Da Frank Ramirez
An yi girma na Roman Katolika, kuma ko da yake yanzu na ɗauki kaina a matsayin Dunker, ina da dangantaka mai kyau da cocin lokacin ƙuruciyata. Da kaina zan ɗauki gidan taro na Dunker a Antietam kowane lokaci, musamman lokacin da aka nuna Kalmar a cikin sigar Mumma Bible, amma har yanzu ina samun ɗaukaka in shiga cikin basilica tare da zane mai ban sha'awa da zane mai ban sha'awa.
Sun ce kowane hoto yana ba da labari. To, kowane tagar gilashin da ke ƙaramar Basilica na St. Lawrence Deacon da Martyr a Asheville, NC, tana ba da labarin Allah. Fiye da mutane 70 sun yi balaguro zuwa Basilica a ɗaya daga cikin tafiye-tafiyen bas na rana a yayin taron manyan tsofaffi na ƙasa (NOAC).
Rafael Guastavina Moreno (1842-1908), wanda ya kera gidan basilica a Asheville, ya riga ya yi suna a Turai kafin ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka a shekara ta 1881. Daga cibiyar aikinsa a birnin New York, ya ƙirƙiri abubuwa da dama. a Amurka. Daga ƙarshe ya yi ritaya zuwa Black Mountain, NC, inda ya ci gaba da aiki tare da ayyuka da yawa, gami da ƙirar basilica a Asheville. Ya rasu shekara guda kafin cikar St. Lawrence, kuma an binne shi a cikin Chapel of Our Lady.
St. Lawrence yana ɗaya daga cikin diakoni bakwai a cocin Roma da ke da alhakin kula da matalauta a cikin ikilisiya, waɗanda Sarkin sarakuna Valarius ya yi shahada a shekara ta 258. A cewar labarin, wanda wasu ke yabawa wasu kuma ba su yi ba, ya an kone shi a hankali har ya mutu a kan gridiron, kuma ya kamata ya ce, bayan an sha wahala, “Na gama a wannan gefen. Juya ni."
Mutum-mutumin St. Lawrence da St. Stephen da suka ƙawata wajen ginin sun nuna waliyai suna riƙe da rassan dabino, alamar cewa sun yi shahada. A ciki mutum yana ganin mafi girman kubba mai tsayin daka a Arewacin Amurka, yana shimfiɗa ƙafa 82 da ƙafa 58. Gilashin gilashin gilashi suna kwatanta manyan abubuwan da suka faru a cikin rayuwar Kristi, manyan biyu mafi girma da ke nuna Juyawa da Yesu yana warkar da marasa lafiya. A cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki, wanda ya ƙunshi babban tebur wanda ya haɗa da gicciye Almasihu tare da ƙaunataccen Almajiri da Maryamu, mahaifiyarsa, tsaye a ƙasa, gicciye yana gefen gefen gicciye da masu bishara huɗu da manyan mala'iku Mika'ilu da Raphael.
An yi bango, rufi, benaye, da ginshiƙai da tayal ko makamantansu. Kamar yadda jagoranmu ya gaya mana, babu karfe ko itace a kowane bangare na tsarin. Granite na North Carolina yana goyan bayan babban tsarin bulo.
Baya ga ziyarar Basilica, 'Yan'uwa sun kuma yi tafiya zuwa Lambunan Botanical na kusa a Asheville. Ko da yake tsire-tsire kaɗan ne ke cikin furanni a ƙarshen lokacin rani, akwai hanyoyi masu daɗi da yawa da ke juye bishiyu da goga, da gefen kogi. Ayyukan ƙasan da aka gina a lokacin Yaƙin Asheville shaida ne mara kyau na rikice-rikicen da suka gabata.