Isiqithi saseGrisi iPatmos sinamabhishi amahle kunye neendawo zokuqubha, kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba yaziwa kakhulu njengendawo yokuzalwa ye-apocalypse. Kwakukho apha, ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yokuqala ye-A.D, apho indoda egama linguJohn, eyayigxothwe ngumlawuli waseRoma uDomitian, yajika umqolomba osentabeni waba ligumbi lokubhalela yaza yaguqula incwadi yeSityhilelo. Abakhweli bamahashe abane, ihenyukazi laseBhabheli, irhamncwa elineentloko ezisixhenxe-bonke baqala kwesi siqithi sincinci, esomileyo, esinebhokhwe esifana nehashe laselwandle. Xa ndixelela abo bayaziyo imbali yebhayibhile yasePatmos ukuba I & apos; bendichitha ikhefu lam lasehlotyeni apho ndisenza uphando ngenoveli yam elandelayo, bendidla ngokudibana nohlobo oluthile Owu, wow, kulungile. Kutheni uzikhathaza nge-sunscreen, akunjalo?
Ukanti kwabo kuthi babenethamsanqa elaneleyo lokunyathela ePatmos, inxenye yeziqithi zaseDodeconese, kunxweme olusentshona yeTurkey, ukubulawa kwabantu abaninzi yinto yokugqibela ethi qatha engqondweni. IPatmos luLwandle iAegean & apos; isiqithi esingcwele - ngokubala, kukho iicawa ezingama-365 kunye neetempile ezibekwe phakathi kweentaba kunye neentlambo - kwaye iindwendwe eziqhelekileyo zihlala ziphakamisa isandla esingazinzanga kwaye zikuxelele ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba isiqithi siyangcangcazela. ' Ndiyavuma ukuba iyayenza, nangona kwimeko yam inokuba nento yokwenza nobusuku obuhlala nabantu baseYurophu nabaseMelika - abadlali, iindlalifa zokuthumela, abantwana beendlalifa zokuhambisa, abaqokeleli bezobugcisa- ePatmos & apos; indawo zembali ezindulini. Isimanga kukuba, indawo egcwele iminqamlezo kunye nemifanekiso yezonqulo, iPatmos iyeyona ndawo izizityebi ngayo. Kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, ixesha eliphezulu liqalisile ukuveza imeko uJohn anokuthi ayithande: Iimonki zamaGrike obuOthodoki ezinxibe iingubo ezimnyama ezimnyama zinyuka iindledlana ezinothuli, ngelixa iilitha ezinomtsalane, ezithandekayo nezizizidlova zisihla kwizithuthuthu kusasa kwizikhephe zazo. EParadesi kukho igumbi lomntu wonke.
Ewe, wonke umntu uzimisele ukuzibophelela kuhambo. Olunye lolonwabo lwePatmos kukude kwalo. Akukho sikhululo seenqwelomoya kwesi siqithi, esigcine iPatmos kwisiphelo esiye sehlela abamelwane baso abakhulu njengeKos neRhodes neMykonos, apho ukumiswa okungathath'ukhenketho kusongela ukujongela phantsi ubuntu bomthonyama. Ukufika ePatmos, kufuneka unikezele eGrisi kunye neesicelo iishedyuli zokuhamba ngesikhephe (it & apos; uhambo lweeyure ezisibhozo kwiBlue Star evela eAthene), okanye ube nethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukuba ube nomhlobo osisityebi ngephenyane elizimisele ukuthatha wena.
Olu thintelo lwendalo kufikelelo lunokuchaza ukuba iPatmos ihlale njani ikukubaleka kwabo batyebileyo. I-Apos; uluntu oluphambili oluphambili, oluchasene neSt. Barts, enamagama adumileyo kunye nezihloko ezifihliweyo ngaphaya kweendonga ezimhlophe ezimhlophe zelali yayo edumileyo. I-monastery egrey yaseByzantine yaseSt. . Amacwecwe amabini, okanye izikwere, ahlala macala omabini, elinye likhaya leeofisi zikamasipala, elinye yindawo yokudibanisa yeendawo zokutyela kunye nemivalo ethi emva kokutshona kwelanga iguquke ibe yiklabhu yasebusuku yangaphandle apho abantu abanemali basehlotyeni basela kwisiporho sokutshiswa lilanga.
Iziqithi zeDodecanese Greece Izikhephe ezibotshelelwe kwizibuko iSkala. | Ityala: Glowimages / Getty Izithombe
Xa I & apos; ndibuze abemi besiqithi abasuka kwamanye amazwe ukuba iPatmos yathandwa njani njengendawo ekuya kuyo i-bon vivants, uninzi lukhankanya umzobi waseBritane ongasekhoyo uTeddy Millington-Drake. Ukuba uChora unothixo wasemhlabeni, nguMillington-Drake, owathi ngo-1963 wathenga izindlu ezimbini ezineegadi ezitshayelayo kwaye, kunye nomhlobo wakhe, umyili okrelekrele uJohn Stefanidis, wasiguqula isiqithi esithe cwaka saba yingxoxo yamagcisa, onontlalontle kunye nabonwabisi . (UStefanidis usahlala eChora, kwikhaya elinomyezo omhle, ojikelezayo wentaba ejikeleze ilitye lesikhumbuzo elinikezelwe eMillington-Drake).
Kungangabinangqondo kum ukubanga ukuba ukuthanda kwam esi siqithi akunanto yakwenza nokugqitha kwehlobo. Kwinoveli yam entsha, Abatshabalalisi , Ndiphosa iPatmos njengendawo yokulungiselela uthotho lweziganeko ezithi zehle kubalinganiswa abanethamsanqa. Ngelixa inokuba yayisisithunzi seSityhilelo esaqala ukutsala umbhali kunye nengqondo yam kule ndawo, ukwanda kobutyebi kunye noluntu kwiincopho zalo kunye neesafire egudileyo ngokuqinisekileyo yongeza uninzi lomdlalo obalulekileyo wokuhlola.
Iemonki ePatmos I-Monastery ka-Saint John i-Theology ihleli phezu kwenduli kwikomkhulu lesixeko iChora. | Ityala: iStockphoto / Getty Izithombe
Nangona kunjalo akukho bhayibhile ye-apocalypse okanye yezigidi zezigidi ezingawuchazi ngokupheleleyo umtsalane wePatmos. Ndiyakrokrela into endiyithandayo kakhulu yile nto nabani na oqhubeka ebuyela ebuyela kuyo: ukutshutshisa, ewe, ukungcangcazela ubuhle obuhlaza besiqithi, apho, njengoko iNkosana uMichael waseGrisi yandibeka khona ngehlobo elinye, 'Akukho nto ithambileyo kwaye ijikeleze, yonke into ikhula ngecala elibukhali, indalo ayisiyo & apos; ayityebanga ngendlela yesiqhelo yeMeditera.'
Indawo endiyithandayo yokuhlala yi-Chora okanye kufutshane nesiqithi kunye nezibuko eliphambili lezorhwebo laseShala, apho iivenkile zezipho zabakhenkethi, iivenkile zobucwebe, kunye neetavernas zigudle ulwandle oluxakekileyo. Ndikhetha ilizwe elisemantla 'elizimeleyo.' Ndizama ukuqesha ikhabhathi kufutshane nelali encinci yaseCampos, enganiki kuphela ukuba yedwa kodwa ikwabeka namaxabiso afanelekileyo kuthi abo bangengabo nabathumeli beendlalifa. Ngasemantla, nango-Agasti, ungakhwela isithuthuthu ixesha elide ukunqumla emasimini eebhokhwe kunye namawa asentabeni, umoya ovuthiweyo ngesilumko sasendle kunye ne-oregano, ngaphandle kokudibana nomphefumlo.
Kum, olona lwandle lubalaseleyo lusemantla- amatsheyini amatshe amile okwehashe njengeViaga Beach, kufutshane naseCampos, okanye iLiginou Beach ekunzima ukuyibona, kunye namabhanti ayo angamawele ahlukaniswe yindawo enamatye. Xa ndifumana umhlobo olungele ukundikhupha ngesikhephe sabo, sihamba iikhilomitha ezisibhozo zolwandle sisiya kwisiqwengana seminiscule, esifana nesanga esibizwa ngokuba yiMarathi. Indawo yokutyela eqhutywa lusapho egama linguPantelis ekupheleni kwedokhi itya ezinye zezona ntlanzi zimnandi kakhulu zaselwandle I & apos;
I-Chora ngokwayo ibonelela ngemizobo yaseByzantium eyakhiwe kunye nemifanekiso yeemonki ezisebenzayo. Kodwa isimangaliso esaziwa kancinci elalini - ungandibuzi indlela, kuye kwafuneka ndiyifumane kabini kuphela ngeeyure zokungcakaza - yindawo yonqulo yamaOthodoki ebizwa ngokuba yiEvangelismos. Ngaphakathi kwindlu yayo kukho ipeyinti yegolide yegolide yaseMadonna kunye nomntwana wakhe. Iliso lesithathu elothusayo (ethi, ilivo linalo, livele ngomlingo) lijikeleza uMary & apos; shiya ishiya, lenze ukubonwa kwentshukumo.
Umqolomba weApocalypse, Patmos, Greece Ukungena kumqolomba we-Apocalypse, okuphakathi phakathi kweChora kunye neShala. | Ityala: iStockphoto / Getty Izithombe
Kwaye ke, ewe, kukho uMqolomba weApocalypse, ebekwe kwinduli esembindini phakathi kweChora neSkala. Kwimali yokungena eyi- € 2, ungena ebumnyameni, exineneyo, kunye neziqhumiso ezifakwe ngaphakathi apho uJohn wayecinga ngokusoyika kokuBuya kwesiBini. Ngalo lonke ixesha ndisiya ePatmos, ndenza inqaku lokundwendwela, ndikhanyise ikhandlela, ndiligalele esityeni sentlabathi, kwaye ndihleli kwisithokothoko sobuprofeto, ndiziva ndilahlwe ndaweni ithile phakathi kweminyaka yemillenialists (abakholelwa ukuba iSityhilelo sixela kwangaphambili Iziganeko ezizayo) kunye nemillenials (abakholelwa ngokungaphaya kwinto).
Andiphantsi kwengcinga yokuba umdla wam wePatmos uya kuba nguAlfa no-Omega, okanye uya kuphila ixesha elide kunayo nayiphi na inoveli enethuba elininzi lokwenza kweli xesha lifundayo. Ndihlala emqolombeni ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba ukubuyela umva uye kwi-azure eshushu yeAegean uziva ngathi ukhululekile. I & apos; sihlala sikufumanisa kubalulekile ukuba iPatmos kulapho uJohn waxela kwangaphambili isiphelo sehlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, ayizizo apho wabeka indawo yokugqibela yemikhosi yokuhlangana. Leyo yiArmagedon, ngoku eyiMegido, kwaSirayeli, ebonakala ikude kakhulu.
UChristopher Bollen & apos; s Abatshabalalisi uphume nge-27 kaJuni.