{"id":80111,"date":"2025-07-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/07\/06\/07-06-shen-asteios-episkopi-i-durresit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:44:56","slug":"07-06-shen-asteios-episkopi-i-durresit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/07\/06\/07-06-shen-asteios-episkopi-i-durresit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebn Asteios, Episkopi i Durr\u00ebsit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"oa-saint-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/07_06_Asteios_Episkopos_Dyrrachiou_text_scenes_only-2.webp\" alt=\"Sh\u00ebn Asteios, Episkopi i Durr\u00ebsit\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>E lyen me mjalt\u00eb dhe e kryq\u00ebzuan n\u00eb muret e Dyrrachium-it, p\u00ebr ta vrar\u00eb nga pickimet e tufave t\u00eb blet\u00ebve dhe insekteve t\u00eb tjera. Bashk\u00eb me t\u00eb n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn dit\u00eb ran\u00eb d\u00ebshmor edhe shtat\u00eb besimtar\u00eb nga Italia, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn me anije n\u00eb Durr\u00ebs n\u00eb k\u00ebrkim t\u00eb strehimit nga persekutimi. Sh\u00ebn Asteios ishte peshkop i Dyrrachiumit n\u00eb vitin n\u00ebnt\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tet\u00eb pas Krishtit dhe emri i tij do t\u00eb thot\u00eb qytetar ose burr\u00eb i qytetit. Ai ishte nj\u00eb bari i v\u00ebrtet\u00eb dhe nj\u00eb shembull i gjall\u00eb i nj\u00eb jete aktive t\u00eb krishter\u00eb p\u00ebr besimtar\u00ebt e krahin\u00ebs s\u00eb tij. Me shum\u00eb zell ai punoi p\u00ebr p\u00ebrhapjen e Ungjillit n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb qarkun e Durr\u00ebsit dhe m\u00eb gjer\u00eb. Kur Trajani u ngjit n\u00eb fronin e Rom\u00ebs, ai e rinovoi menj\u00ebher\u00eb dekretin e persekutimit t\u00eb t\u00eb krishter\u00ebve n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb perandorin\u00eb. Pastaj prefekt\u00ebt e qytetit, Numerius, Nearchus, Aglaides dhe Arianos, arrestuan peshkopin dhe e \u00e7uan t\u00eb lidhur para sundimtarit. Duke qen\u00eb se ai refuzoi me k\u00ebmb\u00ebngulje t\u00eb flijonte p\u00ebr idhujt, ai iu dor\u00ebzua sundimtarit mizor Agricola, p\u00ebr t&#8217;u marr\u00eb n\u00eb pyetje. Sundimtari u p\u00ebrpoq n\u00eb fillim n\u00eb nj\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb t\u00eb but\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb ndryshuar mendjen e tij dhe p\u00ebr ta bindur at\u00eb t\u00eb mohonte Krishtin. Kur pa se fjal\u00ebt nuk soll\u00ebn efekt, ai iu drejtua k\u00ebrc\u00ebnimeve mizore dhe premtimeve t\u00eb r\u00ebnda p\u00ebr d\u00ebnim. Por peshkopi, si kryeprift i denj\u00eb i Krishtit, u ngrit n\u00eb k\u00ebmb\u00eb dhe iu p\u00ebrgjigj Agrikol\u00ebs me guxim. Ai i tha atij se pushteti q\u00eb p\u00ebrdor fuqin\u00eb e tij p\u00ebr t&#8217;u shkaktuar d\u00ebm njer\u00ebzve t\u00eb pafajsh\u00ebm \u00ebsht\u00eb i pavler\u00eb. Sundimtari m\u00eb pas u t\u00ebrbua nga q\u00ebndrimi i pal\u00ebkundur i shenjtorit dhe planifikoi nj\u00eb hakmarrje djall\u00ebzore dhe mizore. Ai urdh\u00ebroi q\u00eb t\u00eb torturohej me kamxhik nga l\u00ebkura e kaut, t\u00eb pajisur me plumba plumbi, p\u00ebr t\u00eb thyer kockat. Martiri i duroi goditjet dhe k\u00ebmb\u00ebnguli me vendosm\u00ebri n\u00eb besimin e tij n\u00eb Krishtin, duke mos e mohuar kurr\u00eb emrin e Tij. Pastaj ushtar\u00ebt e lyen me mjalt\u00eb nga koka te k\u00ebmb\u00ebt dhe e kryq\u00ebzuan n\u00eb nj\u00eb pem\u00eb. Ata e mb\u00ebshtet\u00ebn pran\u00eb mureve t\u00eb qytetit, n\u00eb mesdit\u00eb, nd\u00ebrsa dielli i ver\u00ebs p\u00ebrv\u00eblonte pa m\u00ebshir\u00eb tok\u00ebn. Mbi t\u00eb ran\u00eb tufa blet\u00ebsh, grer\u00ebzash dhe insektesh t\u00eb tjera, t\u00eb t\u00ebrhequr nga \u00ebmb\u00eblsia e mjaltit. Nga pickimet e panum\u00ebrta dhe nxeht\u00ebsia e tmerrshme ai e dor\u00ebzoi shpirtin e tij n\u00eb duart e Zotit. K\u00ebshtu bariu i bekuar i Dyrrachiumit mori me g\u00ebzim kuror\u00ebn amarantike t\u00eb martirizimit nga Zoti. T\u00eb krishter\u00ebt e mor\u00ebn fshehurazi reliken e ndershme t\u00eb peshkopit t\u00eb tyre dhe e varros\u00ebn me nderim pran\u00eb qytetit. M\u00eb von\u00eb ata ngrit\u00ebn atje nj\u00eb tempull t\u00eb vog\u00ebl p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb tij, p\u00ebr t&#8217;u mbledhur dhe lutur. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn dit\u00eb, edhe shtat\u00eb besimtar\u00eb t\u00eb tjer\u00eb, t\u00eb quajtur Peregrinos, Lukiani, Pompei, Hesychius, Pappias, Saturninos dhe Germanos, ran\u00eb martir\u00eb p\u00ebr Krishtin. T\u00eb gjith\u00eb erdh\u00ebn nga Italia dhe kishin mb\u00ebrritur me anije n\u00eb Durr\u00ebs, duke k\u00ebrkuar shp\u00ebtimin nga persekutimet e atdheut. Kur e pan\u00eb peshkopin t\u00eb varur n\u00eb kryq, t\u00eb lyer me mjalt\u00eb dhe t\u00eb torturuar nga insektet, filluan ta bekojn\u00eb hapur. Ata e lavd\u00ebruan at\u00eb me himne dhe fjal\u00eb admirimi p\u00ebr rr\u00ebfimin e guximsh\u00ebm t\u00eb Krishtit t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb. M\u00eb pas ata u arrestuan menj\u00ebher\u00eb nga ushtar\u00ebt dhe u soll\u00ebn para sundimtarit t\u00eb rajonit p\u00ebr t&#8217;u marr\u00eb n\u00eb pyetje. Ata me paturp\u00ebsi deklaruan para t\u00eb gjith\u00ebve se jan\u00eb t\u00eb krishter\u00eb dhe ndjekin Zotin e v\u00ebrtet\u00eb. Agricolas u t\u00ebrbua nga q\u00ebndrueshm\u00ebria e Jesterit dhe nga rr\u00ebfimi i p\u00ebrbashk\u00ebt i shtat\u00eb d\u00ebshmitar\u00ebve t\u00eb rinj. Menj\u00ebher\u00eb dha urdhrin dhe i mbyt\u00ebn t\u00eb gjith\u00eb s\u00eb bashku n\u00eb uj\u00ebrat e detit Adriatik, pran\u00eb brigjeve t\u00eb qytetit. K\u00ebshtu ata mor\u00ebn edhe kuror\u00ebn amarantike t\u00eb martirizimit dhe Kisha nderon kujtimin e tyre t\u00eb nes\u00ebrmen. Pas shtat\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vjet\u00ebsh, k\u00ebta martir\u00eb t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb iu shfaq\u00ebn n\u00eb nj\u00eb vegim Kryepeshkopit t\u00eb Aleksandris\u00eb. Ai k\u00ebrkoi p\u00ebr mbetjet e tyre t\u00eb ndershme dhe i gjeti t\u00eb mbuluara n\u00eb r\u00ebr\u00ebn e plazhit. Ai i priti me nderim t\u00eb thell\u00eb, i varrosi me nder t\u00eb madh dhe nd\u00ebrtoi mbi ta nj\u00eb tempull t\u00eb vog\u00ebl p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb tyre. P\u00ebr hieromartirin Astios u shkruan dy sh\u00ebrbesa kishtare me himne, t\u00eb cilat u k\u00ebnduan n\u00eb dit\u00ebn e fest\u00ebs s\u00eb lavdishme t\u00eb ipeshkvit. Sekuenca e par\u00eb u shkrua nga Joseph Hymnographer n\u00eb shekullin e n\u00ebnt\u00eb. Nj\u00eb kopje e tij ruhet n\u00eb nj\u00eb dor\u00ebshkrim t\u00eb Bibliotek\u00ebs s\u00eb Parisit, n\u00eb kodik\u00ebt grek\u00eb me numrat tremb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind e shtat\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb. Sekuenca e dyt\u00eb u shkrua n\u00eb vitin e n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb t\u00eb tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb nga Mitropoliti i Dyrrachia, Goromokras dhe Spathias, Iakovos. Ai u miratua zyrtarisht nga Kisha e Madhe e Krishtit dhe u shtyp n\u00eb Kostandinopoj\u00eb me shpenzimet e Michael Thomas Trugia. Sinodi i Patriarkan\u00ebs Ekumenike e ratifikoi m\u00eb 30 korrik t\u00eb po k\u00ebtij viti, me n\u00ebnshkrimin e Patriarkut Germanos. Sh\u00ebn Asteios ishte dhe mbetet gjithmon\u00eb i dashur dhe popullor nd\u00ebr t\u00eb krishter\u00ebt ortodoks\u00eb t\u00eb Durr\u00ebsit. Shum\u00eb besimtar\u00eb t\u00eb qytetit u dhan\u00eb dhe u japin f\u00ebmij\u00ebve t\u00eb tyre emrin e bekuar, me nderim t\u00eb thell\u00eb. Ata gjithashtu nd\u00ebrtuan vazhdimisht tempuj p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb tij, si\u00e7 d\u00ebshmojn\u00eb historian\u00eb, kronist\u00eb dhe arkeolog\u00eb t\u00eb rajonit. Bie n\u00eb sy metropoli i madh p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb Astios dhe Isavros, i nd\u00ebrtuar n\u00eb shekujt XIII dhe XIV. Tempuj t\u00eb rinj u ngrit\u00ebn n\u00eb Spitall\u00eb, n\u00eb varrezat e qytetit dhe s\u00eb fundi pran\u00eb portit. Mitropoliti Iakovos shkruan fjal\u00eb t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme n\u00eb parath\u00ebnien e sekuenc\u00ebs s\u00eb tij, e cila u hartua m\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e gjasht\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00ebqind e shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb korrik. Ai thot\u00eb se prift\u00ebrinjt\u00eb e qytetit ishin urdh\u00ebruar p\u00ebr shum\u00eb muaj q\u00eb t&#8217;u jepnin emrin e Shenjtit djemve t\u00eb sapopag\u00ebzuar. Ata filluan t\u00eb nd\u00ebrtojn\u00eb edhe nj\u00eb tempull n\u00eb zon\u00ebn e Spitales, e cila \u00ebsht\u00eb gjysm\u00eb ore larg qytetit t\u00eb Durr\u00ebsit. Ata pikturuan gjithashtu ikon\u00ebn e Sh\u00ebn Astios dhe ipeshkvit t\u00eb par\u00eb t\u00eb Dyrrakis\u00eb sipas tradit\u00ebs, Apostull Cezarit. E gjith\u00eb kjo \u00ebsht\u00eb fryt i kujdesit t\u00eb thell\u00eb at\u00ebror p\u00ebr ngritjen shpirt\u00ebrore t\u00eb banor\u00ebve t\u00eb krahin\u00ebs s\u00eb bekuar. Fama e Sh\u00ebn Astios doli shpejt p\u00ebrtej kufijve t\u00eb Durr\u00ebsit dhe Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb dhe p\u00ebrqafoi shum\u00eb popuj. Figura e tij \u00ebsht\u00eb pikturuar n\u00eb afresket e tempujve n\u00eb Ahrida, Kosov\u00eb, Serbi dhe Mal t\u00eb Zi. Ai nderohet edhe n\u00eb Greqi dhe Itali, ku kishat lokale mbajn\u00eb t\u00eb gjall\u00eb kujtimin dhe nderimin p\u00ebr martirin e lavdish\u00ebm. K\u00ebshtu peshkopi trim i Durr\u00ebsit vazhdon t\u00eb ndri\u00e7oj\u00eb dhe mbroj\u00eb besimtar\u00ebt e t\u00eb gjith\u00eb brezave gjat\u00eb gjith\u00eb viteve t\u00eb p\u00ebrjetshme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E lyen me mjalt\u00eb dhe e kryq\u00ebzuan n\u00eb muret e Dyrrachium-it, p\u00ebr ta vrar\u00eb nga pickimet e tufave t\u00eb blet\u00ebve dhe insekteve t\u00eb tjera. Bashk\u00eb me t\u00eb n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn dit\u00eb ran\u00eb d\u00ebshmor edhe shtat\u00eb besimtar\u00eb nga Italia, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn me anije n\u00eb Durr\u00ebs n\u00eb k\u00ebrkim t\u00eb strehimit nga persekutimi. 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