeTi samxreTTan erTad ixarebdes da yovelmaenam (yvela erma) mxolod Sen gces Tayvani Seni Zis iesoqristes mier, romelsac Svenis madloba da didebismetyveleba~.

rogorc ki daasrula es locva wmida ninom, Tvalis erTwamisyofaSi amovarda dasavleTis qari, gaisma sazareli qux-ilis xma, gamoCnda swrafi Rrublebi saSineli niSniT, moitanadasavleTis niavma myrali da Zlier cudi, mware suni. es romixila eris simravlem, iltvoda yoveli kaci da qali qala-qisa da soflebisaken, miecaT dro, rom yovel kacs SeeswroTavis sayofelSi da swrafad moiwia es risxvis Rrubeli,mwared sastiki da mxolod kerpebis sayofel adgilze moiRolitris* toli setyva. daamsxvria es kerpebi da Semusra,daarRvia zRudeni sastikma qarma da kldeTa napralebSiCaamxo, xolo wmida nino darCa mSvidobiT im adgilas, sadacpirvelad iyo Sesuli.

meore dRes gamovida mirian mefe da yoveli eri. eZebdnenmaT RmerTebs da ver ipovnes, ris gamoc SeeSindaT da SeZr-wundnen, iglovdnen da ambobdnen:`qaldevelTa RmerTi iTru-jan da Cveni RmerTi armazi mtrebi arian, aman erTxel maszezRva 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 mefegareul Rorad iqca da imave RmerTis ZaliT kvlav kacadveiqmna, im RmerTma moaxdina es. rameTu sxva RmerTi uZluriaaseTis qmnad~. amas ambobdnen imitom, rom Trdat mefis Ro-rad da mere kacad gadaqcevis Semdeg, qristes qeba-didebaqarTlSi aRar iTqmoda farulad, rameTu RvTis madlma aR-mosavleTSi mofena daiwyo.

risxvis dRes, sastiki qaris dacxromis Semdeg, gamovidawminda nino kldis napralidan, ipova bivrilis Tvali, aiRoda wavida kldis qimisaken, sadac idga Zveli cixe. iq idgaakakis xe mSvenieri, maRali da rtomravali, sadac iyo bar-tam mefis sagrili da gansasvenebeli. mivida am xis Ziras,gaakeTa qristes jvris niSani da eqvs dRes aq iloca. mad-lobda RmerTs da evedreboda, raTa moexeda wyalobiT Sec-domili erisTvis, exsna eSmakisagan. iyo meeqvse dRe im Tvisa,roca emanuilma Taboris mTaze mamis xati uCvena mociquleb-is da winaswarmetyvelebis meTaurebs.

maSin movida erTi sefeqali, saxelad SroSana da ixila isxis qveS, gaukvirda, moiyvana berZnulad metyveli qali, hkiTxamisi gza, xolo wminda ninom auwya da uTxra yoveli gza dasaqme Tavisi, garda dedis Zmebisa, rameTu tyved gaacno Tavi.

maSin Seewyala SroSanas ucxoebisTvis, aevso cremliTTvalni da daaZala samefo saxlSi wahyoloda, xolo wmindaninom ar ineba wasvla masTan da wavida SroSana.

amis Semdeg mesame dRes Camovida mtkvarze da gaemarTamefis baRSi, sadac amJamad aris sveti igi RvTiT aRmarTulida sakaTalikoso eklesia. roca mivida baRis karTan, ixilamcire saxli baRis mcvelisa. Sevida wmida nino. ijda iqdedakaci, saxelad anastos. roca dedakacma ixila nino adga,moexvia da Seitkbo, rogorc nacnobma, dabana xelebi, scxozeTi, miarTva puri da Rvino. dahyo masTan wmida ninom cxraTve.

anastos da misi qmari uSviloebi iyvnen da wuxdnen uSvi-lobisaTvis. wmida ninos eCvena:movida kaci naTlisferi da

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Tqva:Sedi am baRSi, xeze aSvebuli vazia _ babilo, naZvTaqveS. aiRe miwa am adgilidan, SeaWame magaT da eyolebaTSvili~. hyo ase wmida ninom da uTxra:`dausabamo RvTis Zis,qristes ZaliT, romelic Tanamosaydre aris mamisa da sulisawmidisa da romelic Seni xsnisaTvis gankacda, jvars ecva,daefla, aRdga mesame dRes, amaRlda zecad, dajda mamisgverdiT, kvlav mova didebiT gansasjelad cocxlebisa damkvdrebisa, man mogces Sen gulisxmis-yofa~. da auwya yoveligza WeSmariti.

maSin col-qmarma aRiara qriste da daemowafnen faru-lad. wmida ninom qalaqis zRudis gareT ipovna mayvlisbuCqi, sadac axla aris zemo eklesiis sakurTxeveli, saepisko-poso. da is Seqmna Tavis sayoflad. Seqmna nasxlevisaganjvari da aRmarTa am buCqis qveS. marad loculobda dRe daRame daucxromlad. da emsaxureboda es col-qmari. ukvir-daT misi Rvawli, locva da mRviZareba.

da mravalgzis midiodnen uriaTa ubanSi ebrauli enisa dauflis kvarTis gamoZiebisaTvis, romlis Sesaxebac ierusalim-Si moismina niaforisgan, rom ̀ kvarTi uflisa mcxeTel ebraelebswauRiaTo~. amisaTvis gamoeZiebda uriebTan, rom gaego raimekvarTis Sesaxeb.

da ipova erTi ebraeli mRvdeli, saxeliT abiaTari dauqadaga mas da mis asuls sidonias Cveni uflis ieso qristessaxareba. irwmunes da daemowafnen isini da sxva 6 ebraeliqali. da naTlisRebis gareSe aiRes wmida ninos swavlis uRe-li. rameTu ara ipoveboda mRvdeli, romelic naTelsscemdada farulad iyvnen misi mowafeni. kurnavda da qristes ZaliTsakvirvelebebs hyofda:mravali ganrRveuli gankurna.

ase imyofeboda qalaq mcxeTaSi sam wels. am dros Sei-Wrnen mirian mefe da misi Zmiswuli, sparsTa mefe, saberZneTSi,xolo konstantine berZenTa mefem qristes ZaliT da jvriswinamZRvrobiT gandevna es mefeebi da maTi mravali molaSqremosra.

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Tqmuli abiaTar mRvdelisa, romelic daemowafawmidasa da netar ninos

`me, abiaTar mRvdeli, wilisyriT vmRvdelobdi im weli-wads, roca wmida da netari nino movida mcxeTaSi. maSinmomivida werili antioqiidan, ebraeli mRvdlebisgan, romelSicewera:`samad gahyo RmerTma israelis samefo. Cveniwinaswarmetyvelebi dacxrnen, aRsrulda yovelive da gan-vibnieniT yvela qveyanaSi. romaelebma daipyres Cveni qveyana.vtirodiT erTurTs, rameTu ganvarisxeT Semoqmedi RmerTi.axla ki ganixile moses wigni da is sityva, romelic dagviw-era Cven:`romeli ityGs queyanasa zeda RmrTad Tavsa TGssa,Zelsa damoekiden~. an rom avcdenodiT ieso nazarevelissikvdils! rameTu vxedavT, roca Cveni winapari mamebiSescodebdnen xolme RmerTs da daiviwyebdnen mas, maSin ty-veobasa da gansacdelSi xvdebodnen, xolo roca moiqceodnenda SesTxovdnen, maSin srulad ganSordebodnen Wirs. es SvidgzisviciT werilidan. xolo axla, radganac Cvenma mamebma xeliSeaxes im mwiri dedakacis Zes da mokles is, aiRo RmerTmaxeli wyalobisa Cvengan da gahyo Cveni samefo, gangvaSora miswminda taZars da ugulebelyo Cveni eri sruliad, da imisSemdeg gavida 300 weli dametic, aRar Seismina Cveni vedrebada unda vifiqroT, rom zeciT iyo is kaci~.

amis Semdeg viwye gamokiTxva ninosgan qristes Sesaxeb, Tuvin iyo is da ra mizeziT iqmna Ze RvTisa kacad. maSin aRaRopiri wmida ninom, rogorc aRmomdinare wyarom da iwyo si-tyva saukuniTgan. Cvens wignebs zepir aRmoityoda, gone-badakarguls gonier-gvyofda, ZmaTa CvenTa Segvabralebdada rjulis cvalebas dagvajerebda, sanam ar virwmune misisityva. ieso qriste - Ze RvTisa, misi vneba da aRdgoma. misisaSineli meored mosvla da warmarTTa molodini. me da CemiSvili misi gansawmedelis sapkureblis miRebis Rirsi Seviq-meniT, im wylis embazisa, romelsac natrobda daviT da vereRirsa. da mesma me axlisa rjulisa, sagaloblisa, romelsac

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natrobda daviT. Rirs viqmeniT RvTis Zis - qristes sisxlisada xorcis ziarebisa, tkbil ars gemos-xilva qveynis cod-vaTaTvis Sewiruli kravisa. da ase inebe, ufalo, gansvlaCemi xorcidan. da kvlav mravali saswauli ixila Cemma Tvalebmawmida ninos mier aRsrulebuli Cvens dReebSi.

Tqmuli misive, abiaTar mRvdelisa, kvarTisaTvisuflisa Cvenisa ieso qristesi

`me, abiaTar mRvdeli, mogiTxrobT im ambavs, romelicmeuwya da Cemi yuriT movismine mamisa da dedisagan da wignidanacvici, rameTu maTac mSoblebisa da papebisagan moTxrobiT dasmeniT icodnen, rom roca herode mefobda ierusalims, maSingvesma. `ierusalimi sparselebma daipyreso~, ris gamoc iqmnaglova da wuxili qarTveli ebraelebisa, mcxeTis mkvidrTa,bodeli mRvdlebisa, kodiswyaroeli mwignobrebisa, sobiskananelTa TargmanTa eseni yvelani moemzadnen saltolve-lad, 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 sur-nelebisa. da eZebdnen vinme axalSobil yrmas, daviTis Zes.ipoves erTi, mwiri dedakacisagan Sobili udrood da uadg-ilo adgilas. da eseni am yrmis TayvaniscemisTvis movidnen damas Seswires ZRveni igi~. es rom gaiges, iqmna didi sixaruliyovelTa zeda huriaTa qarTvelTa.

amis Semdeg, roca gavida 30 weli, maSin mowera ana mRvdelmaierusalimidan Cvens mamaTamamas eliozs, rom is, rom-lisTvisac sparsTa mefeebi ZRveniT movidnen, gaizarda, ukveasakSia da Tavis Tavs uwodebs RvTis Zes. modiT yvelani missikvdilze, raTa aResrulos moses mcneba~. da wavida aqedanelioz mRvdeli, Cemi mamaTa mama, moxucebuli kaci da hyavdamas deda elia mRvdlis tomisgan da erTi da. evedreboda

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eliozs dedamisi ase:`wadi, Svilo, mefis mowodebiT darjulis wesis Tanaxmad, xolo rasac isini ganizraxaven, nuSeuerTdebi cnobierad, rameTu igi aris sityva winaswarmetyvel-Ta da igavi brZenTa~. wavidnen elioz mcxeTeli da longinozkarsneli da iq daeswrnen uflis jvarcmas.

xolo roca damsWvales ufali da kveriT dahkres sam-sWvals, aq eliozis dedas moesma, ikivla da Tqva. ̀ mSvidobiT,mefobao huriaTao, rameTu mohkaliT Tqveni macxovari daiqmeniT Semoqmedis mkvleli. vai, Cems Tavs, amaze win rad armovkvdi, rom Cems yurebs ar moesminaT~. da ase Seisvena(gardaicvala).

xolo uflis kvarTi wilad xvdaT mcxeTelebs. wamoiRoeliozma da moitana mcxeTas. da moegeba misi dai cremliani.moexvia yelze Tavis Zmas, gamoarTva iesos samoseli, miikramkerdze da suli ganuteva am sami tkiviliT:qristes sikvdil-isaTvis, dedisa da ZmisTvis, romelic eziara uflis sisxls.

maSin am sakvirvelebam didad SeaSfoTa mcxeTa, gaukvirdaTviT did aderki mefes, xalxis simravlesa da mTavrebs. moe-wona aderki mefes es samoseli, magram sakvirvelebisgan zar-dacemuli da SeSinebuli iyo. ar ineba gamoReba mkvdrisxelidan, romelsac magrad da surviliT Caekra samoseli.eliozma damarxa Tavisi da, mas xelT hqonda samoseli uflisa.es adgili sad aris, ufalma icis. mravali wlis Semdegaderki mefis Zmiswulma armazaelma moiZia es samoseliebraelebTan da ver ipova, rameTu auwyes yoveli, rac iyo.aravin icis, sad aris es adgili, ician mxolod, rom arislibanidan Camotanili da mcxeTas darguli da gazrdilinaZvis maxloblad~. mravalgzis brZana dedaman Cvenma wmidaninom, rom mogveZia es samoseli, magram masac uTxres:`es isadgilia, sadac kacTa ena ar dadumdeba RvTis sagaloblad~.

da esec meuwya mamaCemisgan, rom aris sxvac:saRmrToZaliT Semosili ormagi xaleni eliasi am qalaqSi. eliozissaxli iyo qalaqis dasavleTiT, mogvTa xids iqiT.

im dReebSi mravalgzis ixila Cvenma wmida ninom, TiTqosdamodiodnen cis frinvelebi Savi ferisani, Sevidodnen mdinare-

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Si, ganibandnen, ganspetakdebodnen da aRvidodnen baRSi, maR-lari vazis (babilo) yurZens SeWamdnen, yvavilebs moZovdnenda ase surviliT wmida ninosTan mividodnen, TiTqosda misiiyo is baRi, Semoudgebodnen mSvenieri JiviliT garSemo. esuTxra wmida ninom Tavis mowafe sidonias, abiaTaris asuls,xolo sidoniam uTxra wmida ninos:`ucxov da tyveTa mxsne-lo tyveo, ici, rom Sens mier movida es axali dro, Sens mierismis is Zveli ambavi, mamaTa CvenTa naqmari:sisxlis daTxevaim zeciuri kacisa, rac safuZvlad daedo ebraelebis sircx-vils, mTel qveyanaze kidiTkidemde ganbneva, maTi mefobis dacema,wmida taZris warTmeva, ucxo eris mowodeba maTi didebismaTTvis misacemad~. ierusalim, ierusalim, ierusalim, rogorgagiSlia frTebi da Semoikreb Seni frTebis qveS ciskidurisyvela ers. aha, aqac mosula es dedakaci, romelic Secvlis amqveynis yovel wess. da uTxra wmida ninos _ ̀ es Seni Cveneba isaris, rom es adgili Sens mier iqceva samoTxed~.

saberZneTidan mefe konstantines mier damarcxebuli mir-ian mefis mosvlamde wmida ninom gancxadebulad daiwyo qristesrjulis qadageba, gamoaCina vazis nasxlevis jvari da miTiqmoda did sakvirvelebas:wamlis gareSe ganrRveuli gankurnajvris SexebiT. masTan erTad qadagebdnen misi mowafeebi, rom-lebic Tavdapirvelad farulad daemowafnen _ 7 ebraeliqali:sidonia, abiaTaris asuli da sxva eqvsi, baRis mcvelicol-qmari da abiaTar mRvdeli _ axali pavle, romelicuSiSrad da daucxromlad qadagebda qristes rjuls. isdidi mcodne iyo Zveli rjulisa. axali rjuli iswavlawmida ninosgan da ninoze ufro metad uxsnida yovel kacsWeSmarit rjuls.

maSin aRiZrnen ebraelebi da surdaT qviT CaeqolaT abi-aTari, xolo man, mefem, miavlina msaxuri da gadaarCina abi-aTari sikvdils, rameTu mirian mefes hqonda survili qristesrjulisa. mas esmoda qristes rjulis saswauli saberZneTsada somxeTSi da ar abrkolebda wmida ninos da misi mowafee-bis qadagebas. magram ebrZoda eSmaki, uCino mteri, da ar

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aRiarebda qristes aRmsareblobas, xolo nana dedofali ufrogulficxeli iyo da Seuracxyofda maT qadagebas.

wmida nino loculobda daucxromlad Tavis sayudelSi,mayvlis qveS. gaocebulni iyvnen misi locviTa da mRviZare-biT. eucxoebodaT es saqme. daiwyes misi gamokiTxva, is auwyeb-da Zvel da axal wignebs, ganabrZnobda ugunurebs da ug-ulisxmoebs da maT gulSi nergavda qristes siyvaruls.

da ase iyo sam wels, gancxadebulad qadagebda qristes damravali daimowafa. maSin iyo erTi ymawvili, mZimed sneuli.mimohqonda igi dedamiss kardakar, raTa epovna vinme mcodnekurnebisa. magram ver ipova mkurnali da uTxres:aRaraferieSveleba mag ymas. es qali iyo warmarTi da gulficxi. sZagdaqristianuli sjuli, uSlida sxvebsac wmida ninosTan misv-las, magram roca sasowarkveTilebas mieca sxva mkurnalTagan,mivida wmida ninosTan, davarda mis winaSe da evedrebodayrmis gankurnebas. maSin uTxra wmida ninom:`kurnebas, romelicadamianisgan aris, me ar vyof, xolo RmerTma Cemma - qristemgankurnos es yrma, romelic yvelasgan ganwirulia.~

kilikze* loculobda xolme wmida nino, masze daadebinayrma da daiwyo RmerTis mimarT vedreba. maSinve ganikurna isyrma, gamojanmrTelebuli misca dedamiss. xolo yrmis dedamaRiara qriste da Tqva:`ar aris sxva RmerTi, garda qriste-si, romelsac qadagebs nino~, da daemowafa wmida ninos, Seudgamis 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. uTxresdedoflis brZaneba, xolo wmida ninom uTxra:`ara maqvsbrZaneba (neba), rom mivide iq, sadac Cveni Sveba ar aris,TviTon dedofali movides Cems sayofelSi da WeSmaritadganikurneba qristes ZaliT~. msaxurebma uTxres wmida ninosnaTqvami dedofals. maSin dedofalma brZana:`SemimzadeTsawoli da mimiyvaneT masTan~. sawoliT waiyvanes msaxurebma,misma Zem revim da eris simravlem.

roca mividnen wmida ninos samyofelTan, dades dedofalisagebel kilikze. daiwyo wmida ninom locva da vedrebaRvTis mimarT.

moiRo jvari, romelic hqonda, Seaxo Tavze, fexebsa damxrebze jvrissaxed da maSinve ganikurna da adga gamojanm-rTelebuli, irwmuna qriste da Tqva:`ar aris sxva RmerTi,qristes garda, romelsac qadagebs es tyve dedakaci~. da imdroidan gaixada is megobrad da Tavis Sinaurad. marad hkiTx-avda da gamowvlilviT gamoeZiebda qristes rjuls. aswav-lidnen wmida nino, abiaTari - axali pavle da misi asulisidonia. morwmune gaxda dedofali da cno WeSmariti RmerTi.

gamohkiTxa mefem dedofals, Tu rogor ganikurna meyseu-lad. mouTxro dedofalma, rac iqmna masze, Tu rogor gani-kurna wamlis gareSe locviT da jvrisSexebiT. am saswaulismxilveli eris simravle amowmebda dedoflis sityvebs.

maSin gankvirda mirian mefe, daiwyo gamoZieba qristesrjulisa, mravalgzis hkiTxa uriayofil abiaTar mRvdelsZveli da axali rjuli. nebroTis wignSic, romelic hqondamirian mefes, ipova erTi adgili:godolis aSenebis droszecidan gaisma xma nebroTis mimarT:`me var miqael, RmerTismier dadgenili aRmosavleTis mTavrad. gadi mag qalaqidan,rameTu RmerTi faravs mag qalaqs. ukanasknel Jams mova meufecisa, romlis xilvac Sen gnebavs. misi SiSi ganaqarvebs amqvey-niur sitkbos. mefeni mefobas datoveben da siglaxakes dau-wyeben Zebnas. is gixilavs WirSi da gixsnis Sen~. maSin gulisx-ma-yo mirianma, rom Zveli da axali wignebi emowmebodnen da

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nebroTis wignic amtkicebda. da mas gauCnda survili qristesrjulisa, magram ebrZoda uCino mteri da abrkolebda qristesaRiarebisgan, gulSi imeds itovebda kerpebisas da cecxlisas.

mudam evedreboda dedofali qristes aRsarebisaTvis. ded-oflis moqcevis Semdeg mefe ori weli orgulobda. am droswminda nino ers aswavlida daucxromlad, magram araviseubneboda:`vin var da saidan movedi~, aramed tyves uwodebdaTavis Tavs.

amis Semdeg sparseli mTavari mogvi saxelad xuara, das-neulda da sikvdilis pirs iyo. is iyo mirian mefis naTesavi.Seevedrnen wmida ninos nana dedofali da mefe. mefe missaqmes cota eWviT uyurebda, amitomac uTxra wmidaninos:`romeli ZaliT mkurnalob Sen? an armazis asuli xar,an zadenis Svili. ucxoeTidan moxvedi, amaT Seevedre damogces wyaloba, moganiWes kurnebis Zala, raTa gearseba ucxoqveyanaSi. didebul arian ukunisamde. xolo Sen iyavi CvenTan,rogorc Cveni Svili, am qalaqSi pativcemuli. magram nuiqadageb romaelTa Secdomil rjuls da nurc ityvi, rameTues didi da soflis mpyrobeli RmerTebi, mzis momfeneli,wvimis momcemeli da yoveli sulieri arsebis gamomzrdeliqarTlis RmerTebi armazi da zadeni, yovelive dafarulisgamomeZiebelni, Cveni mamebis Zveli RmerTebi gaci da gaim -isini unda swamdeT adamianebs. Tu gankurnav am mTavars -gagamdidreb da mcxeTis mkvidroba-moqalaqeobas mogcem, da-gayeneb armazis msaxurad. marTalia, maSin haeriTa da setyviTSeimusrnen, magram is adgili uZlevelia. es qarTvelTa ar-mazi da qaldevelTa RmerTi iTrujan maradi mtrebi arian.aman masze zRva miaqcia da man ki aseTi urva moawia, rogo-radac aris qveynis mpyrobelTa Cveuleba, da SenTvis sakma-risi iyos es brZaneba~. miugo netarma ninom:`qristes sax-eliT da misi dedis vedrebiT moavlinos Senze RmerTma -cisa da qveynis Semoqmedma, yoveli dabadebulis dambade-belma, 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 casRrubliT da quxs haerSi, iZvris qveyana misi simZafriT. arismexTa texa da mis kvalze cecxli aRegzneba misi guliswy-romiT. icode, rom RmerTi aris caSi. Tavad is uxilaviayovelive dabadebulisgan, garda misi Zisa, romelic misgangamovida da qveynad movida rogorc kaci, romelmac aRasru-la yovelive, risTvisac iyo mosuli da aRvida zecaSi ma-masTan da ixila dausabamo, romelic maRlaa da mdabalTaxedavs. male mogxedavs RmerTi, rameTu aris am qalaqSi erTisaswauli:samoseli RmerTis Zisa da Tqves, elias xalenic aqariso da mravali saswaulia, romelsac RmerTi gamoaCens.axla ki me Sens mTavars ganvkurnav qriste RmerTis ZaliT damisi vnebis jvriT, rogorc dedofali ganvkurne senisgan~.

da mihgvares mas is mTavari, movida dedofalic baRSinaZvis qveS, daayena aRmosavleTiT, aawevina xelebi da aTqmevinasamgzis:`ganveSorebi Sengan, eSmako, da Sevudgebi qristesaRmerTis Zesa~. tiroda nino da SesTxovda RmerTs Seswevnodaam kacs. mowafeebi masTan iyvnen iq erTi dRe da ori Rame. daswrafad gavida misgan suli boroti da daemowafnen ninosTavianTi saxliT da eriT da adidebdnen RmerTs.

Tqmuli sidonia dedakac i sa , romelmac i xilada aRwera. . .

erT zafxulis dRes, 20 ivliss, SabaTs, gavida mefe mux-ranisaken sanadirod. am dros uCino mterma - eSmakma, gulSiCaugdo kerpebisa da cecxlis siyvaruli. gaixsena msaxurebakerpebisa da isurva maxviliT amowyveta yvela qristianisa.uTxra mefem Tavis oTx Tanamzraxvels:`Rirsni varT, romCvenma RmerTma boroti gviyos, radganac aRar vemsaxurebiTmas da mivuSviT Tavis nebaze grZneuli qristiani mqadageble-bi TavianTi rjulis saqadageblad Cvens qveyanaSi. isini grZ-neulebiT akeTeben sakvirvelebas. axla aseTia Cemi ganzraxva,

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borotad gavwyvitoT yvela Tayvanismcemeli jvarcmulisa,da umetesad vemsaxuroT qarTlis mpyrobel RmerTebs, vamx-iloT dedofali nana, Cemi coli. movananiebinoT da dava-tovebinoT jvarcmulis rjuli. Tu ar damemorCileba, davivi-wyeb mis siyvaruls da sxvebTan erTad wavrwymidav masac~.daeTanxmnen misi Tanamzraxvelebi, radganac maTac am saqmisSesruleba mxurvaled undodaT, adreve surdaT, magram veracxadebdnen.

xolo mefem movlo sanaxebi muxranisa, avida TxoTis ma-Ral mTaze, raTa moexila kaspi da ufliscixe. ganvida mTisTxemze. Sua samxrobisas dabnelda mze mTaze da iqmna rogorcRame, bneli, ukuni. daipyro sibnelem areni da adgilni. gan-Sordnen erTmaneTs Wirisa da urvis gamo. darCa mefe marto,iareboda mTaTa da maRranTa Soris SeSinebuli da SeZr-wunebuli. dadga erT adgilas, gadaewura imedi Tavis sic-ocxlisa da roca movida cnobaze, ganizraxa gulSi:`aha,SevTxove Cems RmerTebs da ver vpove lxineba. axla juarc-muls, romelsac qadagebs wmida nino da kurnavs misiT, arSeuZlia Cemi xsna am Wirisagan? rameTu cocxlad var jo-joxeTSi da ar vici mTeli qveyana daiqca, Tu mxolodCemTvis iqmna es. axla Tu marto CemTvis aris es Wiri, ninosRmerTo, ganminaTle es bneli da miCvene Cemi samyofeli davaRiareb Sens saxels, aRvmarTav jvris Zels da Tayvans vcemmas. avaSeneb CemTvis salocvel saxls da viqnebi morCilininosi romaelTa rjulze~.

yovelive es rom warmoTqva, ganaTda da gamobrwyinda mze.CamoqveiTda cxenidan mefe, dadga imave adgilas, ganipyrnaxelni aRmosavleTiT da Tqva:`Sen xar RmerTi yovelTazeda RmerTTa da ufali yovelTa zeda ufalTa, RmerTi,romelsac nino ityvis. saqebelia Seni saxeli yoveli da-badebulisgan cis qveS da qveyanaze, rameTu Sen mixseni Wir-isgan da ganminaTle bneli. aha, vcnob. rameTu ginda Cemi xsna,lxena da SenTan miaxleba. kurTxeulo ufalo, am adgilasaRvmarTav Zelis jvars, romliTac idideba Seni saxeli damoixsenieba es sasawaulebrivi saqme ukunisamde~.

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daiswavla es adgili da wamovida. ixiles naTeli daSeuerTda gabneuli xalxi. mefe ki RaRadebda. `mieciT ninosRmerTs dideba, rameTu is aris saukuniTgan RmerTi da mx-olod mas Svenis dideba ukunisamde~.

nana dedofali da yoveli eri gavida mefis misagebeblad,rameTu esmaT pirvelad daRupva, xolo Semdeg mSvidobiTmosvla, miegebnen qinZarasa da RarTaSi. xolo netari ninoloculobda mwuxrs mayvlovanSi misi Cveulebisamebr. CvenmasTan viyaviT ormocdaaTi suli. roca movida mefe, iZvrodaqalaqi da maRali xmiT RaRadebda mefe. `sad aris is ucxodedakaci, romelic aris dedaCemi da misi RmerTi Cemi mxsne-lia~. da roca uTxres:`aq, mayvlovanSia da loculobs~,mivida TviT mefe da mTeli laSqari, Camoxda mefe cxenidanda uTxra ninos:`axla Rirsi var Seni RmerTis da Cemimxsnelis saxelis aRiarebisa~. wmida ninom aswavla, aRmosav-leTiT eca Tayvani da eRiarebina qriste Ze RvTisa.

maSin grgvinavda da tiroda yoveli kaci, roca xedavdnenmefesa da dedofals cremlovanT. meore dRes mirian mefemwaravlina mociquli saberZneTSi konstantine berZenTa mefiswinaSe. masve gaatana ninos wigni elene dedofalTan. daauwyes yovelive saswauli mirianisa qristesmieri, romelicmcxeTaSi moxda da iTxoves saswrafod mRvdelni naTlisReb-isTvis. xolo wmida nino da misi mowafeebi uqadagebdnen ersdRe da Rame daucxromlad da uCvenebdnen WeSmarit gzas.

Tqmuli mis i ve eklesi is aRSene bi saTvi s

roca mefe da mTeli eri qristianobas daewafa mRvdlebismosvlamde, uTxra mefem wmida ninos:`msurs saswrafod avaSenoRvTis saxli, sad avaSeno?~ uTxra wmida ninom:`sadac mefe-Ta goneba mtkicea~. uTxra mas mefem:`miyvars me Seni mayv-lovani, iq mnebavs Cemi gonebiT, magram ase ar vyof da armoveridebi samefo baRs, am naZvTa simaRles, am babilos nay-

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ofierebasa da yvavilTa surnelebas, rameTu Cveneba, romel-ic ixile Sen, SavfrTiani frinvelebis ganbana wyliT, brwyin-valed ganspetakeba da dasxdoma maTi am baRis xeebze, maTitkbilxmovaneba, - WeSmaritad, es xorcieli warmavali baRiSegvecvleba saukuno samoTxed. aq aRvaSenoT RvTis saxli,Cven salocvelad, saberZneTidan mRvdlebis mosvlamdeo~.

saswrafod moiRo Zali. aswavlida xuroebs, mohkveTes isnaZvi da am naZvisgan Seamzada eklesiis Svidi sveti. ZelebiTaaSenes kedeli da aRmarTes eqvsi sveti TavianT adgilebze,xolo udidesi svetis aRmarTva. romelic sakvirveli iyosaxilvelad da gamzadebuli iyo Sua eklesiis Sesadgmelad,ver SeZles. auwyes mefes, rom adgilidanac ver daZres essveti. maSin movida mefe eris simravliT, moitanes mraval-Rone manqanebi. simarjviTa da xalxis simravlis ZaliT Seec-adnen aRmarTvas da ver SeZles. gakvirvebuli iyo mefe daxalxi da ambobdnen:`ra aris es?~ roca mosaRamovda:wavidamefe Tavis saxlSi, friad Sewuxebuli, xolo wmida nino daTormeti misi mowafe qali dadgnen svetTan. xolo sanatre-li igi godebda am svetze da adenda Tavis cremls.

SuaRamisas gadmoiqca orive mTa - armazi da zadeni, TiTqosCamoirRvnen da daayenes orive wyali:da mtkvarma gadmox-eTqa da mihqonda qalaqi. gaisma sazareli tyebisa da godebisxma. da agreTve aragvi gardamoxda cixeze da Seiqmna sazare-li grgvinva. SeeSindaT qalebs da iltvodnen. xolo wmidanino RaRadebda:`nu geSiniaT, dano Cemno, mTani aqve arian,wyalni aqve dian, da xalxs, yvelas sZinavs. xolo es TiTqos-da mTebi rom daiZrnen, marTali Cvenebaa, rameTu urwmunoe-bis mTani dairRvnen qarTlSi, xolo wyali rom dadga, ker-pebisadmi Sewiruli yrmebis sisxli Sewyda. xolo tyebis xmaeSmakTa simravle aris, rameTu igloven Tavsa Tvissa, romelnicam adgilebidan gaiqcnen ZaliTa maRlisa da qristes jvariT.iloceT RvTis mimarT~. da maSinve dacxra is xma da iyoarara. da dadga wmida nino, ganipyro xelni da daiwyo loc-va RmrTis mimarT da ambobda:`raTa ar dabrkoldes es

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saqme, romlisTvisac warmarTulia mefe~. da kvlav, mamlisyivilamde qalaqis samive kars dasca zari Zlierma laSqarma.dalewes karni da aRivso qalaqi sparsTa laSqriT, da gaismaxma SiSismomgvreli, yivili da kvla, da aRivso yoveli ad-gili sisxliT da movida simravle maxviliT da SeZaxilebiT.SiSisgan xorci dadneboda da ganilia suli maTi. tirodnenTavianT naTesavebs. ismoda Zlieri xma:`mefe sparsTa, mefeT-mefe xuaran-xuara brZanebs:yoveli ebraeli ganarineT pir-isagan maxvilisa~. es rom momesma, SevorguldiT me da aTniveCemTan myofni, da moaxloebulni iyvnen maxvilosanni Cvensgaremos, scemdnen da klavdnen.

da gaisma Zlieri xma - ̀ mirian mefe mokleso~. gaixeda mxnemoRvawem da Tqva:`es, romelic yivis, vici, axla didadgaWirvebulia da vmadlob RmerTs, rom es niSani aris maTiwarwymedisa, qarTlisa cxovrebisa da am adgilis didebisa~,da gvanugeSebda, rogorc xelovani moZRvari, WeSmariti moZR-vari da mociquli qristesi.

miubrunda am momaval xalxs da uTxra:`sad arian mefenisparsTani xuara da xuaran-xuara? sabastaniT guSin gamox-vediT, viTom male moxvediT da didi laSqari xarT, ZlieraddaleweT es qalaqi da maxvili daeciT. qarsa da niavs gahyeviTbneliT CrdiloeTisken, mTaTa da kedarTa. aha, movida, rom-lisganac Tqven iltviT~. da ganZra xeli jvrissaxed da mey-seulad uCino iqmna yoveli da dadumda garemo. qalebi Se-hnatrodnen mas da adidebdnen RmerTs.

ciskrisJams mierula yvela qals, xolo me, sidonia, mRviZareviyav. is idga xelganpyrobiT da aha, netars, zed moadga erTiWabuki sruliad naTliT Semkobili, Seblardnili cecxliszewriT da Tqva raRac sami sityva. xolo is daeca miwaze.Wabukma xeli mohkida svets, aRmarTa da waiRo maRla. megakvirvebuli miveaxle mas da vuTxari:`dedofalo, ra arises?~ xolo man mipasuxa:`moidrike Tavi qveynad~ da tirilidaiwyo. mcire xnis Semdeg adga da amayena, ganvSordiT amadgils. da qalebmac ixiles es sveti, cecxlis saxiT Camo-dioda. miuaxlovda Tavis xarisxs - monakveTi naZvis Zirs.

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riJraJisas adga mefe, urvisgan Sewuxebuli. gaxeda baRsda dawyebul eklesias. ixila naTeli, rogorc elva aRweu-li caSi misi baRidan. sirbiliT da mkvircxlad modioda misisaxlis simravle da qalaqis xalxi masTan erTad. maTsakvirveleba ixiles - naTeliT gabrwyinvebuli sveti Camo-dioda Tavis adgilze TiTqosda zecidan. da dadga Tavisxarisxze da daemyara mas kacTagan xelis Seuxeblad. netariiyo is Jami, rameTu am dros SiSiTa da sixaruliT aRivsoqalaqi mcxeTa. dioda cremlTa mdinareni mefeTa, mTavarTada mTeli erisa. sulTqmiT adidebdnen RmerTs da natrobd-nen netar ninos, da im dRes didi saswaulebi xdeboda.

pirvelad movida erTi ebraeli, Sobidan brma, mieaxlasvets, aexila maSinve Tvalebi. adidebda RmerTs. meoredyrma sefewuli moiyvanes, amazaspani, rva wlisa. sawoliTmoitana dedamisma. sarwmunoebiT dado sawoli naTlis sve-tis win. evedreboda ninos:`moxede, dedofalo, sikvdilsmiaxloebul am Cems Zes, rameTu vici, RmerTi RmerTTa isaris, romelsac Sen emsaxurebi da Cven gviqadageb. maSin wmi-da ninom Seaxo xelis svets, daado yrmas da Tqva:`gwamdesieso qriste, Ze RmrTisa, yvela kacis sicocxlisaTvis amqveynad xorcielad mosuli, ganikurne amieridan da adidebdemas, visma Zalamac gangkurna~. da uceb aRdga yrma, rogorcutkivneli. daeca SiSi mefesa da xalxs. sneulebi modiodnenda ganikurnebodnen, sanam mefem ar Seqmna saburveli Zelisasvetis garSemo da dafara xedvisgan. aseve exeboda xalxi missarTuls da ikurneboda. swrafad daiwyo mefem da ganasrulaeklesia baRSi.

roca mirian mefis mociqulebma miaRwies berZenTa mefiskonstantines winaSe, mouTxres yovelive rac iqmna. maSin aRivsosixaruliT mefe da dedamisi elene dedofali:pirveladimisTvis, rameTu madli RvTisa moefineboda yvela adgils damaT xelqveS naTels-iRebda yoveli .qarTli. xolo SemdgomuxarodaT, rameTu darwmundnen, rom mirian mefe srulebiTCamoSorda sparselebs da mtkiced miiRo maTi siyvaruli.

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adidebdnen da hmadlobdnen RmerTs. gamogzavnes mRvdeliWeSmariti iovane episkoposad da masTan ori mRvdeli da samidiakoni. miswera mirians konstantine mefem wigni locvisa dakurTxevisa, RmerTis madlobisa. gamogzavnes jvari da macx-ovris xati da masTan didi simdidre. xolo elene dedofal-ma mowera wigni qebisa da nugeSiniscemisa.

movidnen iovane episkoposi, masTan erTad mRvdlebi, di-akvnebi da mociqulebi mcxeTaSi. aRivsnen sixaruliT mefe,dedofali da mTeli maTi xalxi, rameTu survili hqondayvelas naTlisRebisa. maSin swrafad gaugzavna mefe mirianmabrZaneba yvela erisTavs, spasalarebs da yovel samefo pirsmis winaSe misasvlelad. swrafadve movidnen yvelani qalaq-Si. maSin naTeliRo mefem wmida ninos xelqveS, Semdeg ded-ofalma, maTma Svilebma mRvdlebisa da diakvnebis xelqveS.Semdeg akurTxes mdinare mtkvari. episkoposma Seamzada erTiadgili, mogvTa xidTan, mogvTa karis siaxloves, sadac iyoelioz mRvdlis saxli, iq naTels-cemda TiToeul warCinebuls,da ewoda am adgils mTavarTa sanaTlo. xolo mis qvemoTmdinarisve piras organ, ori mRvdeli da diakvnebi naTelscemdnenxalxs. awydeboda xalxi erTmaneTs da evedrebodnen mRvdlebs,raTa pirvelad is moenaTla. ase eswrafoda naTlisRebasyvela.

aseTi saxiT naTel-iRo mTelma xalxma da qarTlis sim-ravlem. ar moinaTlnen mxolod kavkasieli mTiulebi da arcmovidnen am naTlis mofenaze, aramed darCnen sibneleSi ram-denime xans. da mcxeTeli ebraelebic ar moinaTlnen, barnabi-anebi (barnabas saxli) moinaTlnen da WeSmarit qristianebadiqcnen. amisTvis mefis winaSe didni gaxdnen, uboZa maT daba,romelsac hqvia cixedidi. aseve ar moinaTla ferozi, siZemirian mefisa, romelsac hqonda mirian mefisgan micemulirani bardavamde. arc misma erma miiRo naTeli, aramed mx-olod xorcielad emsaxurebodnen mefes.

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nawili Zelisa cxovrebisa, romelic imJamad aRmoeCina RvTis-moyvare elene dedofals. iTxova mravali mRvdeli, raTamievlinebina yovel qalaqsa da adgilze da moenaTlaT xalxi,rom monaTluliyo qarTlis yoveli suli. aseve iTxova qviTx-uroni eklesiebis aSenebisTvis. roca mividnen konstantinemefis winaSe, sixaruliT uboZa nawili Zelisa cxovrebisa dais ficari, romelzedac iyo damsWvaluli uflis fexebi, agreTvesamsWvalni xelebisa. warmogzavna mRvdelni da xuroni friadmravalni, rameTu konstantine mefem misi mefobisas aaSenawmida eklesiebi. misca ganZi episkopos iovanes daubrZana:`sadac saWirod miiCnev qarTlSi, iq aRaSene ek-lesiebi Cems saxelze da es simdidre daamkvidre qarTlisqalaqebSi~.

da wamovida episkoposi da masTan erTad mirianis mociqu-li, mividnen im adgilas, romelsac hqvia eruSeTi. datova iqxuroebi eklesiis asaSeneblad, datova ganZi, uflis sam-sWvalni da wamovida. da agreTve wundaSi datova xuroebida ganZi, eklesiis dawyebisas wamovida, movida manglisSi,aqac daiwyo eklesiis Seneba da datova uflis ficari.

maSin Sewuxda imisTvis mirian mefe, rom pirvelad samefoqalaqSi ar movidnen, aramed sxva qalaqebsa da adgilebSidaiwyes eklesiis Seneba da datoves nawilebi. mivida wmidanino mefesTan da uTxra:`nu swuxar, mefeo, rameTu ase sjo-bia, sadac mividnen, daTeses RvTis saxeli. aris am qalaqSisamoseli uflisa~.

maSin moiyvana mefem abiaTar mRvdeli da masTan erTadmravali ebraeli da gamoikiTxa maTgan uflis kvarTisaTvis,xolo maT mouTxres yovelive, romelic zemoT weria. maSinaRapyro xeli mirian mefem da Tqva:`kurTxeul xar, Senufalo, ieso qriste, Zeo RvTisa cxovelisao, rameTu Tavidanvegindoda Cveni xsna eSmakisagan da misi bneli adgilisagan,amisTvis Seni wminda samoseli warmoec wminda qalaq ieru-salimidan, Seni RvTaebis armcodne ebraelebisgan da mogvecCven, ucxo ers~.

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mefe da mTeli qalaqi ganmtkicdeboda qristianobaSi. daiwyesxuroebma zRudis gareT eklesiis Seneba, wminda ninos say-ofel mayvlovanSi, sadac axla aris saepiskoposo eklesia.maSin Tqva wminda ninom:`kurTxeul ars ufali ieso qristeda mama uflisa Cvenisa ieso qristesi. romelmac moavlinawminda sityva misi zecis simaRlidan, Zlieri taxtisgan gad-mosuli qveynad, mdablad Sobili daviTis Teslisgan, dedaka-cisgan mxolodSobilisa wmindisa da ubiwoisa. Cveni cxovre-bis mizezi, romelmac cis qveS yvelaferi gaanaTla da mor-wmuneni acxovna, romelic iSva rogorc kaci, naTeli yovel-Ta, mama RmerTis xati da viTarca vinme sulis msaxurmanaTel iRo wylisagan da sulisagan da jvars ecva, daeflada aRdga mesame dRes, da axda simaRlesa mamisa Tana, dakvlav mova didebiT, romelsac Svenis yovelive dideba, pa-tivi 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 sakvirvelebaam xisgan is iyo, rom isarcemuli nadiri, romelic mividodada SeWamda am xis foTols an Tesls, aRar mokvdeboda,Tundac sasikvdilod daWrili yofiliyo. es Zlier akvirveb-da pirvel warmarTebs. auwyes episkopos iovanes am xis Sesax-eb. xolo episkoposma Tqva:`aha. WeSmaritad, es qveyana Tavda-pirveladvea Senaxuli RvTisgan Tavis msaxurad, rameTu Rm-erTisgan aRmocenda es xe, am droisaTvis Senaxuli, rameTuaxla moefina RmerTis madli qarTls, da am xisgan jer arspatiosani jvris Seqmna, romelsac Tayvans scems qarTlismTeli simravle~.

da wavidnen rev, Ze mefisa, episkoposi da xalxis simravle.mohkveTes es xe da Tavis rtoebianad wamoiRes da mohqondaaT 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 saxilveladmSvenieri. da Zirze daayenes eklesiis karebTan, samxreTiT,sadac uberavda neli niavi da Slida mis foTlebs, Zravdamis rtoebs da misi xilva mSvenieri iyo, rogorc gvsmenia -alvis xisa.

es xe mohkveTes 25 marts, paraskevs, da idga ase 37 dRe. daar Seicvala feri misma foTlebma, idga Tavis Zirze, wyarosTavTan, vidre ar Seimosa yvela xe foTliT, xolo nayofisgamomRebeli xeebi - yvaviliT.

maSin, 1 maiss, Seemnes jvari, 7 maiss aRmarTa mefis xelisdadebiT qalaqis mTelma xalxma, da aha, zecidan Camovidacecxlis jvari da rogorc varskvlavT-gvirgvini daadga ek-lesias ganTiadamde. gariJraJisas misgan gamovida ori varskv-lavi, erTi wavida aRmosavleTiT da erTi dasavleTiT. da isTviTon (varskvlavgvirgvini) aseve brwyinvaled nel-nelagadavida aragvze da dadga kldis borcvze, zemo mxares, imwyaros siaxloves, romelic wmida ninos cremlebma aRmoace-na da iqidan amaRlda zecad. da ase mravalgzis ixila mTel-ma xalxma macxovareba RvTisa Cvenisa. maSin gamohkiTxes wmidaninos, Tu ra aris, rom erTi brwyinvale varskvlavi aRmosav-leTiT midis, meore ki dasavleTiT, da Tqva man. ̀ ganavlineTkaci maRal mTebze aRmosavleTiT kaxeTis mTamde da dasav-leTiT am qalaqis sanaxebamde, roca gamobrwyindebian is mTiebi,naxon, Tu sad dadgebian da iq aRemarTos jvrebi ieso qris-tesi~.

maSin yo mefem egre. es dRe iyo paraskevi da SabaTiTendeboda. moxda igive saswauli, rogorc pirvelad. meoredRes movidnen dasavleTSi gagzavnilebi, romelnic idgnenqvabTa 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 varskv-lavi Cvensken momavali da daadgra daba bods kuxeTisas~.

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maSin ubrZana netarma ninom:`waiReT ori jvari, da aR-marTeT erTi TxoTs, sadac gagimxila RmerTma Tavisi Zala daerTi miec salomes qristes mxevals, aRmarTos ujarmis qalaqSi,rameTu bodSi aris eris simravle. bodis daba iqneba RvTissaTno adgili~. hyves egre, rogorc brZana dedofalma. xolozeciuri saswaulis CvenebiT es patiosani jvari mcxeTaSidatoves. mividnen borcvis qveS, wyarosTan aTies Rame, il-oces RmerTis mimarT, netari nino cremliT azavebda wyaros,da iyo kurnebani da didi saswaulebi. meore dRes avidnenkldeze, movida netari nino borcvze, davarda qvebze, tiro-da, da masTan erTad mefeebi, mTavrebi da yoveli simravleerisa, ise rom mTebi eqos aZlevdnen. da daado xeli qvas dauTxra episkoposs:`modi, rameTu Senda jer ars, da daswerejvari am qvas~. da man hyo egre da iq aRimarTa is jvarididebiT mefeTagan, daiCoqa uricxvma xalxma da Tayvaniscesjvars da aRiares jvarcmuli WeSmaritad Zed RvTisa cx-ovelisa, da irwmunes samebiT didebuli RmerTi.

xolo didi mTavrebi ar ganSordnen wminda eklesias, naT-lis svets da cocxal jvars, rameTu hxedavdnen uzomosaswaulebs da miuTxrobel kurnebebs. aRdgomis dResaswau-lis kvira dRes mirian mefem da mTelma mcxeTam SeswiresSesawiravi da es dRe ganawesa jvris msaxurebad, aRdgomisdResaswauli, yovelma qarTlma dRevandlamde. ramdenime dRisSemdeg suli wmindis mofenidan ixiles saswauli didad saSine-li, oTxSabaT dRes naTlis sveti jvris saxiT daadga amjvars da Tormeti varskvlavi mis garSemo gvirgvinis saxiT.xolo is borcvi akmevda surnelebas. xedavdnen am saswaulsyovelni da mravali uRmerToTagani moiqca da moinaTla imdRes. xolo qristianebi kidev ufro morwmuneni gaxdnen daadidebdnen RmerTs. mere kvlav ixiles jvris sxva saswauli -mzeze Svidjer ubrwyinvalesi naTeli daadga jvars Tavze daRvTis angelozebi aRvidodnen da gardamovidodnen masze, vi-Tarca RumelSi naperwklebi.

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da umetesad adidebdnen RmerTs. am saswauls xalxi xedavdaSiSiT da ZrwoliT. modiodnen gulmodgined Tayvanissacemad.

am dros mefis Zes, revs, hyavda sasikvdilod sneuli pat-ara Svili. marto is hyavda. moiyvana da dado jvris winaSeda cremliT Tqva:`Tu miboZeb am yrmas cocxals, avaSenebluskumas (budes) Sens sayofelad~. maSinve ganikurna is yrma,gacocxlda da gankurnebuli waiyvana. mere movida TavisiaRnaTqvamis aRsasruleblad da misca madli didi sixaruliTda gulmodgined aaSena mcxeTis jvris luskuma revma, mefisZem. yovelwliurad modioda da aRasrulebda aRnaTqvam msx-verpls. mis Semdeg ufro modiodnen uZlurni da sneulni daikurnebodnen, sixaruliT adidebdnen wminda jvars. iyo erTi,orive TvaliT brma, Wabuki. ijda is qristes jvris win dameSvide dRis Semdeg aexila Tvalebi, xedavda da adidebdaRmerTs. mere iyo vinme dedakaci, ukeTuri sulisgan maradgvemuli rva wlis manZilze, ise, rom Zali da goneba warT-meuli hqonda, Tavis samosels xevda. roca moiyvanes da pa-tiosan jvars amTxvies, meTormete dRis Semdeg ganikurna daTavisi fexiT wavida, adidebda RmerTs da Tayvansscemda pa-tiosan jvars. iyo aseve erTi mcire yrma, uceb daeca damokvda. aiRo dedamisma da dado jvris win mkvdari, dilidansaRamomde dedamisi tiriliT loculobda jvris win, sxvebieubnebodnen:`waiRe, dedakaco, da damarxe, rameTu mkvdaria,nuRar aCereb~. xolo man ar warikveTa sasoeba, aramed ufroda umetsad sawyaloblad tiroda da loculobda. xolosaRamo Jams yrma mosulierda, Tvali aaxila da meSvide dRisSemdeg ganikurna. gacocxlebuli waiyvana yrma dedamisma daadidebda RmerTs. xolo roca ixiles saswaulebi da kurnebaniyovlad wmindisa jvrisa, mravali uSvilo midioda, iTxovd-nen Svilierebas da mravalSvilianebi xdebodnen, Sesawiravebsda madls aZlevdnen. ara marto mosulebi iRebdnen kurnebas,aramed isinic, romelnic Soridan loculobdnen, maSinve misiSewevniT iRebdnen madls da madlobis Sesawiravad modiod-nen.

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mravalni uRmerTonic ki, WirSi Cacvenilni, rogorc kiSesTxovdnen wmida jvars, maSinve SordebodaT Wiri da modiod-nen jvris samTxvevad, saswrafod inaTlebodnen da adidebd-nen patiosan jvars. patiosani jvris ZaliT ikurnebodnenpiradi satanjvelisgan, modiodnen savedreblad da ikurnebi-an dRevandel dRemde da adideben mamas, Zes da suli wmindas.

wigni, romelic miswera romis patriarqma da branjTamefem ninos, mefe mirians da qarTlis ers

am dReebSi mouvida wigni romis patriarqisagan wmidaninos, mefes da qarTlis mTels ers. moavlina branji diakoniqebis Sesasxmelad da kurTxevis misacemad, netari ninosganlocvis wasaRebad da misi madlis saziareblad.

mas hqonda aseve branjTa mefis wigni wminda ninosTan,rameTu mamamisisgan mieRo naTeli branjTa qveyanas. gagebulihqondaT ierusalimsa da konstantinepolSi es yovelive, romsimarTlis mze moefina qarTlis qveyanas. amisTvis sanatreliwigni moewera, raTa euwyebina misTvis saswaulebi svetisa damayvlovanis kurnebis Zala. yovelive moismina da ixila branjmadiakonma, rac momxdariyo mcxeTaSi da gakvirvebuli adidebdaRmerTs. waiRo wignebi da wavida.

maSin uTxra mefem wminda ninos da episkoposs:`mnebavs,raTa iZulebiT, maxviliT movaqcioT mTiulebi da Cemi siZeferozi, davumonoT isini RvTis Zes da vaTayvanoT patiosanjvars~. maSin uTxres:`ara brZanebul ars uflisgan maxvilisaReba, aramed saxarebiT da patiosani jvriT vuCvenoT WeS-mariti gza, mimyvani saukuno cxovrebasTan. RvTis madlmagananaTlos sibnele maT gulebSi~. da wavidnen wmida nino,episkoposi iovane da maT gaatana mefem erTi erisTavi. movid-nen da dadgnen wobens, mouxmes mTiulebs, pirutyvis saxiskacebs, WarTalelebs, fxovelebs, wilknelebs da gudamayrelebs.uqadages maT qristianTa WeSmariti rjuli, saukuno cxovre-

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basTan mimyvani, xolo maT ar inebes naTlisReba. maSin mefiserisTavma mcired warmarTa maxvili maTze da ZleviT Semus-ra maTi kerpebi.

iqidan gadavidnen da JaleTs dadgnen, uqadages erwo-TianeTelebs. maT Seiwynares da naTel-iRes, xolo fxovelebmadatoves TavianTi qveyana da gadavidnen TuSeTSi. sxva mTi-ulTa umravlesoba ar moiqca, daumZima maT xarki mefem, rocaar inebes naTlisReba, xolo ukanasknel Jams, maTi nawilimoaqcia abibos nekreselma episkoposma da zogierTni maTgannidarCnen 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 simrav-lem. dasneulda iq. gaigo es rev, mefis Zem da misma colmasalomem, romelnic cxovrobdnen ujarmaSi, mividnen ninosTan.acnobes mefesa da dedofals, maT gagzavnes episkoposi iovaneninos wamosayvanad. magram wminda nino ar daemorCila, maSinwavida TviT mefe da xalxis simravle.

xedavda xalxi mis saxes rogorc zecis angelozis pirs. missamosels bolo nawilebs aclidnen, iRebdnen da sarwmunoe-biT emTxveodnen. garSemo msxdom yvela dedofals TvalTagancremli dioda moRvawe moZRvrisa da sneulTa xelovani mkur-nalis ganSorebis gamo.

salome ujarmeli da peroJavri sivnieli, maTTan erisTavebida mTavrebi, hkiTxavdnen:`Tu vina xar an saidan moxvedi amqveyanaSi Cvens macxovrad? sad aRizarde, dedofalo, gvauwyeCven Seni saqme. ratom ambob tyve varo, tyveTa mxsnelo dasanatrelo, rameTu Sengan gviswavlia, rom iyvnenwinaswarmetyvelebi RvTis Zis uwinares, Semdgom Tormetimociquli, sxva samocdaaTni. CvenSi aravin moavlina RmerTmaSens garda da rogor ityvi, tyve varo da rogora xarucxo~ . maSi n daiwyo sityvi s Tqma wmida ni nomdaTqva:`sarwmunoebis asulno, Cemo maxlobelo dedofle-bo, gxedavT Tqven rogorc im pirvel qristian qalebs, gnebavT

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Cemi gzis cnoba, glaxaki mxevlisa. axla gauwyebT, rom mis-ulia Cemi suli Cems xorcTan da meZineba me dedaCemis ZiliTsaukunod, magram aiReT Tqveni sawerlebi da dawereT Cemiglaxaki da udebi cxovreba, raTa icodnen Tqvenma SvilebmaTqveni sarwmunoeba, Cemi Sewynareba, RvTis saswaulebi, romelnicuxilavT~. maSin swrafad aiRes sawerlebi salome ujarmelmada peroJavri sivnielma. daiwyo sityvis Tqma wmida ninom daisini werdnen. mouTxro yovelive, rac Cven zemoT davwereT,cxovreba am wmindisa da netarisa da Sehvedra mefes iakobmRvdeli, raTa iovanes Semdeg iyos is episkoposi. maSin iovaneepiskoposma swira da aziara wminda nino qristes sisxliT daxorciT. Seavedra Tavisi suli cis meufes, misi qarTlSimosvlidan meToTxmete wels, qristes amaRlebidan samas oc-daTvramet wels dasabamidan welTa xuTiaTas rvaas oc-daTvramets.

SeiZra orive qalaqi, mcxeTa da ujarma, da yoveli qarT-li ninos micvalebisas. iq mividnen da damarxes ZleviT Semo-sili misi gvami imave adgilas - kuxeTs, daba bodSi, rameTuiq iTxova TviT mefisgan daflva. simdablisaTvis qmna es,radganac es adgili saxelganTqmuli ar iyo. mwuxare iyo mefeda yvela warCinebuli iq misi daflvis gamo, magram mcnebisada anderZis asrulebisTvis dafles iq. roca aResrula esyovelive, RvTiT ganbrZnobilma mirian mefem ganamtkica wmin-da samebis da yovelives dambadebeli RvTis sarwmunoebazeyoveli qarTli da hereTi. maSin konstantine mefem gamogza-vna mZevali - mirianis Ze baqari didi ganZiT da mosweraase:`me, konstantine mefe, TviTmpyrobeli, caTa meufis axa-li mona, pirvelad eSmakisagan datyvevebuli da mere gamox-snili dambadeblis mier, gwer Sen, RvTiv ganbrZnobils daCemsaviT axalnerg morwmune mefe mirians. iyos SenTan mSvi-doba da sixaruli, vinaidan ican sameba erTarseba, RmerTidausabamo yovlisa dambadebeli, aRar minda me Sengan mZeva-li, aramed sakmarisia Cvens Soris Suamdgomlad qriste, ZeRmrTisa, JamTa upirveles Sobili, romelic gankacda Cveni

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xsnisaTvis, da misi patiosani jvari, romelic mocemuli gva-qvs sawinamZRvrod mis guliT mosavebs. dambadebeli RvTisSuamdgomlobiT viyoT Cven ZmebiviT, siyvaruliT. Seni SviliSenTvisve mominiWebia, ixile da gaixare da RmerTisgan mov-linebuli mSvidobis angelozi iyos SenTan maradis. dambade-belma RmerTma gandevnos Seni sazRvrebidan eSmaki~.

movidnen mirian mefis Ze baqari da mefe konstantinesmociquli mcxeTaSi. aRivsnen sixaruliT mirian mefe da ded-ofali nana da adidebdnen RmerTs.

maSin mirian mefem ganasrula saepiskoposo eklesiac, aRas-rula misi wlisTavis dResaswauli mravali didebiT. mirianmefis moqcevidan ocdamexuTe wels mokvda misi Ze, revi, siZeTrdat somexTa mefisa, romelsac mamis sicocxleSive miecamefoba.

dafles Tavis mier aSenebul akldamaSi. imave wels das-neulda mirian mefe da aResrula. moiyvana Tavisi Ze baqarida coli nana da uTxra nanas:`aha, me waval, saidanacmovedi, vmadlob mravalmowyale RmerTs, cisa da qveynisdambadebels, romelmac eSmakisgan datyvevebuli mixsna jo-joxeTis pirisgan da Rirsmyo marjveniT missa.

Sen, nana, Tu SeZleb, Cemi sikvdilis Semdeg gayavi Cvenisamefo ganZi orad da wariRe ninos, Cveni ganmanaTleblissamarxs, droTa cvalebadobiT rom ar Seicvalos is adgiliukunisamde, radgan Tumca mefeTa sajdomia, magram mwiria.

ase Seevedra episkoposebs, raTa adidon dideba im adg-ilisa, rameTu Rirs ars pativiscemisa. moayvanina wmida ninosjvari, romelic Tavdapirvelad hqonda, Camohkida samefogvirgvini jvarze, moiyvana Ze misi baqari, mis Tavze gamosaxajvris saxe, aiRo gvirgvini jvridan da daadga Zes Tavze.aResrula mirian mefe da daefla zemo eklesiaSi saSualosvetis samxreTiT, CrdiloeTis mxrisaken. am svetSia nawiliRvTiv aRmarTuli svetisa. meore wels mokvda nana dedofa-li da daefla imave svetis dasavleTiT, sadac mirian mefeiyo damarxuli.

*qarTlis cxovreba, gv. 72-130