{"id":97462,"date":"2025-08-31T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/08\/31\/08-31-shen-eanswithi-abbess-of-folkestone\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:36:00","slug":"08-31-shen-eanswithi-abbess-of-folkestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/08\/31\/08-31-shen-eanswithi-abbess-of-folkestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebn Eanswithi, Abbess of Folkestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"08_31_\u0397_\u0391\u03b3\u03af\u03b1_\u0395\u03b1\u03bd\u03c3\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03af\u03b8\u03b7,_\u0397\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7_\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5_\u03a6\u03cc\u03bb\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"08\" data-saint-day=\"31\" data-source-filename=\"08_31_\u0397_\u0391\u03b3\u03af\u03b1_\u0395\u03b1\u03bd\u03c3\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03af\u03b8\u03b7,_\u0397\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7_\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5_\u03a6\u03cc\u03bb\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Sh\u00ebn Eanswithi, Abbess of Folkestone<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">31 Gusht \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Nj\u00eb princesh\u00eb e re Kentiane refuzoi \u00e7do martes\u00eb me princat fisnik\u00eb dhe themeloi manastir\u00ebn e par\u00eb n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Anglin\u00eb. Ai i dha drit\u00eb nj\u00eb t\u00eb verb\u00ebri dhe liroi nj\u00eb t\u00eb pushtuar nga demon\u00ebt, megjith\u00ebse ai vdiq vet\u00ebm n\u00eb mesin e t\u00eb nj\u00ebzetat. Ajo lindi rreth gjasht\u00ebqind e kat\u00ebrmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb pas Krishtit, vajza e vetme e mbretit Icotbald t\u00eb Kentia dhe gruas s\u00eb tij Ema, nj\u00eb princesh\u00eb franke e besimit t\u00eb krishter\u00eb. Babai i saj ishte ndoshta nj\u00eb pagan n\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb, por n\u00ebna e saj u kujdes q\u00eb ajo t\u00eb pag\u00ebzohej dhe t\u00eb rritej sipas tradit\u00ebs s\u00eb krishter\u00eb. Kur ajo ishte vet\u00ebm dy vje\u00e7e, gjyshi i saj, Sh\u00ebn Mbreti Ethelbert i Kentit, i cili ishte pag\u00ebzuar n\u00eb St. Martin n\u00eb Canterbury, e zuri gjumi. Ai ishte ndri\u00e7uar nga Sh\u00ebn Agustini i Kanterburit, i cili mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb Angli n\u00eb vitin 597 me disa murgj. Q\u00ebllimi i misionit t\u00eb tyre ishte t\u00eb rivendosnin krishterimin, i cili pothuajse ishte zhdukur nga pushtuesit pagan\u00eb anglo-saksone. Murgjit misionar\u00eb vazhduan pun\u00ebn e tyre n\u00ebn mbrojtjen e vendosur q\u00eb u ofroi mbreti Ethelbert. K\u00ebshtu, Eanswith i vog\u00ebl u rrit n\u00eb nj\u00eb pallat ku besimi i ri zuri rr\u00ebnj\u00eb gradualisht me v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsi. P\u00ebr sa koh\u00eb q\u00eb gjyshi i saj ishte gjall\u00eb, babai i saj Achtobald nuk reagoi ndaj krishterimit dhe toleroi pranin\u00eb e misionar\u00ebve. Por kur Sh\u00ebn Ethelbert e zuri gjumi, q\u00ebndrimi i tij ndryshoi plot\u00ebsisht dhe ai u largua shpejt nga \u00e7do ndikim i krishter\u00eb. Ai e p\u00ebrqafoi hapur idhujtarin\u00eb dhe madje u martua me gruan e dyt\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00eb atit, duke shkelur k\u00ebshtu rregullat e shenjta. Ky akt ishte rrept\u00ebsisht i ndaluar nga Kisha, por ishte mjaft i zakonsh\u00ebm midis sht\u00ebpive mbret\u00ebrore pagane t\u00eb asaj kohe. Pastaj ra n\u00eb gjum\u00eb edhe mbreti Sumbert i sakson\u00ebve lindor\u00eb, i cili kishte pranuar krishterimin, duke l\u00ebn\u00eb pas tre djem pagan\u00eb. K\u00ebshtu, idhujtaria u kthye fuqish\u00ebm edhe n\u00eb ato krahina, duke p\u00ebrhapur zhg\u00ebnjim t\u00eb madh te pastor\u00ebt ortodoks\u00eb. Sh\u00ebn Lorenci i Kanterburit, Sh\u00ebn Mellitus i Londr\u00ebs dhe Sh\u00ebn Justus i Ro\u00e7esterit mblodh\u00ebn menj\u00ebher\u00eb nj\u00eb konferenc\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb ardhmen e misionit. M\u00eb n\u00eb fund vendos\u00ebn t\u00eb mos e humbnin koh\u00ebn mes pagan\u00ebve dhe t\u00eb shkonin atje ku njer\u00ebzit do ta pranonin me d\u00ebshir\u00eb predikimin. Shenjtor\u00ebt Mellitus dhe Justus, t\u00eb zhg\u00ebnjyer thell\u00eb nga sjellja e mbretit, u nis\u00ebn p\u00ebr n\u00eb Gali. Sh\u00ebn Lorenci, megjithat\u00eb, mbeti p\u00ebrkoh\u00ebsisht n\u00eb Canterbury, duke luftuar me tundimin e tij t\u00eb madh p\u00ebr t\u00eb ikur. Nj\u00eb nat\u00eb para se t\u00eb largohej nga Canterbury, Sh\u00ebn Lorenci vendosi t\u00eb kalonte nat\u00ebn n\u00eb kish\u00ebn e Sh\u00ebnjtor\u00ebve Apostuj Pjet\u00ebr dhe Pal. Aty iu shfaq apostulli Pjet\u00ebr, i cili e qortoi ashp\u00ebr se kishte menduar t\u00eb braktiste kopen\u00eb e tij. N\u00eb fakt, ai e rrahu edhe fizikisht dhe shenjtori, i tronditur thell\u00eb, q\u00ebndroi pran\u00eb besimtar\u00ebve t\u00eb tij dhe e \u00e7oi mbretin Akutbald n\u00eb pendim. Mbreti nd\u00ebrpreu martes\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb paligjshme dhe mori pag\u00ebzimin e shenjt\u00eb, duke ndryshuar rr\u00ebnj\u00ebsisht jet\u00ebn dhe mbret\u00ebrin\u00eb e tij. Brenda nj\u00eb viti, Sh\u00ebn Justus u kthye n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e tij, por populli i Londr\u00ebs refuzoi t\u00eb pranonte Sh\u00ebn Mellitus. Pas vdekjes s\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Lorencit, Sh\u00ebn Mellitus e pasoi at\u00eb n\u00eb fronin e kryepeshkopat\u00ebs s\u00eb Kanterburit me nj\u00eb maturi t\u00eb admirueshme shpirt\u00ebrore. Q\u00eb nga f\u00ebmij\u00ebria e saj, Eanswith e vog\u00ebl nuk tregoi asnj\u00eb prirje ndaj k\u00ebnaq\u00ebsive t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj bote dhe kot\u00ebsis\u00eb s\u00eb pallatit. Ajo d\u00ebshironte me gjith\u00eb shpirt t&#x27;ia kushtonte virgj\u00ebrin\u00eb e saj Zotit dhe t\u00eb jetonte si nj\u00eb murgesh\u00eb e p\u00ebrulur. Por babai i saj kishte plane t\u00eb tjera dhe po e p\u00ebrgatiste me k\u00ebmb\u00ebngulje p\u00ebr nj\u00eb martes\u00eb t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer mbret\u00ebrore, e cila do t\u00eb forconte aleancat e tij politike. Princesha e vog\u00ebl iu p\u00ebrgjigj t\u00eb atit me pjekuri t\u00eb rrall\u00eb intelektuale dhe trim\u00ebri t\u00eb pashoqe shpirti. Ajo i tha se nuk d\u00ebshironte nj\u00eb dh\u00ebnd\u00ebr tok\u00ebsor, dashuria e t\u00eb cilit do t\u00eb p\u00ebrzihej me ftoht\u00ebsin\u00eb dhe ndoshta edhe neverin\u00eb. N\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb, vdekshm\u00ebria foshnjore ishte jasht\u00ebzakonisht e lart\u00eb dhe ajo e dinte se ndoshta do t\u00eb varroste disa nga f\u00ebmij\u00ebt e saj. T\u00eb gjitha k\u00ebto hidh\u00ebrime e prisnin n\u00ebse do t&#x27;i bindej d\u00ebshir\u00ebs mbret\u00ebrore dhe do t\u00eb ndiqte rrug\u00ebn e bot\u00ebs. Princesha e re deklaroi se kishte zgjedhur tashm\u00eb nj\u00eb Dh\u00ebnd\u00ebr t\u00eb pavdeksh\u00ebm, i cili do t&#x27;i jepte dashuri t\u00eb pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb dhe g\u00ebzim qiellor. Ai kishte zgjedhur, si\u00e7 tha n\u00eb fjal\u00ebt e Ungjillit, pjes\u00ebn e mir\u00eb q\u00eb nuk hiqet kurr\u00eb. K\u00ebshtu ajo i k\u00ebrkoi babait t\u00eb saj t&#x27;i nd\u00ebrtonte nj\u00eb qeli t\u00eb p\u00ebrulur, ku ajo mund t\u00eb lutej pa nd\u00ebrprerje. Mbreti m\u00eb n\u00eb fund iu dor\u00ebzua k\u00ebmb\u00ebnguljes s\u00eb vajz\u00ebs s\u00eb tij dhe i nd\u00ebrtoi asaj nj\u00eb manastir n\u00eb Folkestone, Kent. Por nd\u00ebrsa puna po p\u00ebrparonte, nj\u00eb princ pagan nga Northumbria mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb Kentia duke i k\u00ebrkuar dor\u00ebn e saj p\u00ebr martes\u00eb. Babai i saj kujtoi se martesa e tezes e kishte sjell\u00eb mbretin Edvin n\u00eb besimin e Krishtit. Icotbald ndoshta shpresonte se di\u00e7ka e ngjashme do t\u00eb ndodhte n\u00ebse Eanswith do t&#x27;i jepej princit Northumbrian. Por shenjtorja k\u00ebmb\u00ebnguli se ajo kurr\u00eb nuk do t\u00eb shk\u00ebmbente bekimet qiellore me gj\u00ebrat e shpejta t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj bote. Ai nuk do t\u00eb pranonte g\u00ebzimet kalimtare t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj jete n\u00eb vend t\u00eb lumturis\u00eb s\u00eb p\u00ebrjetshme t\u00eb Xhenetit. Rreth gjasht\u00ebqind e tridhjet\u00eb pas Krishtit, nd\u00ebrtimi i manastirit n\u00eb Folkestone p\u00ebrfundoi, p\u00ebr g\u00ebzimin e madh t\u00eb princesh\u00ebs s\u00eb re. Kjo ishte manastiri i par\u00eb i themeluar ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb n\u00eb tok\u00ebn e Anglis\u00eb, nj\u00eb moment historik i v\u00ebrtet\u00eb n\u00eb historin\u00eb e Kish\u00ebs. Sh\u00ebn Eanswithi u vendos atje me murgeshat e saj t\u00eb para, t\u00eb cilat e jetuan jet\u00ebn e vetmuar me zell. Ata me siguri udh\u00ebhiqeshin nga murgj romak\u00eb nga ata q\u00eb kishin mb\u00ebrritur n\u00eb Angli me Sh\u00ebn Agustinin. Sidoqoft\u00eb, ajo vet\u00eb nuk e mori menj\u00ebher\u00eb detyr\u00ebn e abacis\u00eb, pasi ishte vet\u00ebm gjasht\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7 dhe konsiderohej shum\u00eb e re. Ndoshta disa murgesha me p\u00ebrvoj\u00eb jan\u00eb d\u00ebrguar nga Evropa p\u00ebr t&#x27;u m\u00ebsuar t\u00eb tjer\u00ebve rendin dhe rregullat monastike. Nj\u00eb abaci e p\u00ebrkohshme do t\u00eb kryente detyrat derisa vet\u00eb shenjtorja t\u00eb zgjidhej si\u00e7 duhet nga motra. Shum\u00eb tregime kan\u00eb mbijetuar p\u00ebr mrekullit\u00eb e Sh\u00ebn Eanswith, si gjat\u00eb jet\u00ebs s\u00eb saj tok\u00ebsore ashtu edhe pas gjumit. Ai i dha t\u00eb parit nj\u00eb t\u00eb verb\u00ebr dhe \u00e7liroi nga nj\u00eb shpirt demonik nj\u00eb t\u00eb mjer\u00eb t\u00eb munduar. Nga pjesa tjet\u00ebr e jet\u00ebs s\u00eb saj, p\u00ebr fat t\u00eb keq dim\u00eb shum\u00eb pak detaje, megjith\u00ebse karriera e saj monastike ishte e ndritshme dhe e bekuar. Duke ndjekur me besnik\u00ebri rregullin monastik, ai i lutej Zotit dit\u00eb e nat\u00eb me p\u00ebrkushtim dhe nderim t\u00eb thell\u00eb. Kur nuk ishte brenda tempullit, ajo i kalonte or\u00ebt e saj duke studiuar libra shpirt\u00ebror\u00eb dhe duke ofruar pun\u00eb. Puna e saj ndoshta p\u00ebrfshinte kopjimin dhe lidhjen e dor\u00ebshkrimeve t\u00eb shenjta, nj\u00eb detyr\u00eb e dashur p\u00ebr murgjit ortodoks\u00eb. Motrat endnin rroba p\u00ebr rrobat e tyre dhe p\u00ebr rrobat e shenjta t\u00eb tempullit t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb. Ata gjithashtu kujdeseshin p\u00ebr murgeshat e s\u00ebmura dhe t\u00eb moshuara t\u00eb komunitetit t\u00eb tyre dhe ndihmuan t\u00eb varf\u00ebrit dhe t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebt e bot\u00ebs. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, ata duhej t\u00eb kryenin detyrat e p\u00ebrditshme t\u00eb gatimit dhe pastrimit t\u00eb manastirit. K\u00ebshtu jeta n\u00eb Folkestone ishte e balancuar midis lutjes, pun\u00ebs dhe dh\u00ebnies s\u00eb bamir\u00ebsis\u00eb p\u00ebr nevojtar\u00ebt. Sipas tradit\u00ebs, Sh\u00ebn Eanswithi ra n\u00eb gjum\u00eb n\u00eb Zotin n\u00eb dit\u00ebn e fundit t\u00eb gushtit n\u00eb vitin e gjasht\u00ebqind e dyzet\u00eb. Ajo ishte vet\u00ebm n\u00eb mesin e t\u00eb nj\u00ebzetave, n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjtin vit q\u00eb babai i saj Mbreti Achtbald ra n\u00eb gjum\u00eb. Manastiri i Folkestone nuk mbijetoi shum\u00eb koh\u00eb pas vdekjes s\u00eb themelueses dhe abates s\u00eb tij t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb. Disa pohojn\u00eb se u shkat\u00ebrrua nga deti dhe t\u00eb tjer\u00eb se u pla\u00e7kit nga danez\u00ebt n\u00eb t\u00eb tet\u00ebn gjasht\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e shtat\u00eb. Lipsani i shenjt\u00eb i Sh\u00ebn Eanswith u transferua n\u00eb kish\u00ebn fqinje t\u00eb Sh\u00ebnjtor\u00ebve Apostuj Pjet\u00ebr dhe Pal, m\u00eb larg nga bregu. N\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb, nj\u00ebzet e shtat\u00eb, mbreti Athelstan ua dha tok\u00ebn ku q\u00ebndronte manastiri murgjve t\u00eb Canterbury-t. Por me kalimin e viteve, deti vazhdoi t\u00eb g\u00eblltiste vazhdimisht tok\u00ebn rreth tempullit t\u00eb vjet\u00ebr. N\u00eb vitin 138 u nd\u00ebrtua nj\u00eb manastir dhe nj\u00eb kish\u00eb e re, kushtuar Hyjlind\u00ebses dhe Sh\u00ebn Eanswithis. Lipsana e shenjt\u00eb e shenjtorit u zhvendos p\u00ebr her\u00eb t\u00eb dyt\u00eb, k\u00ebt\u00eb her\u00eb n\u00eb kish\u00ebn e re t\u00eb manastirit m\u00eb thell\u00eb n\u00eb brend\u00ebsi. Gjat\u00eb mesjet\u00ebs kjo mbledhje festohej me madh\u00ebshti n\u00eb dit\u00ebn e dymb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb t\u00eb shtatorit. M\u00eb pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb n\u00ebntor 1535, manastiri u pushtua nga zyrtar\u00ebt e mbretit anglez. Ata pla\u00e7kit\u00ebn tempullin, rr\u00ebmbyen t\u00eb gjitha sendet e tij t\u00eb \u00e7muara dhe shkat\u00ebrruan altarin ku ishin vendosur lipsani i shenjt\u00eb. Por besimtar\u00ebt kishin planifikuar t\u00eb fshihnin me koh\u00eb lipsanin e shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb shenjtorit, p\u00ebr t&#x27;i mbrojtur ata nga p\u00ebrdhosja. M\u00eb shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb qershor 1885, pun\u00ebtor\u00ebt brenda tempullit zbuluan aksidentalisht nj\u00eb kamare t\u00eb mbuluar n\u00eb mur. Duke hequr me kujdes suvan\u00eb, ata gjet\u00ebn nj\u00eb relikare plumbi rreth tridhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb centimetra t\u00eb gjat\u00eb dhe nj\u00ebzet centimetra t\u00eb lart\u00eb. Nga dekorimi i relikuarit u konstatua se ai daton nga shekulli i XII dhe \u00ebsht\u00eb ruajtur aty p\u00ebr shekuj me radh\u00eb. Brenda saj u gjet\u00ebn disa eshtra, t\u00eb cilat ekspert\u00ebt v\u00ebrtetuan se i p\u00ebrkasin nj\u00eb gruaje t\u00eb re. Sot kthina \u00ebsht\u00eb e veshur me alabast\u00ebr dhe e mbrojtur nga nj\u00eb der\u00eb bronzi me nj\u00eb skar\u00eb t\u00eb ve\u00e7ant\u00eb hekuri. N\u00eb fillim faltoret lipsane ofroheshin p\u00ebr adhurim \u00e7do vit n\u00eb fest\u00ebn e madhe t\u00eb famullis\u00eb. Por zakoni u nd\u00ebrpre kur disa famullitar\u00eb akuzuan famullitarin se gjoja adhuronte lipsanin e shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb shenjtorit. Sot besimtar\u00ebt ndezin qirinj dhe l\u00ebn\u00eb lule para der\u00ebs s\u00eb bronzt\u00eb, nd\u00ebrsa nj\u00eb ikonografi ortodoks i dhuroi famullis\u00eb nj\u00eb ikon\u00eb t\u00eb saj t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nj\u00eb princesh\u00eb e re Kentiane refuzoi \u00e7do martes\u00eb me princat fisnik\u00eb dhe themeloi manastir\u00ebn e par\u00eb n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Anglin\u00eb. Ai i dha drit\u00eb nj\u00eb t\u00eb verb\u00ebri dhe liroi nj\u00eb t\u00eb pushtuar nga demon\u00ebt, megjith\u00ebse ai vdiq vet\u00ebm n\u00eb mesin e t\u00eb nj\u00ebzetat. 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