{"id":96940,"date":"2025-08-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/08\/07\/08-07-oshenar-iosif-gerontogiannis-i-kretes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:01:46","slug":"08-07-oshenar-iosif-gerontogiannis-i-kretes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/08\/07\/08-07-oshenar-iosif-gerontogiannis-i-kretes\/","title":{"rendered":"Osh\u00ebnar Iosif Gerontogiannis i Kret\u00ebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"08_07_\u039f_\u038c\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u0399\u03c9\u03c3\u03ae\u03c6_\u03bf_\u0393\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u039a\u03c1\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"08\" data-saint-day=\"07\" data-source-filename=\"08_07_\u039f_\u038c\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u0399\u03c9\u03c3\u03ae\u03c6_\u03bf_\u0393\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u039a\u03c1\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Osh\u00ebnar Iosif Gerontogiannis i Kret\u00ebs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">7 Gusht \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Nj\u00eb Kretan i vrazhd\u00eb dhe i padisiplinuar pa vajz\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb vog\u00ebl t\u00eb humbiste nga zjarri n\u00eb l\u00ebm\u00eb, nd\u00ebrsa ai shiste dru nj\u00eb t\u00eb diel. Q\u00eb nga ai moment, Joani Vicentzos u shnd\u00ebrrua n\u00eb nj\u00eb njeri lutjesh, pendimi dhe mrekullib\u00ebr\u00ebs n\u00eb shkret\u00ebtir\u00ebn e Kret\u00ebs. Ai lindi n\u00eb vitin 1799 n\u00eb Monydrio gjysm\u00eb t\u00eb rr\u00ebnuar t\u00eb Pararend\u00ebsit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb Kapsa, ku ishin strehuar prind\u00ebrit e tij t\u00eb devotsh\u00ebm Emmanueli dhe Zambia p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb pushtimit turk. Kur situata u qet\u00ebsua, familja u vendos p\u00ebrgjithmon\u00eb n\u00eb fshatin Lithines t\u00eb provinc\u00ebs s\u00eb Sitis\u00eb. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn madhore, i riu u martua me Calliope nga Gerontakis, nj\u00eb vajz\u00eb q\u00eb jetonte e fshehur n\u00eb bregdet nga frika e turqve. E motra i kishte dh\u00ebn\u00eb fund jet\u00ebs p\u00ebr t\u00eb mos u \u00e7nderuar nga nj\u00eb turk q\u00eb komplotoi me t\u00eb. \u00c7ifti kishte kat\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00eb, tre vajza dhe nj\u00eb djal\u00eb dhe jetonte n\u00eb fshatin Katsaroli pran\u00eb Lithines. Gerontogiani ishte i devotsh\u00ebm, por i padisiplinuar, nj\u00eb objektiv i shpesht\u00eb i autoriteteve turke dhe ai iku me njer\u00ebzit e tij n\u00eb gryk\u00ebn e Pervolakia. Nj\u00eb t\u00eb diel\u00eb Joanii ngarkoi kafsh\u00ebn e tij me dru p\u00ebr t&#x27;ua shitur Armen\u00ebve dhe Handrave. Mori me vete Kaliop\u00ebn dhe e la n\u00eb Lithines, nd\u00ebrsa f\u00ebmij\u00ebt mbet\u00ebn vet\u00ebm n\u00eb metoki. Rrug\u00ebs s\u00eb kthimit nj\u00eb ndjenj\u00eb e keqe u fut n\u00eb zemr\u00ebn e n\u00ebn\u00ebs dhe ajo nxitonte t\u00eb arrinte atje. Kur mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn, gjet\u00ebn Iren\u00ebn e tyre t\u00eb djegur jasht\u00eb n\u00eb l\u00ebm\u00eb, ku e nxor\u00ebn jasht\u00eb v\u00ebllez\u00ebrit e motrat e saj. Ata menduan se era do t\u00eb shuante zjarrin q\u00eb kishte kapur fustanin e saj t\u00eb vog\u00ebl. Babai e konsideroi vdekjen e s\u00eb bij\u00ebs nj\u00eb d\u00ebnim hyjnor p\u00ebr shkeljen e fest\u00ebs s\u00eb s\u00eb diel\u00ebs dhe p\u00ebr m\u00ebkatet e tij. M\u00eb pas ai u largua nga Metohi dhe u vendos p\u00ebrgjithmon\u00eb n\u00eb Lithines, n\u00eb nj\u00eb zem\u00ebr t\u00eb thell\u00eb. Fshatar\u00ebt mund t\u00eb shihnin \u00e7do dit\u00eb ndryshimin q\u00eb po ndodhte tek ai me hirin e Zotit. Joanii zem\u00ebrgur dhe argumentues u b\u00eb nj\u00eb njeri shpirtgjer\u00eb, zem\u00ebrbut\u00eb, i m\u00ebshirsh\u00ebm dhe vet\u00ebmohues i Kish\u00ebs. Agj\u00ebrimet, lutjet, l\u00ebmosha dhe pendimi i vazhduesh\u00ebm ia pastronin zemr\u00ebn dhe i ndri\u00e7uan mendjen. K\u00ebshtu ai u kualifikua p\u00ebr t\u00eb marr\u00eb zbules\u00ebn e madhe hyjnore q\u00eb vulosi pjes\u00ebn tjet\u00ebr t\u00eb jet\u00ebs s\u00eb tij. M\u00eb 1841, n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn dyzet e dy vje\u00e7, Gerontogiannis ra n\u00eb nj\u00eb gjum\u00eb t\u00eb thell\u00eb p\u00ebr dyzet e tre or\u00eb. Engj\u00eblli i Zotit e kapi at\u00eb, si\u00e7 b\u00ebri dikur Apostulli Pal, n\u00eb nj\u00eb teori t\u00eb lart\u00eb t\u00eb gj\u00ebrave qiellore. Ai pa radh\u00ebt e t\u00eb drejt\u00ebve n\u00eb lavdi dhe g\u00ebzim, por edhe nd\u00ebshkimet e t\u00eb mallkuarve n\u00eb ferrin e p\u00ebrjetsh\u00ebm. Kur u zgjua i qet\u00eb, gjeti rreth tij nj\u00eb turm\u00eb t\u00eb af\u00ebrmsh dhe bashk\u00ebfshatar\u00ebsh q\u00eb ishin mbledhur nga kureshtja. Mes tyre ishte nj\u00eb plak\u00eb e paralizuar, t\u00eb cil\u00ebn ai e sh\u00ebroi me urimin e tij para syve t\u00eb habitur t\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00ebve. Q\u00eb nga ajo dit\u00eb filloi t\u00eb predikonte dhe t\u00eb b\u00ebnte mrekulli mes t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebve t\u00eb krahin\u00ebs s\u00eb Sitis\u00eb. Nj\u00eb mori t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebsh dhe invalid\u00ebsh dyndeshin n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij p\u00ebr ngush\u00ebllim, bekim dhe sh\u00ebrim nga \u00e7do s\u00ebmundje. Megjithat\u00eb, autoritetet turke e konsideruan at\u00eb t\u00eb dyshimt\u00eb p\u00ebr veprimtari revolucionare n\u00ebn nj\u00eb pretekst fetar dhe e thirr\u00ebn tri her\u00eb n\u00eb Heraklion. Kudo q\u00eb kalonte murgu i p\u00ebrndjekur, turmat mblidheshin p\u00ebr ta p\u00ebrsh\u00ebndetur dhe p\u00ebr t\u00eb marr\u00eb bekimin e tij. N\u00eb prezantimin e tret\u00eb, guvernatori Mustafas Pasha u t\u00ebrbua nga fluksi i madh i besimtar\u00ebve dhe urdh\u00ebroi burgosjen e tij pa vones\u00eb. K\u00ebshilltari lokal Joani Kapetanakis nga fshati Krya nd\u00ebrhyri dhe e \u00e7oi Gerontogiannis n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij deri n\u00eb daljen e vendimit. U p\u00ebrfol se d\u00ebnimi do t\u00eb ishte internimi jasht\u00eb Kret\u00ebs ose burgim afatgjat\u00eb n\u00eb Osios. Por m\u00eb pas f\u00ebmija i Komandantit ra nga shkall\u00ebt dhe mbeti pa ndjenja, pa mundur ta ndihmonte asnj\u00eb mjek. Dashuria at\u00ebrore e detyroi komandantin turk t\u00eb ftonte n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij sh\u00ebruesin e mrekulluesh\u00ebm t\u00eb romak\u00ebve. Sapo Gerontogiani vuri dor\u00ebn dhe p\u00ebshp\u00ebriti nj\u00eb urim, f\u00ebmija gjysm\u00eb i vdekur mori menj\u00ebher\u00eb vet\u00ebdijen. Nj\u00eb trajtim t\u00eb till\u00eb i ka b\u00ebr\u00eb edhe vjehrr\u00ebs s\u00eb Komandantit, e cila vuante nga nj\u00eb s\u00ebmundje kronike dhe e pash\u00ebrueshme. Pasha pastaj e liroi Osios dhe me mir\u00ebnjohje d\u00ebrgoi dhurata t\u00eb pasura n\u00eb fshat. Ai pranoi t\u00eb mbante vet\u00ebm shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb shandan\u00eb p\u00ebr tempullin e Hyjlind\u00ebs s\u00eb Lithin\u00ebve. M\u00eb pas, Episkopi Ieras dhe Sitias Hilarion e k\u00ebshilluan t\u00eb t\u00ebrhiqej n\u00eb nj\u00eb zon\u00eb t\u00eb shkret\u00eb, larg ankesave. Osh\u00ebnar nuk mund t\u00eb mendonte p\u00ebr asnj\u00eb vend tjet\u00ebr p\u00ebrve\u00e7 Monydrios gjysm\u00eb t\u00eb rr\u00ebnuar t\u00eb Kaps\u00ebs, me t\u00eb cilin ishte lidhur gjith\u00eb jet\u00ebn. Aty kishte lindur, pag\u00ebzuar dhe martuar me Kaliop\u00ebn n\u00eb koh\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebshtira. K\u00ebshtu historia m\u00eb e re e Manastirit Kapsa fillon n\u00eb vitin 1841 me ngritjen e tij n\u00eb shkret\u00ebtir\u00eb. Pronari i fundit i zon\u00ebs, Hatzi-Nikolaos Zafeiris nga Sh\u00ebn Triada Sitias, i dha Osios tempullin e shpell\u00ebs dhe zon\u00ebn p\u00ebrreth. Gerontogiannis ishte krejt\u00ebsisht analfabet dhe nuk la asnj\u00eb d\u00ebshmi t\u00eb shkruar p\u00ebr at\u00eb q\u00eb gjeti at\u00ebher\u00eb n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb vend t\u00eb shkret\u00eb. Sigurisht aty ishte kisha e Agios Ioannou me dy nd\u00ebrtesa t\u00eb vogla dhe nj\u00eb pus me uj\u00eb t\u00eb njelm\u00ebt. Monydrio i braktisur filloi t\u00eb fitonte s\u00ebrish jet\u00eb dhe t\u00eb mbushej me pelegrin\u00ebt dhe pacient\u00ebt nga e gjith\u00eb Kreta. Osh\u00ebnar jetoi p\u00ebr shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vjet n\u00eb nj\u00eb shpell\u00eb t\u00eb pjerr\u00ebt, n\u00eb veriper\u00ebndim t\u00eb tempullit shpellor t\u00eb Manastirit. Qelit\u00eb e vjetra ua dha pelegrin\u00ebve t\u00eb shumt\u00eb q\u00eb mb\u00ebrrinin atje nga \u00e7do cep i krahin\u00ebs. Pak nga pak b\u00ebrthama e brezit t\u00eb tij t\u00eb par\u00eb u formua nga murgj t\u00eb rinj q\u00eb e ndiqnin. M\u00eb 1858 ai e nd\u00ebrpreu pun\u00ebn p\u00ebr pes\u00eb muaj dhe iku n\u00eb Kasos, p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb nj\u00eb revolucioni t\u00eb ri n\u00eb Kret\u00eb. N\u00eb 1861, korridori i dyt\u00eb i Trinis\u00eb s\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb iu shtua Kish\u00ebs Katolike n\u00eb Shk\u00ebmb. Nd\u00ebrtesat ishin nd\u00ebrtuar n\u00eb kat\u00ebr nivele me qeli, bujtin\u00eb, bank\u00eb, kuzhin\u00eb, furr\u00eb, depo dhe nj\u00eb rezervuar t\u00eb madh uji. N\u00eb vitin 1863 manastiri ishte plot\u00ebsisht gati dhe Episkopi Hilarioni b\u00ebri p\u00ebrurimin e Katolikos. Pastaj ai e gradoi Joaniin e bot\u00ebs n\u00eb nj\u00eb Murg t\u00eb Madh dhe i vuri emrin Jozef. N\u00eb revolucionin e vitit 1866, Osh\u00ebnar kishte frik\u00eb se pushtuesit do t\u00eb shkat\u00ebrronin Manastirin e tij. M\u00eb pas vendosi t\u00eb vendoset me shoq\u00ebruesit e tij n\u00eb manastirin e vjet\u00ebr t\u00eb braktisur t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Sofias, n\u00eb pllaj\u00ebn armene. N\u00eb Manastirin e Kaps\u00ebs la vet\u00ebm nj\u00eb murg mbik\u00ebqyr\u00ebs deri n\u00eb vitin 1870. Dhe n\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Sofje, Osh\u00ebnar u angazhua n\u00eb rinovimin dhe kultivimin themelor t\u00eb pronave t\u00eb tij. Brenda nj\u00eb periudhe t\u00eb shkurt\u00ebr kohore ai transformoi fjal\u00eb p\u00ebr fjal\u00eb zon\u00ebn duke shkaktuar admirimin e t\u00eb gjith\u00eb banor\u00ebve. Meqen\u00ebse atje mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn shum\u00eb pelegrin\u00eb nga fshatrat p\u00ebrreth, Osh\u00ebnar ra viktim\u00eb e shpifjeve. K\u00ebshtu ai u kthye n\u00eb Manastirin e tij origjinal pas urdhrit t\u00eb peshkopit t\u00eb at\u00ebhersh\u00ebm Neofitos. Ai jetoi me st\u00ebrvitje intensive, lutje dhe agj\u00ebrim t\u00eb rrept\u00eb, duke ngr\u00ebn\u00eb vet\u00ebm ushqim t\u00eb that\u00eb. Tavolina e tij p\u00ebrb\u00ebhej kryesisht nga ullinj, zarzavate dhe arra nga thesari i varf\u00ebr i Manastirit. Shumic\u00ebn e dit\u00ebs ai falej n\u00eb qelin\u00eb e tij, duke par\u00eb mesh\u00ebn nga nj\u00eb dritare e vog\u00ebl. Ai zbriste n\u00eb Kish\u00eb vet\u00ebm t\u00eb dielave, kur merrte pjes\u00eb n\u00eb Misteret e Pap\u00ebrlyera t\u00eb Zotit. Ai mori dhurata t\u00eb pasura nga Zoti dhe b\u00ebnte shum\u00eb mrekulli \u00e7do dit\u00eb p\u00ebr ata q\u00eb i afroheshin me besim. Fama e tij u p\u00ebrhap n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Kret\u00ebn dhe ishujt Chalki, Kasos dhe Symi me shpejt\u00ebsi t\u00eb madhe. Turma besimtar\u00ebsh e vizitonin \u00e7do dit\u00eb, duke k\u00ebrkuar k\u00ebshilla dhe udh\u00ebzime t\u00eb men\u00e7ura p\u00ebr jet\u00ebn. T\u00eb tjer\u00eb k\u00ebrkuan sh\u00ebrim nga s\u00ebmundje t\u00eb r\u00ebnda ose \u00e7lirim nga frym\u00ebrat e papastra q\u00eb i goditnin. Gerontogiannis ruante paqen e brendshme brenda vetes dhe u prek nga dashuria e pafund p\u00ebr njeriun q\u00eb vuante. Ai kaloi ujin e kripur t\u00eb detit dhe menj\u00ebher\u00eb u b\u00eb i \u00ebmb\u00ebl dhe i pijsh\u00ebm p\u00ebr t\u00eb gjith\u00eb. Ai e hodhi kasot\u00ebn e tij n\u00eb det dhe e p\u00ebrdori si trap p\u00ebr t\u00eb shkuar n\u00eb Koufonissi. Ai kishte edhe nj\u00eb dhurat\u00eb parashikuese dhe dallonte menj\u00ebher\u00eb sendet e vjedhura q\u00eb i sillnin si dhurat\u00eb nga haxhiler\u00ebt. Ai madje u k\u00ebrkoi atyre q\u00eb i soll\u00ebn q\u00eb t&#x27;i kthenin te pronar\u00ebt e tyre t\u00eb ligjsh\u00ebm. Ushtrimi i gjat\u00eb dhe mbinjer\u00ebzor e dob\u00ebsoi shpejt trupin e tij t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00eb dhe ia dob\u00ebsoi z\u00ebrin. T\u00eb pranishmit mezi d\u00ebgjuan se \u00e7far\u00eb po u thoshte n\u00eb k\u00ebshillat e tij t\u00eb fundit. N\u00eb muajt e fundit t\u00eb jet\u00ebs q\u00ebndroi n\u00eb qelin\u00eb e shtratit dhe i duroi dhimbjet me g\u00ebzim. Ai parashikoi vdekjen e tij dhe thirri t\u00eb gjith\u00eb shoq\u00ebruesit n\u00eb qelin\u00eb e tij para vdekjes s\u00eb tij. Ai u k\u00ebrkoi falje dhe u dha k\u00ebshill\u00ebn e fundit at\u00ebrore p\u00ebr rrjedh\u00ebn e Manastirit. Ai la murgun Anania si pasardh\u00ebs t\u00eb tij dhe paratha se \u00e7far\u00eb do t\u00eb ndodhte n\u00eb Manastir pas vdekjes s\u00eb tij. V\u00ebllez\u00ebrit e eskort\u00ebs ua p\u00ebrcaktoi sakt\u00ebsisht dit\u00ebn dhe or\u00ebn e gjumit. M\u00eb gjasht\u00eb gusht 1874 ai mori kungimin nga nipi i tij dhjak Jozefi dhe hieromonku Genadios. Pastaj thirri p\u00ebrs\u00ebri et\u00ebrit, k\u00ebrkoi edhe nj\u00eb her\u00eb falje dhe b\u00ebri shenj\u00ebn e kryqit. Ai u p\u00ebrkul n\u00eb t\u00eb djatht\u00eb, kryq\u00ebzoi duart n\u00eb bel dhe ia dor\u00ebzoi shpirtin Zotit t\u00eb shp\u00ebrfytyruar. Trupi i tij u b\u00eb pelegrinazh popullor dhe u varros p\u00ebr tre dit\u00eb brenda n\u00eb Manastir. Ai u varros m\u00eb 9 gusht brenda Kish\u00ebs s\u00eb Paraardh\u00ebsve t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb, n\u00eb nj\u00eb varr t\u00eb gdhendur n\u00eb gur. Eshtrat e tij u mblodh\u00ebn m\u00eb 7 maj 1982, nj\u00ebqind e tet\u00eb vjet m\u00eb von\u00eb. Lipsani i shenjt\u00eb u vendos n\u00eb nj\u00eb urn\u00eb argjendi s\u00eb bashku me kar\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb ndershme dhe l\u00ebshon nj\u00eb arom\u00eb t\u00eb pap\u00ebrshkrueshme.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nj\u00eb Kretan i vrazhd\u00eb dhe i padisiplinuar pa vajz\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb vog\u00ebl t\u00eb humbiste nga zjarri n\u00eb l\u00ebm\u00eb, nd\u00ebrsa ai shiste dru nj\u00eb t\u00eb diel. 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