Potrivit tradi\u021biei cre\u0219tine,<\/a> \u00eemp\u0103ratul, aflat \u00een cetate \u00een preajma s\u0103rb\u0103torii Na\u0219terii Domnului, a pus la cale un plan de exterminare \u00een mas\u0103. Cunosc\u00e2nd obiceiul cre\u0219tinilor de a se aduna la slujb\u0103 \u00een marea biseric\u0103 din Nicomidia, Maximian a ordonat ca l\u0103ca\u0219ul de cult s\u0103 fie \u00eenconjurat cu lemne uscate, preg\u0103tite pentru a fi incendiate.<\/p>\n\u00cen fruntea comunit\u0103\u021bii se afla episcopul Antim, care i-a adunat pe credincio\u0219i \u00een biseric\u0103, i-a \u00eendemnat la statornicie \u00een credin\u021b\u0103 \u0219i le-a vorbit despre adev\u0103rul Evangheliei. La scurt timp, solda\u021bii imperiali au blocat toate ie\u0219irile, \u00eempiedic\u00e2nd orice tentativ\u0103 de salvare. Un trimis al \u00eemp\u0103ratului a intrat \u00een biseric\u0103 \u0219i le-a cerut cre\u0219tinilor s\u0103 renun\u021be la credin\u021ba lor \u0219i s\u0103 aduc\u0103 jertfe idolilor, avertiz\u00e2ndu-i c\u0103 refuzul va fi pedepsit cu moartea.<\/p>\n
R\u0103spunsul a fost unul de neclintit. Arhidiaconul bisericii a \u00eent\u0103rit mul\u021bimea, vorbindu-le despre r\u0103splata muceniciei \u0219i amintindu-le de exemplul celor trei tineri arunca\u021bi \u00een cuptorul de foc, care au fost ocroti\u021bi de Dumnezeu. \u00censufle\u021bi\u021bi de credin\u021b\u0103, cre\u0219tinii au ales s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 statornici, accept\u00e2nd jertfa suprem\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cenainte de \u00eemplinirea sentin\u021bei, episcopul Antim i-a botezat pe cei care nu primiser\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 Taina Botezului \u0219i i-a \u00eemp\u0103rt\u0103\u0219it pe to\u021bi cu Sfintele Taine. La scurt timp, solda\u021bii au dat foc bisericii, iar fl\u0103c\u0103rile au cuprins l\u0103ca\u0219ul de cult. Tradi\u021bia spune c\u0103 aproximativ 20.000 de credincio\u0219i \u0219i-au g\u0103sit sf\u00e2r\u0219itul \u00een acea zi, c\u00e2nt\u00e2nd imnuri de laud\u0103 lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n
Sf\u00e2ntul Antim a sc\u0103pat \u00een mod providen\u021bial din acea tragedie, continu\u00e2nd s\u0103 propov\u0103duiasc\u0103 credin\u021ba cre\u0219tin\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103 aduc\u0103 noi oameni la Hristos. Mai t\u00e2rziu, a fost arestat, supus la chinuri \u0219i, \u00een cele din urm\u0103, a primit \u0219i el cununa muceniciei.<\/p>\n
S\u0103rb\u0103toarea din 28 decembrie<\/a> r\u0103m\u00e2ne o m\u0103rturie puternic\u0103 a credin\u021bei \u0219i a jertfei supreme, amintind de curajul celor care au ales s\u0103-\u0219i apere convingerile spirituale chiar \u0219i cu pre\u021bul vie\u021bii.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calendar ortodox Evenimentul tragic a avut loc la \u00eenceputul secolului al IV-lea, \u00een anul 302,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":54412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247stiri.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}