{"id":99175,"date":"2025-12-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/12\/04\/12-04-hieromartir-alexander-hotovitsky-misionari-i-amerikes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:36:04","slug":"12-04-hieromartir-alexander-hotovitsky-misionari-i-amerikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/12\/04\/12-04-hieromartir-alexander-hotovitsky-misionari-i-amerikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hieromartir Alexander Hotovitsky, misionari i Amerik\u00ebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"12_04_\u039f_\u0399\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c2_\u0391\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a7\u03bf\u03c4\u03bf\u03b2\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03ba\u03b9,_\u03bf_\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u0391\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"12\" data-saint-day=\"04\" data-source-filename=\"12_04_\u039f_\u0399\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c2_\u0391\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a7\u03bf\u03c4\u03bf\u03b2\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03ba\u03b9,_\u03bf_\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u0391\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Hieromartir Alexander Hotovitsky, misionari i Amerik\u00ebs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">4 Dhjetor \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Nj\u00eb prift i ri rus filloi nj\u00eb mision n\u00eb Nju Jork dhe nd\u00ebrtoi Katedralen e famshme t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Nikoll\u00ebs n\u00eb zem\u00ebr t\u00eb Amerik\u00ebs. Dekada m\u00eb von\u00eb, i nj\u00ebjti burr\u00eb u akuzua n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb pran\u00eb Patriarkut t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb Tihoni, p\u00ebr t\u00eb vulosur besimin e tij me martirizim. Alexander Hotovitsky lindi n\u00eb Kremenets m\u00eb 11 shkurt 1872, n\u00eb nj\u00eb familje t\u00eb devotshme prift\u00ebrore. Babai i tij drejtoi Shkoll\u00ebn Teologjike t\u00eb Volynis\u00eb dhe u la nj\u00eb kujtim t\u00eb gjall\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00eb bariu t\u00eb mir\u00eb besimtar\u00ebve ortodoks\u00eb t\u00eb rajonit. Q\u00eb n\u00eb mosh\u00eb t\u00eb re ai m\u00ebsoi n\u00eb sht\u00ebpi dashurin\u00eb p\u00ebr Kish\u00ebn dhe popullin e Per\u00ebndis\u00eb. Ai studioi n\u00eb Shkoll\u00ebn e Volynis\u00eb dhe m\u00eb pas n\u00eb Akademin\u00eb Teologjike t\u00eb Sh\u00ebns Petroupoli, nga ku u diplomua me magjistratur\u00eb n\u00eb 1895. Menj\u00ebher\u00eb pasi u d\u00ebrgua p\u00ebr sh\u00ebrbim misionar n\u00eb Dioqez\u00ebn e Aleut\u00ebve dhe Amerik\u00ebn e Veriut. Sh\u00ebrbes\u00ebn e lexuesit e mori n\u00eb kish\u00ebn e sapothemeluar t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Nikoll\u00ebs, n\u00eb qytetin e Nju Jorkut, me zell e zjarr. Ai u martua me Maria Shcherbukhina, e diplomuar n\u00eb Institutin Pavlovsk n\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Pjetrisburg, dhe s\u00eb shpejti u shugurua dhjak. M\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e pes\u00eb shkurt 1896, peshkopi Nikolaos Ziorov e shuguroi at\u00eb si plak n\u00eb Katedralen e San Franciskos. Peshkopi e justifikoi zgjedhjen e tij duke folur p\u00ebr mir\u00ebsin\u00eb e tij, prirjen e tij idealiste, devotshm\u00ebrin\u00eb e tij t\u00eb sinqert\u00eb dhe shk\u00ebndij\u00ebn e Zotit q\u00eb gjall\u00ebroi predikimin e tij. Nj\u00eb jav\u00eb pas shugurimit, prifti i ri u kthye n\u00eb Nju Jork dhe mori p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebsin\u00eb e famullis\u00eb ku kishte sh\u00ebrbyer si lexues. Nga viti 1898 deri n\u00eb vitin 1977 ai ishte n\u00ebn tutel\u00ebn e peshkopit Tihonios, Patriarkut t\u00eb m\u00ebvonsh\u00ebm t\u00eb Mosk\u00ebs. Sh\u00ebn Tiko vler\u00ebsonte besimin e tij t\u00eb thell\u00eb, dashurin\u00eb baritore dhe edukimin e tij teologjik. Puna e tij n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara u zhvillua gjer\u00ebsisht dhe dha shum\u00eb fryte. Ai e fokusoi misionin e tij te emigrant\u00ebt unitar\u00eb nga Galicia dhe Karpato-Rusia, duke \u00e7uar shum\u00eb drejt Ortodoksis\u00eb. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, ai p\u00ebrfaq\u00ebsoi Kish\u00ebn Orthodhokse p\u00ebrpara institucioneve dhe shoqatave prestigjioze fetare amerikane. Puna e tij nuk ishte pa tundime dhe pik\u00ebllime. Kryepeshkopi Platon Rozhdestvensky m\u00eb von\u00eb zbuloi se Aleksandri i tregoi nj\u00eb her\u00eb nj\u00eb plag\u00eb t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb dhe t\u00eb p\u00ebrgjakshme n\u00eb gjoks. Goditja ka ardhur nga nj\u00eb fanatik q\u00eb e ka sulmuar eg\u00ebrsisht me shkop, pas nj\u00eb takimi ku i kishte b\u00ebr\u00eb thirrje nj\u00eb bashkatdhetari q\u00eb t\u00eb hiqte dor\u00eb nga Unia. N\u00ebp\u00ebrmjet pun\u00ebs s\u00eb tij, famullit\u00eb orthodhokse u themeluan n\u00eb Filadelfia, Yonkers, Passaic dhe qytete t\u00eb tjera. N\u00eb to mor\u00ebn pjes\u00eb tradicionalisht ortodoks\u00eb, karpato-rus\u00eb t\u00eb kthyer nga Unia dhe ish-protestant\u00eb q\u00eb p\u00ebrqafuan ortodoksin\u00eb. Nj\u00eb d\u00ebshmi e r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme e ortodoksis\u00eb ndaj shoq\u00ebris\u00eb heterodokse amerikane ishte Lajm\u00ebtari Ortodoks Amerikan. Revista u botua n\u00eb anglisht dhe rusisht n\u00ebn redaksin\u00eb e tij dhe rregullisht priste artikujt e tij. Mori pjes\u00eb aktive n\u00eb krijimin e v\u00ebllaz\u00ebris\u00eb reciproke dioqezane, duke sh\u00ebrbyer si ark\u00ebtar, sekretar dhe kryetar. V\u00ebllaz\u00ebria ndihmoi materialisht karpato-rus\u00ebt austriak\u00eb, sllav\u00ebt maqedonas, trupat ruse n\u00eb Man\u00e7uria dhe rob\u00ebrit rus\u00eb t\u00eb luft\u00ebs n\u00eb kampet japoneze. Ai gjithashtu nd\u00ebrmori luft\u00ebn asketike p\u00ebr nd\u00ebrtimin e katedrales madh\u00ebshtore t\u00eb Agios Nikolaos, e cila u b\u00eb nj\u00eb stoli e Nju Jorkut. Ai vizitoi komunitetet orthodhokse n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Amerik\u00ebn p\u00ebr mbledhjen e fondeve dhe udh\u00ebtoi n\u00eb Rusi n\u00eb 1911 p\u00ebr t\u00eb nj\u00ebjtin q\u00ebllim. N\u00eb analet e tempullit u regjistrua se katedralja u p\u00ebrfundua n\u00eb vitin 1922 me p\u00ebrpjekjet e kryepriftit Aleksand\u00ebr. N\u00eb vitin 1966 Amerika Orthodhokse festoi dhjet\u00ebvjetorin e prift\u00ebris\u00eb s\u00eb tij me mir\u00ebnjohje t\u00eb ngroht\u00eb. Peshkopi Tycho i tha atij se ai e kishte treguar veten besnik dhe i kishte p\u00ebrmbushur pritshm\u00ebrit\u00eb q\u00eb ishin vendosur gjat\u00eb shugurimit t\u00eb tij. Sh\u00ebrbesa e tij flijuese n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb p\u00ebrfundoi m\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e gjasht\u00eb shkurt 1914, sakt\u00ebsisht tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vjet pas shugurimit t\u00eb tij. N\u00eb fjal\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb lamtumir\u00ebs, \u200b\u200bai e quajti Kish\u00ebn Amerikane n\u00ebn\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb dashur shpirt\u00ebrore, e cila e lindi dhe e ushqeu me fuqin\u00eb e saj. Nga viti 1914 deri m\u00eb 1917 sh\u00ebrbeu si prift n\u00eb Helsinki, Finland\u00eb. Atje ai mb\u00ebshteti karelian\u00ebt ortodoks\u00eb kund\u00ebr presionit prozelitizues t\u00eb luteran\u00ebve finlandez\u00eb, n\u00ebn mitropolitin Sergio Stragorodsky. N\u00eb gusht 1917, ai u transferua n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb, si ndihm\u00ebs famullitar i Katedrales s\u00eb Krishtit Shp\u00ebtimtar. Ai ishte s\u00ebrish i af\u00ebrt me Sh\u00ebn Tikon, me t\u00eb cilin ishte lidhur ngusht\u00eb q\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb. Ai mori pjes\u00eb n\u00eb pun\u00ebn e Sinodit All-Rus t\u00eb asaj kohe, duke argumentuar se Kisha nuk duhet t\u00eb hesht\u00eb kur fati i Rusis\u00eb ishte n\u00eb rrezik. Ai i krahasoi ata q\u00eb pan\u00eb me indiferenc\u00eb shkat\u00ebrrimin e Kish\u00ebs me nd\u00ebrtuesit q\u00eb po planifikojn\u00eb, nd\u00ebrsa t\u00eb tjer\u00ebt po heqin tull\u00eb p\u00ebr tull\u00eb godin\u00ebn. N\u00eb vitet e v\u00ebshtira t\u00eb Luft\u00ebs Civile, ai bashk\u00ebpunoi ngusht\u00eb me Sh\u00ebn Tikon n\u00eb administrimin e dioqez\u00ebs. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb t\u00eb tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb, s\u00eb bashku me eprorin Nikolaos Arseniev, ata themeluan nj\u00eb v\u00ebllaz\u00ebri n\u00eb Katedralen e Shp\u00ebtimtarit. V\u00ebllaz\u00ebria i drejtoi nj\u00eb apel popullit rus, t\u00eb cilin ai e ndihmoi t\u00eb shkruante. Teksti u b\u00ebn thirrje besimtar\u00ebve t\u00eb q\u00ebndrojn\u00eb t\u00eb bashkuar dhe t\u00eb mbrojn\u00eb tempullin e Shp\u00ebtimit me kube t\u00eb art\u00eb. Banor\u00ebt ortodoks\u00eb t\u00eb Mosk\u00ebs e trasuan v\u00ebllaz\u00ebrin\u00eb dhe ofruan l\u00ebmosh\u00eb p\u00ebr mb\u00ebshtetjen e tempullit. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, sh\u00ebrbimi baritor ishte plot dhimbje dhe rrezik \u00e7do dit\u00eb. N\u00eb maj 1920 dhe n\u00ebntor 1921 u arrestua p\u00ebr pak koh\u00eb. Ata e akuzuan se kishte shkelur dekretet p\u00ebr ndarjen e kish\u00ebs nga shteti duke u m\u00ebsuar f\u00ebmij\u00ebve katekiz\u00ebm. N\u00eb vitin 1922 Kisha u sprovua r\u00ebnd\u00eb me kapjen e en\u00ebve t\u00eb shenjta. Autoritetet thirr\u00ebn me pretekst nevoj\u00ebn p\u00ebr t\u00eb ndihmuar t\u00eb uriturit dhe p\u00ebr t\u00eb hequr me forc\u00eb objektet e shenjta nga tempujt. Sh\u00ebn Tycho k\u00ebrkoi oferta bujare p\u00ebr t\u00eb uriturit, por i ndaloi prift\u00ebrinjt\u00eb t\u00eb dor\u00ebzonin en\u00ebt liturgjike p\u00ebr p\u00ebrdorim jo kishtar. Pastaj filloi nj\u00eb fushat\u00eb shpif\u00ebse n\u00eb shtyp, arrestimi i Patriarkut dhe nj\u00eb val\u00eb padish n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Rusin\u00eb. Shum\u00eb sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor\u00eb besnik\u00eb t\u00eb Krishtit u d\u00ebnuan me vdekje dhe derdh\u00ebn gjakun e tyre si hieromartir\u00eb. At Aleksandri ndoqi me vendosm\u00ebri udh\u00ebzimet e Patriarkut dhe organizoi mbledhje fondesh p\u00ebr t\u00eb uriturit. N\u00eb banes\u00ebn e tij u mbajt\u00ebn mbledhjet e klerit dhe laik\u00ebve t\u00eb katedrales, p\u00ebr t\u00eb hartuar nj\u00eb rezolut\u00eb kund\u00ebr sekuestrimit t\u00eb dhunsh\u00ebm. Mbledhja e famullis\u00eb m\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e tre mars t\u00eb nj\u00eb mij\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00ebqind e nj\u00ebzet e dy miratoi tekstin p\u00ebrfundimtar. At Aleksandri ishte arrestuar tashm\u00eb kur u votua. M\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e shtat\u00eb n\u00ebntor, nj\u00eb mij\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00ebqind e nj\u00ebzet e dy, filloi nj\u00eb gjyq i ri i madh n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb kund\u00ebr nj\u00ebqind e pes\u00eb klerik\u00ebve dhe laik\u00ebve. Ata u akuzuan p\u00ebr mbajtjen e sendeve me vler\u00eb t\u00eb tempujve dhe p\u00ebrpjekje p\u00ebr t\u00eb p\u00ebrmbysur regjimin sovjetik p\u00ebrmes uris\u00eb. Nd\u00ebr t\u00eb pandehurit kryesor\u00eb ishin kryeprift\u00ebrinjt\u00eb Sergji Ouspensky, Nikolas Arseniev dhe Alexander Hotovitsky, si dhe komisioneri i katedrales Lev Anokhin. Babai Aleksandri u shfaq si udh\u00ebheq\u00ebs i grupit t\u00eb akuzuar, sipas aktakuz\u00ebs. Gjyqi zgjati dy jav\u00eb dhe ai ruajti gjakftoht\u00ebsin\u00eb, duke u p\u00ebrpjekur t\u00eb mbulonte t\u00eb akuzuarit e tij. Ai u deklarua i pafajsh\u00ebm, duke th\u00ebn\u00eb se nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb kund\u00ebr-revolucionare t\u00eb k\u00ebrkosh nj\u00eb sasi ekuivalente metali n\u00eb k\u00ebmbim. M\u00eb 6 dhjetor, prokurori Vysinski k\u00ebrkoi d\u00ebnimin me vdekje p\u00ebr tremb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb t\u00eb pandehur, mes tyre Aleksand\u00ebr. M\u00eb nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb dhjetor, n\u00eb deponimin e fundit, ai k\u00ebrkoi m\u00ebshir\u00eb kryesisht p\u00ebr v\u00ebllez\u00ebrit e tij klerik. Ai tha se takimi n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij ishte krejt\u00ebsisht normal dhe nuk kishte t\u00eb b\u00ebnte me nj\u00eb komplot t\u00eb fsheht\u00eb. M\u00eb tremb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb dhjetor u dha nj\u00eb d\u00ebnim m\u00eb i but\u00eb se d\u00ebnimet e m\u00ebparshme t\u00eb p\u00ebrgjakshme t\u00eb Petrogradit dhe Mosk\u00ebs. T\u00eb pandehurit kryesor\u00eb u d\u00ebnuan me dhjet\u00eb vjet burg, me konfiskim t\u00eb pasuris\u00eb dhe privim nga t\u00eb drejtat civile p\u00ebr pes\u00eb vjet. Pjesa tjet\u00ebr mori d\u00ebnime m\u00eb t\u00eb shkurtra, nd\u00ebrsa k\u00ebrkesat p\u00ebr falje u refuzuan m\u00eb 16 shkurt, 19 e nj\u00ebzet e tre. Kur Patriarku Tycho mori s\u00ebrish administrimin e Kish\u00ebs, shum\u00eb t\u00eb d\u00ebnuar mor\u00ebn amnisti. At Aleksandri u lirua n\u00eb tetor 1923 dhe sh\u00ebrbeu me ftes\u00eb n\u00eb tempuj t\u00eb ndrysh\u00ebm n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb. Liria e tij nuk zgjati shum\u00eb. M\u00eb 4 shtator 1924, Tutskov e p\u00ebrfshiu at\u00eb n\u00eb nj\u00eb list\u00eb prej tremb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb klerik\u00ebsh p\u00ebr m\u00ebrgim administrativ. N\u00eb raport ai karakterizohej si aktiv, i zellsh\u00ebm dhe me shum\u00eb ndikim n\u00eb mesin e tikonit\u00ebve, me pik\u00ebpamje anti-sovjetike. M\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00eb shtator ai u mor n\u00eb pyetje dhe rr\u00ebfeu qart\u00eb p\u00ebrkushtimin e tij ndaj Patriarkut Tycho. Ai gjithashtu tha se asnj\u00ebher\u00eb nuk ka shprehur d\u00ebshir\u00ebn p\u00ebr kthimin e regjimit t\u00eb vjet\u00ebr dhe nj\u00eb mendim i till\u00eb nuk i ka shkuar n\u00eb mendje. Me vendim t\u00eb ve\u00e7ant\u00eb ai u internua n\u00eb rajonin e Turuhanit p\u00ebr tre vjet. Sh\u00ebndeti i tij tashm\u00eb i l\u00ebkundur u p\u00ebrkeq\u00ebsua nga q\u00ebndrimi n\u00eb veriun e larg\u00ebt. Pas kthimit nga m\u00ebrgimi, ai u ngrit n\u00eb detyr\u00ebn e protopresbiterit. Ai u b\u00eb nj\u00eb nga bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtor\u00ebt m\u00eb t\u00eb ngusht\u00eb t\u00eb Kujdestarit t\u00eb Fronit Patriarkal, Mitropolitit Sergji, i cili e njihte nga Finlanda. N\u00eb vitet 1930 ai sh\u00ebrbeu si kreu i Kish\u00ebs s\u00eb Depozitimit t\u00eb Estet\u00ebve, n\u00eb rrug\u00ebn Donskaya, Mosk\u00eb. Nj\u00eb famullitar i tij kujton se n\u00eb vitin 1936 ai nuk predikonte m\u00eb, sepse me sa duket ishte i ndaluar. Ai ishte i gjat\u00eb, me flok\u00eb gri n\u00eb argjend, mjek\u00ebr t\u00eb vog\u00ebl, sy gri shum\u00eb t\u00eb sjellsh\u00ebm dhe z\u00eb t\u00eb past\u00ebr e t\u00eb fort\u00eb. Forma e tij t\u00eb kujtonte prift\u00ebrinjt\u00eb e m\u00ebrguar t\u00eb rajoneve per\u00ebndimore t\u00eb Rusis\u00eb. Nj\u00eb mori besimtar\u00ebsh e respektuan thell\u00ebsisht dhe vareshin nga fjal\u00ebt dhe shembulli i tij. V\u00ebshtrimi i tij, si\u00e7 thon\u00eb ata, e shpoi zemr\u00ebn dhe e p\u00ebrqafoi me dashuri shpirt\u00ebrore. I nj\u00ebjti martir e krahasoi at\u00eb me v\u00ebshtrimin e Patriarkut t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb Tihonios. N\u00eb vjesht\u00ebn e n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tridhjet\u00eb e shtat\u00eb, ai u arrestua p\u00ebrs\u00ebri p\u00ebr her\u00eb t\u00eb fundit. D\u00ebshmit\u00eb e shkruara ndalojn\u00eb k\u00ebtu, por shum\u00eb d\u00ebshmi gojore v\u00ebrtetojn\u00eb vdekjen e tij si martir. Kisha Orthodhokse n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb e nderon at\u00eb si nj\u00eb atlet, jeta e t\u00eb cilit si rr\u00ebfimtar p\u00ebrfundoi n\u00eb vuajtje p\u00ebr Krishtin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nj\u00eb prift i ri rus filloi nj\u00eb mision n\u00eb Nju Jork dhe nd\u00ebrtoi Katedralen e famshme t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Nikoll\u00ebs n\u00eb zem\u00ebr t\u00eb Amerik\u00ebs. 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