Isitala ndi imodzi mwa maholide ofunikira kwambiri m'chipembedzo chachikhristu. Pa tsikuli, okhulupirira amakondwerera Kuuka kwa Yesu Khristu, amene anagonjetsa imfa ndikupulumutsa anthu ku uchimo woyambirira.
Tchuthi ichi sichikhala ndi tsiku lokhazikika monga Khirisimasi koma, malinga ndi chisankho cha Tchalitchi, chimakhala Lamlungu lotsatira mwezi woyamba wathunthu pambuyo pa nthawi ya masika. Chifukwa chake, tsiku la Isitala limadalira mwezi ndipo likhoza kukhazikitsidwa pakati pa miyezi ya Marichi ndi Epulo.
Mawu oti 'Pasika' amachokera ku liwu lachiheberi lakuti pesah, kutanthauza 'kupitirira'.
Ndipotu, Yesu asanabwere, anthu a ku Israeli anali atakondwerera kale Isitala kwa zaka mazana ambiri kuti akumbukire chimodzi mwa zochitika zofunika kwambiri zomwe zafotokozedwa mu Chipangano Chakale (gawo la Baibulo lomwe limagwirizanitsa Ayuda ndi Akristu).
Koma kwa chipembedzo cha Katolika, Isitala ikuyimira nthawi yomwe Yesu adagonjetsa Imfa ndikukhala Mpulumutsi wa anthu, kuwamasula ku Tchimo Loyamba la Adamu ndi Hava.
Isitala yachikhristu imakondwerera kubweranso kwa Yesu ku moyo wapadziko lapansi, chochitika chomwe chimasonyeza kugonjetsedwa kwa Choyipa, kuchotsedwa kwa Tchimo Loyambirira ndi chiyambi cha moyo watsopano womwe udzayembekezera okhulupirira onse pambuyo pa Imfa.
Zizindikiro za Isitala ndi tanthauzo lake:
Dzira
M'zikhalidwe zambiri, dzira ndi chizindikiro cha moyo ndi kubadwa chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi. Choncho n'zosadabwitsa kuti mwambo wachikhristu wasankha chinthu ichi kutanthauza kuuka kwa Khristu, amene amabwerera kwa akufa ndikuukitsa osati thupi lake lokha, komanso makamaka miyoyo ya okhulupirira, yomwe imamasulidwa ku uchimo womwe unachitidwa kumayambiriro kwa nthawi, pamene Adamu ndi Hava anathyola chipatso choletsedwa.
NKHUNDA
Nkhunda ndi cholowa cha miyambo yachiyuda, ndipo yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka mazana ambiri kuimira Mtendere ndi Mzimu Woyera.
KALULU
Komanso kalulu, nyama yokongola iyi imatchulidwa mwachindunji ndi chipembedzo chachikhristu, komwe poyamba kalulu kenako kalulu woyera anakhala zizindikiro za kubereka.
Sabata ya Isitala imatsatira dongosolo lolondola:
Lachinayi: chikumbutso cha Mgonero Womaliza pomwe Yesu anauza ophunzira ake kuti posachedwa adzaperekedwa ndi kuphedwa.
Pa nthawiyi Yesu anasambitsa mapazi a Atumwi ake, monga chizindikiro cha kudzichepetsa (chochitika chomwe chimakondwereredwa m'matchalitchi ndi mwambo wa 'Kusambitsa Mapazi').
Lachisanu: Chisoni ndi imfa pa Mtanda.
Okhulupirika amakumbukiranso zochitika zonse zomwe zinachitika pa nthawi ya kupachikidwa.
Loweruka: Misa ndi maliro a imfa ya Khristu
Lamlungu: Isitala ndi zikondwerero
Lolemba la Isitala kapena 'Lolemba la Angelo' limakondwerera mngelo wa akerubi amene analengeza za Kuuka kwa Mulungu m'manda asanamwalire.
Tchuthi ichi sichinazindikirike nthawi yomweyo, koma chinawonjezedwa ku Italy pambuyo pa nkhondo kuti 'chiwonjezere' zikondwerero za Isitala.
Nthawi yotumizira: Epulo-10-2023