- Adilesi: Michael Rowe, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Foni yothandizira: +1246 4270790
- Imelo: stmichael@anglican.bb
- Tsiku la maziko: 1665.
Nthaŵi ya ulamuliro wa ku Britain ku Barbados inakhudza kwambiri moyo ndi chikhalidwe cha chilumbachi. Chimodzi mwa chitsimikizo chochititsa chidwi cha ichi ndi Cathedral ya St. Michael, yomangidwa kuti ikumbukire Ufumu wa Britain ndi kuika mphamvu ndi mphamvu zake.
Kuchokera ku mbiri ya tchalitchi
Cathedral ya St. Michael yakhazikitsidwa ndipo inapatulidwa mu 1665. Chifukwa cha kukhalapo kwake konse, kawiri kaŵiri kawiri kaŵirikaŵiri adadziŵika ndi kuwonongeka kwa mphepo yamkuntho. Mu 1780 nyumbayi inatsala pang'ono kuwonongedwa. Chikhalidwe ichi chinakhala chifukwa chokhazikitsanso tchalitchi chachikulu, chomwe chinatenga zaka zitatu. Mu 1789 nyumbayo inabwezeretsedwa, mutu wapadera unakhazikitsidwa pamwamba pa guwa la nsembe.
Ulemerero wa dziko ku Cathedral wa St. Michael unabwera mu 1751. Pakati pa chaka chino, Pulezidenti wa pulezidenti wa ku America wotchedwa George Washington anapita ku msonkhano wopempherera ku tchalitchi. Kwa alendo, tchalitchi chinatsegulidwa kokha kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, nthawi zonse pali maulendo otsogolera, pomwe otsogolera akufotokozera mwatsatanetsatane mbiri ya kachisi, ulemerero wake wakunja ndi wamkati.
Kodi chodabwitsa ndi chiyani pa tchalitchi?
Cathedral ya St. Michael ndi nyumba yokongola kwambiri yokhala ndi zojambula bwino komanso zokongola. Anamangidwa malinga ndi miyambo ya Anglican. Lingaliro lalikulu la omangamanga linali kulengedwa kwa chikhalidwe chomwe chikanakumbutsa anthu a ku Barbados ku England ndi likulu lake.
Ponena za kunja kwa tchalitchichi, tifunika kuzindikira kuti zimapangidwira kalembedwe ka Chijojiya, zomwe zimakhala ndi mawindo a lancet a ntchito yodziwika bwino, nsanja pa facade, yokhala ndi miyala yamchere yamchere. Ku nyumba yayikulu, patangopita nthawi yochepa kwambiri kuposa tchalitchichi, adakhazikitsa chingwe chokongola kwambiri cha baroque, pamtunda wake wokhala pamwamba pa nyumbayo.
Chinthu choyamba chimene chimachititsa chidwi cha mkatikati mwa kachisi ndiholo yaikulu yomwe imakhalapo anthu chikwi, ndipo denga lokongola losanjikiza limakongoletsedwa ndi miyala. Masters a Chingerezi anaphunzira mosamala zonse za mkati. Kujambula kwa makoma ndi mabwalo a nyumba, mkati, mipando yachifumu, ndi mafano, zinangokhazikitsidwa ndi ojambula a Chingerezi. Mbali yapadera imalembedwanso m'malamulo a Chingerezi kumpoto kwa apse ndi pemphero m'madera ena a holo. Anthu okonda chidwi okaona malo ojambula zithunzi za iconostasis ankachitidwa ndi akatswiri amisiri.
Pokhapokha tiyenera kutchula za gawo la guwa la tchalitchi. Pano pali miyala ya miyala ya mabokosi ndipo chikhomo chokhala ndi magawo opatulika opatulika amaikidwa, momwe amachitira, mwatsoka, ndi ochepa. Pafupi ndi St. Michael's Cathedral ku Barbados ndi munda wakale wamatabwa ndi manda omwe anamangidwa, kumene pulezidenti woyamba wa chilumbachi Grantley Adams anaikidwanso.
Kodi mungayendere bwanji?
Katolikayi ili pa mndandanda wa mapiri 11 a Barbados , womwe uli pakatikati pa likulu la chilumbachi - Bridgetown , kumadzulo kwa National Heroes Square. Pa ulendo wake, mudzafunika kupita ku ndege ya mayiko ya Grantley Adams , yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 14 kummawa kwa Bridgetown. Ku bwalo la ndege, mukhoza kubwereka galimoto kapena kutenga tepi kuti mupite kukachisi.
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