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"Who casts the eye on St. Christopher will be unharmed by weakness that day." One night of storm and driving rain, Reprobus carried over the river a small child who insisted on making the journey at that moment. With each step he took, his burden became heavier; half-way over he felt certain that his strength would fail, and that he and his passenger would sink in the river. When at last he reached the opposite bank, the child told him that he had carried on his shoulders all the sins of the world, and asked him to plant his great walking staff in the ground. At once a wonderful tree springs up miraculously and gave fruit, just like Aaron's cane. Then Christopher recognizes the Christ Child, and sees face to face the King whom he has vowed to serve. Some legends say that, having borne Christ, he should now bear his name, and so henceforth Offero becomes Christ-Offero. As the Golden Legend puts it: 'And afterwards he was named Christopher, which is as much as to say bearing Christ.' Christopher left the service on the riverbank and committed himself to religion. He preached Christ to all who came his way, with such conviction and zeal that the earthly agonies of martyrdom were as nothing to him. He was probed by various temptations - the legend says he was assailed by two harlots who wanted to seduce him and make him leave the faith, but he converted the two of them. In the middle ages his picture was to be found at the entrance of churches or at the gates of cities, prompted by the belief that those who gazed upon his image should not that day be a prey to sudden death: and that today, no matter where men may travel, St Christopher should go with them. In the year 251. in time of Roman emperor Decius, a persecutor of Christians, Christopher ended up on greek island Samos where he was arrested and then wooed to give up Christianity. He was tortured and the taken to the scaffold to be fired at by 40 archers but all 40 missed as the arrows glanced off and returned to the shooters, guided by God's hand. One of the returning arrows went through king's heart. Finally, not knowing how to harm him, he was beheaded. " Although so little is known about the life of St. Christopher, there is much to be gathered from his experience of carrying Christ across the river. His story represents a message of hope that all Christians are called to bear and to "put on" Christ, by taking up the crosses, given to each of us, in our lives. Christopher bore his "cross" (Christ himself) and eventually suffered martyrdom for the faith, fulfilling the commandment of Christ, "He who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of me" (Matt. " - source http://orthodoxwiki.org/Christopher_of_Lycia The Eastern Orthodox Church venerates Christopher of Lycea with a Feast Day on May 9 while in western churches his day is commemorated on 25th July. Today, on St. Christopher's day (25.07.) begins the biggest festivity on the island Rab; RAB FEST Days 25.07.-27.07. with culmination on 27th when the archers' tournament is held. The Saint relic ( the cranium) is held in an gilded case and guarded in the town's museum with the rest of the sacral collection. More on St. Christopher Images of the Saint
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"Tko pogleda lik Sv. Kristofora, toga dana neće ga shrvati nikakva nemoć." LEGENDA O SVETOM KRISTOFORU Prema nekima, Reprobus je bio seljak ( prema jednom izvoru, pije nego se obratio imao je glavu psa), a prema drugima princ rođen po zagovoru Gospe jednom kralju. Neki scenu događanja smejštaju u Siriju, neki Kaanan, treći pak u Arabiju. Njegovo ime prije obraćenja je bilo Offerus, Offro, Adokimus, Reprobus ili Reprebus. ZLATNA LEGENDA U Kanaanu (Palestina) rodio se u 3. stoljeću čovjek divovskog rasta i snage imenom Reprobus. Taj je Kanaanac - grdosija tražio najmoćnijeg čovjeka na Zemlji da mu služi. Prvi njegov gospodar, kralj, brzo je otpao jer je Reporb otkrio da se boji Sotone, pa ga ostavi da bi služio Djavlu. Od njega je pak otišao kad je vidio da drhti pred križem i spomenom Isusa Krista. I tako je Reprobus krenuo u potragu za Kristom. Potraga je bila duga i teška, no u svojim lutanjima namjerio se na pustinjaka, koji ga je podučio kršćanstvu i preobratio: Sv. Babilasa od Antiohije. On mu je rekao da će najbolje služiti Kristu ako radi na Zemlji posao koji mu najbolje leži. Medjutim, iako već preobraćen, Reporbu se nije dalo postiti da ne izgubi snagu, a ni moliti nije volio previše, pa ga onda da bi bio od neke koristi, pustinjak nagovori da prenosi preko rijeke stare, nemoćne i putnike. Jedne noći probudi ga tako dijete i zamoli Reproba da ga prenese preko rijeke. Ovaj uzme u ruku palmin štap, dijete podigne na ramena i zagazi u rijeku. Svakim korakom koji je činio, dijete je postajalo sve teže i teže, a voda sve nemirnija, te je Reprob na pola puta pomislio da će se i on i dijete utopiti. Jedva se dočepao druge obale. Kad su stigli na drugu stranu, djete mu reče da je na svojim ramenima nosio grijehe svijeta, te mu naredi da zabode svoj palmin štap u zemlju, koji onda čudom zaživi, procvjeta i dadne plodova ( kao Aaronov štap). Tek tada Reprobus prepozna Krista - Dijete, gospodara kojeg je tražio. Od tada se div nazove Kristofor - što znači 'onaj koji nosi Krista' i još se više učvrsti u kršćanskoj vjeri. Odluči napustiti službu prenošenja ljudi na rijeci i posvetiti se potpuno širenju kršćanske vjere. Šireći vjeru doživljavao je Kristofor svakakve napasti. Bio je salijetan od dvije bludnice koje su ga kanile zavesti, pa da napusti vjeru. Dogodilo se upravo suprotno - one same preobratiše se i postaše vjernice. 251.god. u vrijeme vladavine rimskog cara Decija, progonitelja kršćana, zatekao se na grčkom otoku Samosu. Po nalogu Imperatora, zapovijednik otoka dao ga je uhititi. U početku su ga na razne načine htjeli privoljeti da se odrekne svoje vjere, da bi ga na kraju podvrgli mučenju, no ništa ga nije moglo slomiti. Tako ga nakon mučenja odvedoše na stratište gdje ga je gadjalo 40 strijelaca, ali ga svih 40 promaši jer su se strijele, taknute rukom Božjom odbijale od njega i vraćale se strijelcima. Jedna od tih strijela koje su se vratile, izbije oko likijskom kralju. Ne mogavši mu nikako drugačije nauditi, naposlijetku mu odrubiše glavu... "Iako se tako malo zna o životu sv Kristofora, mnogo se može razumijeti iz njegovog iskustva nošenja Krista preko rijeke. Njegova priča predstavlja poruku nade da su svi kršćani pozvani nositi i "staviti na sebe" Krista, uzimajući križeve, s obzirom da svatko od nas, u njegovom životu čeka njegov križ. Kristofor je nosio svoj "križ" (Krista samog) i na kraju je pretrpio mučeništvo za vjeru, ispunjavajući zapovijed Krista, "Onaj tko ne uzme svoj križ i slijedi Me nije mene dostojan" (Mt 10:38). "- Izvor http://orthodoxwiki.org/Christopher_of_Lycia Pravoslavna crkva slavi kristofora od Licije 9. svibnja, dok se u zapadnim crkvama njegov dan obilježava 25. srpnja. SV: KRISTOFOR - SVETAC ZAŠTITNIK GRADA I OTOKA RABA U srednjem vijeku prikaz Kristofora se mogao naći na ulazima u mnoge crkve i na gradskim vratima jer se vjerovalo da onaj tko pogleda lik sveca taj dan neće umrijeti i da može putovati bilo gdje jer će ga Kristofor zaštiti. I danas se dan Sv. Kristofora 25.05. slavi kao jedna od najvećih svetkovina na otoku Rabu, sa završnom svečanosti na Trgu Sv. Kristofora: natjecanjem rapskih samostreličara, dok se Relikvija sveca čuva u pozlaćenom kovčežiću u sakralnoj zbirci grada Raba. Više o mitu sveca - na engl. slike sveca u umjestnosti