{"id":80185,"date":"2025-07-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/07\/07\/07-07-epiktet-dhe-astion-martiret-e-dashurise\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:45:35","slug":"07-07-epiktet-dhe-astion-martiret-e-dashurise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/07\/07\/07-07-epiktet-dhe-astion-martiret-e-dashurise\/","title":{"rendered":"Epiktet dhe Astion, martir\u00ebt e dashuris\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nj\u00eb plak gjasht\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7 dhe nj\u00eb i ri tridhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb vje\u00e7 q\u00ebndruan s\u00eb bashku p\u00ebrpara shpat\u00ebs s\u00eb xhelatit, pran\u00eb brigjeve t\u00eb Danubit. Plaku iu lut dishepullit t\u00eb tij q\u00eb t\u00eb ishte i pari q\u00eb do t\u00eb merrte kuror\u00ebn e martirizimit, q\u00eb t\u00eb mos p\u00ebrkulej nga frika e ekzekutimit t\u00eb tij. Epikteti jetoi si asket n\u00eb nj\u00eb qeli af\u00ebr nj\u00eb fshati n\u00eb provinc\u00ebn lindore, gjat\u00eb viteve t\u00eb perandorit t\u00eb paper\u00ebndish\u00ebm Dioklecianit. Q\u00eb n\u00eb rini i ishte p\u00ebrkushtuar Krishtit dhe kishte marr\u00eb dhurat\u00ebn e sh\u00ebrimit t\u00eb \u00e7do s\u00ebmundjeje. Verb\u00ebria, lebra, paraliza dhe shtypjet demonike u qet\u00ebsuan me lutjen dhe vajin e shenjt\u00eb q\u00eb ai p\u00ebrdori. Nj\u00eb her\u00eb nj\u00eb kont e \u00e7oi n\u00eb k\u00ebmb\u00eb vajz\u00ebn e tij pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebvje\u00e7are t\u00eb paralizuar, duke iu lutur me lot njeriun e Per\u00ebndis\u00eb. Plaku u lut me zjarr, e vajosi vajz\u00ebn me vaj t\u00eb bekuar dhe ajo u ngrit menj\u00ebher\u00eb n\u00eb k\u00ebmb\u00eb duke lavd\u00ebruar Zotin. Pastaj e k\u00ebshilloi baban\u00eb q\u00eb t\u00eb merrte pjes\u00eb me gjith\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb \u00e7do t\u00eb diel, pasi p\u00ebrgatitej me zem\u00ebr t\u00eb past\u00ebr. Nj\u00eb her\u00eb tjet\u00ebr ai mbajti me vete nj\u00eb t\u00eb pushtuar p\u00ebr tre dit\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00ebra dhe njeriu i keq u mundua nga lutjet e plakut. M\u00eb n\u00eb fund ai u urdh\u00ebrua t\u00eb largohej n\u00eb em\u00ebr t\u00eb Zotit. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn zon\u00eb jetonte nj\u00eb pagane fisnike q\u00eb kishte humbur drit\u00ebn dhe ishte zhg\u00ebnjyer nga mjek\u00ebt. Ajo u informua p\u00ebr mrekullit\u00eb e Epiktetit dhe vrapoi t’i lutej me lot q\u00eb t’i prekte syt\u00eb e saj t\u00eb verb\u00ebr. Shenjtori vendosi dor\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb djatht\u00eb mbi ta, thirri emrin e Jezu Krishtit dhe menj\u00ebher\u00eb gruaja pa p\u00ebrs\u00ebri qart\u00eb bot\u00ebn p\u00ebrreth saj. Ajo b\u00ebrtiti me mir\u00ebnjohje se i vetmi Zot i v\u00ebrtet\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb Zoti i t\u00eb Krishter\u00ebve dhe besoi me gjith\u00eb familjen e saj. Nj\u00eb dit\u00eb nj\u00eb i ri tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7 mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb qeli, i shoq\u00ebruar nga sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor\u00eb, sikur ndodhej aty n\u00eb sh\u00ebtitje. Quhej Astion dhe ishte djali i prefektit vendas dhe nj\u00eb n\u00ebne fisnike, mbesa e senatorit Juliani. N\u00eb fakt, providenca e Zotit e kishte \u00e7uar te plaku p\u00ebr nj\u00eb q\u00ebllim tjet\u00ebr. Plaku e priti me dashuri, e uli dhe e pyeti p\u00ebr origjin\u00ebn dhe prind\u00ebrit e tij. Kur d\u00ebgjoi p\u00ebrgjigjen, foli me pasion p\u00ebr babain e v\u00ebrtet\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00ebve dhe p\u00ebr pasurin\u00eb e v\u00ebrtet\u00eb t\u00eb shpirtit. I riu u prek thell\u00eb, por heshti para sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor\u00ebve t\u00eb familjes. T\u00eb nes\u00ebrmen n\u00eb m\u00ebngjes Astioni nxitoi i vet\u00ebm n\u00eb qeli, si nj\u00eb blet\u00eb e urt\u00eb q\u00eb kthehej te mjalti i \u00ebmb\u00ebl. Ai i rr\u00ebfeu plakut se kishte frik\u00eb t\u00eb hidh\u00ebronte prind\u00ebrit e tij dhe iu lut q\u00eb ta pag\u00ebzonte fshehurazi dhe ta \u00e7onte n\u00eb nj\u00eb vend t\u00eb larg\u00ebt. Epikteti iu g\u00ebzua n\u00eb shpirt, e urdh\u00ebroi t\u00eb agj\u00ebronte dhe t\u00eb lutej dhe s\u00eb shpejti e priti p\u00ebr pag\u00ebzim t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb. Nj\u00eb nat\u00eb ata u larguan nga ato vende s\u00eb bashku dhe mor\u00ebn pak para p\u00ebr udh\u00ebtimin. N\u00eb port ata gjet\u00ebn nj\u00eb anije q\u00eb lundronte n\u00eb vendet e Skit\u00ebve dhe udh\u00ebtuan disa dit\u00eb n\u00eb det. Kur mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn, u vendos\u00ebn n\u00eb nj\u00eb vend t\u00eb qet\u00eb pran\u00eb qytetit t\u00eb Almyrida, n\u00eb brigjet e Danubit. Aty nd\u00ebrtuan nj\u00eb sht\u00ebpi t\u00eb vog\u00ebl dhe iu kushtuan betejave asketike me agj\u00ebrim dhe lutje t\u00eb pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb. Nd\u00ebrkoh\u00eb prind\u00ebrit e Astionit e k\u00ebrkonin kudo me vajtime zem\u00ebrthyese. Babai i tij qau se kishte humbur mb\u00ebshtetjen e pleq\u00ebris\u00eb dhe drit\u00ebn e syve. N\u00ebna e tij dyshonte se Zoti i krishter\u00eb kishte d\u00ebrguar dik\u00eb q\u00eb t’ia merrte f\u00ebmij\u00ebn. Ajo grisi rrobat dhe qau pa pushim, duke u ndjer\u00eb e shkret\u00eb dhe jetimore si nj\u00eb qytet i braktisur. N\u00eb Almyrida jeta e shenjt\u00eb e dy asket\u00ebve u b\u00eb e njohur shpejt p\u00ebr banor\u00ebt. Turma njer\u00ebzish filluan t\u00eb mblidheshin duke bartur njer\u00ebz t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00eb dhe Epikteti u dha shum\u00eb sh\u00ebrime. Nj\u00eb fisnike solli djalin e saj pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebvje\u00e7ar, i cili ishte i shurdh\u00ebr, memec dhe i paralizuar, duke k\u00ebrkuar ndihm\u00eb nga dishepujt nazarenas. Plaku k\u00ebrkoi besim me gjith\u00eb zem\u00ebr n\u00eb t\u00eb vetmin Zot t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb, q\u00eb krijoi qiellin dhe tok\u00ebn. Pastaj ai p\u00ebshtyu tri her\u00eb n\u00eb buz\u00ebt memece t\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00ebs dhe e pyeti se kush duhet t\u00eb besoj\u00eb burri. Djali b\u00ebrtiti me z\u00eb t\u00eb lart\u00eb se ai duhet t\u00eb besoj\u00eb n\u00eb Jezu Krishtin, i cili u jep t\u00eb mira njer\u00ebzve. At\u00eb dit\u00eb m\u00eb shum\u00eb se nj\u00eb mij\u00eb banor\u00eb besuan n\u00eb Shp\u00ebtimtarin e bot\u00ebs. Megjithat\u00eb, hiri i Per\u00ebndis\u00eb b\u00ebri mrekulli edhe n\u00ebp\u00ebrmjet dishepullit t\u00eb ri. Nj\u00eb her\u00eb Astion zbriti n\u00eb Danub p\u00ebr uj\u00eb dhe takoi nj\u00eb njeri t\u00eb pushtuar. Ai ngriti mbi t\u00eb shenj\u00ebn e kryqit dhe demoni iku i tmerruar, duke rr\u00ebfyer se besimi dhe past\u00ebrtia e zemr\u00ebs s\u00eb rinis\u00eb s\u00eb p\u00ebrulur kishte fituar fuqi t\u00eb madhe. N\u00eb nj\u00eb mision tjet\u00ebr, ai gjeti nj\u00eb t\u00eb ri t\u00eb r\u00ebn\u00eb nga nj\u00eb nd\u00ebrtes\u00eb e lart\u00eb n\u00eb rrug\u00eb dhe e ringjalli me lutje. Por i ligu nuk e duroi dot k\u00ebt\u00eb past\u00ebrti dhe k\u00ebrkoi nj\u00eb mund\u00ebsi p\u00ebr t\u00eb d\u00ebmtuar murgun e ri. Nj\u00eb her\u00eb Astioni doli n\u00eb lum\u00eb pa marr\u00eb bekimin e plakut. Armiku e gjeti t\u00eb pambuluar dhe mbolli n\u00eb mendje llogarit\u00eb e liga, t\u00eb cilat e munduan p\u00ebr tre dit\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00ebra. Nga turpi nuk pranoi t\u00eb rr\u00ebfehej, edhe pse agj\u00ebronte, qante dhe mundohej shum\u00eb. Epikteti, megjithat\u00eb, e njohu menj\u00ebher\u00eb pik\u00ebllimin e tij dhe e paralajm\u00ebroi at\u00eb p\u00ebr pik\u00ebllimin vdekjeprur\u00ebs t\u00eb humbjes s\u00eb Ahithofelit dhe Jud\u00ebs. M\u00eb pas i riu hapi zemr\u00ebn dhe rr\u00ebfeu mosbindjen dhe llogarit\u00eb e tij. Plaku e qortoi ashp\u00ebr duke i th\u00ebn\u00eb se bekimi i babait shpirt\u00ebror \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb mur i pakap\u00ebrcyesh\u00ebm p\u00ebr t\u00eb rinjt\u00eb. Pastaj u shtrin\u00eb k\u00ebmb\u00ebkryq n\u00eb tok\u00eb dhe s\u00eb bashku me lot iu lut\u00ebn Zotit. Kur ata u ngrit\u00ebn, Astion pa nj\u00eb t\u00eb ri t\u00eb zi me nj\u00eb qiri t\u00eb ndezur duke u larguar, duke rr\u00ebfyer se rr\u00ebfimi dhe lutja e tyre e p\u00ebrbashk\u00ebt e kishin \u00e7armatosur plot\u00ebsisht. K\u00ebshtu et\u00ebrit besnik\u00eb jetuan atje p\u00ebr shum\u00eb vite dhe \u00e7uan shpirtra t\u00eb panum\u00ebrt nga gabimi pagan te Krishti. Por sundimtari i rajonit, i quajtur Latronianos, erdhi n\u00eb Almyrida p\u00ebr pun\u00ebt e shtetit. Pagan\u00ebt i denoncuan dy shenjtor\u00ebt si magjistar\u00eb, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt i pengojn\u00eb njer\u00ebzit t\u00eb b\u00ebjn\u00eb flijime p\u00ebr idhujt. Sundimtari i futi n\u00eb burg, ku vazhdimisht k\u00ebndonin psalmet e Davidiit. Plaku e k\u00ebshilloi dishepullin e tij t\u00eb p\u00ebrgjigjej vet\u00ebm se ata jan\u00eb t\u00eb krishter\u00eb, dhe ky \u00ebsht\u00eb emri, gjinia dhe vendi i tyre. N\u00eb gjyq, zoti mbeti pa fjal\u00eb para drit\u00ebs q\u00eb shk\u00eblqente n\u00eb fytyrat e tyre dhe i pyeti vazhdimisht p\u00ebr origjin\u00ebn e tyre. Martir\u00ebt iu p\u00ebrgjigj\u00ebn vazhdimisht t\u00eb nj\u00ebjtit rr\u00ebfim besimi, pavar\u00ebsisht nga torturat e tmerrshme. I rrah\u00ebn me gozhd\u00eb hekuri, i dogj\u00ebn me zjarr, i zien n\u00eb nj\u00eb kazan me katran\u00eb dhe i mbajt\u00ebn tridhjet\u00eb dit\u00eb pa buk\u00eb e uj\u00eb. Ata mbet\u00ebn t\u00eb pad\u00ebmtuar, t\u00eb ushqyer nga fjala e Per\u00ebndis\u00eb dhe hiri i Frym\u00ebs s\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb. Nj\u00eb sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor i xhelatit, Vigilantius, i d\u00ebgjoi fjal\u00ebt e tyre dhe besoi me gjith\u00eb zem\u00ebr n\u00eb Krishtin. Ai shpalli publikisht se ishte i krishter\u00eb dhe u pag\u00ebzua me gjith\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij. N\u00eb fund, sundimtari i thirri p\u00ebrs\u00ebri p\u00ebr t’u marr\u00eb n\u00eb pyetje dhe i quajti demon\u00eb t\u00eb mish\u00ebruar, sepse nuk ua zbuluan emrin dhe gjinin\u00eb. Shenjtor\u00ebt iu p\u00ebrgjigj\u00ebn se n\u00eb em\u00ebr t\u00eb Krishtit ata d\u00ebbuan demon\u00ebt dhe mund ta \u00e7lironin nga i ligu q\u00eb e kishte pushtuar. Pastaj urdh\u00ebroi t’i vrisnin me gur\u00eb n\u00eb goj\u00eb dhe i d\u00ebnoi me prerje koke. Kur i nxorr\u00ebn jasht\u00eb qytetit, martiri k\u00ebrkoi pak koh\u00eb p\u00ebr namaz dhe u kthye nga lindja me duar t\u00eb ngritura. Epikteti k\u00ebmb\u00ebnguli q\u00eb dishepullit t\u00eb tij t’i pritej koka fillimisht, n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb q\u00eb armiku t\u00eb mos e d\u00ebmtonte at\u00eb n\u00eb shikim t\u00eb vdekjes s\u00eb plakut. Astioni iu n\u00ebnshtrua vullnetit t\u00eb Zotit dhe babait t\u00eb tij shpirt\u00ebror, u vulos me llojin e kryqit dhe e dor\u00ebzoi shpirtin n\u00eb duart e Per\u00ebndis\u00eb. Pastaj plaku ra mbi trupin e dishepullit t\u00eb tij dhe edhe ai mori shpat\u00ebn. Mbetjet e tyre t\u00eb ndershme shk\u00eblqenin si rreze dielli dhe merrnin er\u00eb aromatike. Vigilantius i mori fshehurazi nat\u00ebn, i mb\u00ebshtolli me qefine t\u00eb pastra dhe i varrosi me nder n\u00eb nj\u00eb vend t\u00eb zgjedhur. Po at\u00eb nat\u00eb nj\u00eb demon i lig hyri te sundimtari Latronianos. N\u00eb m\u00ebngjes n\u00eb post komand\u00eb filloi t\u00eb fliste marr\u00ebzi, rr\u00ebmbeu shpat\u00ebn dhe sulmoi koleg\u00ebt e tij duke i plagosur r\u00ebnd\u00eb. Kalimtar\u00ebt e n\u00ebnshtruan, i mor\u00ebn arm\u00ebn, e lidh\u00ebn dhe e mbyll\u00ebn n\u00eb nj\u00eb dhom\u00eb, ku pas dy dit\u00ebsh e mbyti demoni. Prind\u00ebrit e Astionit mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn me anije n\u00eb Almyrida menj\u00ebher\u00eb pas martirizimit t\u00eb shenjtor\u00ebve. Nj\u00eb i besuar e kishte par\u00eb djalin e tyre me plakun gjat\u00eb marrjes n\u00eb pyetje dhe ua solli lajmin. Babai Aleksandri dhe n\u00ebna Marcellina kishin premtuar se do t\u00eb ndiqnin Krishtin n\u00ebse do ta takonin p\u00ebrs\u00ebri f\u00ebmij\u00ebn e tyre. Vigilantios i priti n\u00eb port, sipas asaj q\u00eb d\u00ebshmori Astion e urdh\u00ebroi n\u00eb vegim. Ai i preu n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij dhe gradualisht u m\u00ebsoi besimin ungjillor dhe shpres\u00ebn e jet\u00ebs s\u00eb p\u00ebrjetshme. I \u00e7oi n\u00eb qelin\u00eb e shenjtor\u00ebve dhe u tregoi kryqin dhe ungjillin e martir\u00ebve. Pastaj i solli te varri i d\u00ebshmor\u00ebve, ku mbajt\u00ebn zi p\u00ebr nj\u00eb koh\u00eb t\u00eb gjat\u00eb dhe q\u00ebndruan vigjilent\u00eb me t\u00eb n\u00eb lutje. Pas mesnate nj\u00eb blic drite ndri\u00e7oi zon\u00ebn dhe nj\u00eb arom\u00eb e mrekullueshme mbushi ajrin. Dy d\u00ebshmor\u00ebt u paraqit\u00ebn me bukuri t\u00eb pashprehur para prind\u00ebrve t\u00eb pik\u00eblluar dhe Vigilantius. Astion e p\u00ebrqafoi n\u00ebn\u00ebn e tij Marcellin\u00ebn dhe e p\u00ebrqafoi duke e quajtur dishepulle t\u00eb Krishtit. Epikteti e p\u00ebrqafoi Aleksandrin dhe i uroi q\u00eb t\u00eb g\u00ebzohej n\u00eb Zotin, pasi e meritonte t\u00eb num\u00ebrohej me besimtar\u00ebt. Ofruan fjal\u00eb ngush\u00ebllimi plot \u00ebmb\u00eblsi shpirt\u00ebrore dhe pas pak u b\u00ebn\u00eb t\u00eb paduksh\u00ebm. N\u00eb vendin skith jetonte nj\u00eb peshkop i krishter\u00eb, Evangelos, i fshehur p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb persekutimit. Kur u informua p\u00ebr vdekjen e Latronianus, ai erdhi n\u00eb Almyrida p\u00ebr t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtetur besimtar\u00ebt. Vigilantius i solli prind\u00ebrit e Astionit dhe i tregoi t\u00eb gjitha ato q\u00eb kishin ndodhur. Peshkopi lavd\u00ebroi d\u00ebshmor\u00ebt e shenjt\u00eb dhe pag\u00ebzoi me g\u00ebzim t\u00eb krishter\u00ebt e rinj n\u00eb em\u00ebr t\u00eb Trinis\u00eb s\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb. Aleksandri dhe Marcellina q\u00ebndruan p\u00ebr disa koh\u00eb pran\u00eb varrit t\u00eb d\u00ebshmor\u00ebve me agj\u00ebrim dhe lutje. Ata u kthyen n\u00eb vendlindje, shit\u00ebn pron\u00ebn dhe ua shp\u00ebrndan\u00eb t\u00eb varf\u00ebrve. Ata jetuan n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb hyjnore deri n\u00eb gjumin e tyre dhe merituan lumturin\u00eb e shenjtor\u00ebve n\u00eb mbret\u00ebrimin e Krishtit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nj\u00eb plak gjasht\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7 dhe nj\u00eb i ri tridhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb vje\u00e7 q\u00ebndruan s\u00eb bashku p\u00ebrpara shpat\u00ebs s\u00eb xhelatit, pran\u00eb brigjeve t\u00eb Danubit. Plaku iu lut dishepullit t\u00eb tij q\u00eb t\u00eb ishte i pari q\u00eb do t\u00eb merrte kuror\u00ebn e martirizimit, q\u00eb t\u00eb mos p\u00ebrkulej nga frika e ekzekutimit t\u00eb tij. 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