ነገረ ማርያም - ክፍል ፫ (3)

(የእመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ መግባት)

በመጋቤ ሐዲስ ሮዳስ ታደሰ

በቅድስት ሥላሴ መንፈሳዊ ኮሌጅ የሐዲሳት መምህር

በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን!!!

 ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያምም እስከ ሦስት ዓመት ድረስ በእናት በአባቷ ቤት ውስጥኖራለች፤ ይኽነን በእናት በአባቷ ቤት የነበራትን አስተዳደግ

“Protoevangelium_of_James” (ፕሮቶቫንጊሊዩም ኦፍ ጀምስ) በሚለውጥንታዊዉ መጽሐፍ ሲገልጽ (ሕፃኗም ከቀን ወደ ቀን በኀይልና በብርታት እያደገችኼደች፤ የስድስት ወር ልጅ በኾነች ጊዜ እናቷ መቆም ትችል እንደኾነ ለማየትመሬት ላይ አቆመቻት፤ ርሷም ሰባት ርምጃ ተራምዳ ወደእናቷ ዕቅፍ ውስጥ ገባች፤እናቷም እንዲኽ አለቻት “ወደ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ አስክወስድሽድረስ በራስች እንዳትራመጂ አለቻትና በመኝታ ቤቷ ውስጥ ውስጥ የቅድስናስፍራ አበጀችላት… አንድ ዓመት በኾናት ጊዜም ኢያቄም ታላቅ ግብዣ አድርጎካህናቱን፣ ጸሐፈትን፣ ታላቆችንና ሕዝብን ጠራ፤ ከዚያም ኢያቄም ልጁን ወደካህናቱ አቀረባት እነርሱም “አባታችን እግዚአብሔር ሆይ ይኽቺን ልጅ ባርካትበትውልድ ኹሉ የሚጠራ ማብቂያ የሌለው ስምን ስጣት እያሉ ባረኳት፤ ሕዝቡምኹሉ “ይደረግ ይኹን ይጽና አሜን” አሉ፤ ከዚያም ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወሰዳትርሱም “ልዑል እግዚአብሔር ሆይ ይኽቺን ልጅ ተመልከት ለዘላለም በሚኖርበፍጹም በረከትም ባርካት” በማለት ባረካት፤ ሐናም ይዛት ወደ ተቀደሰውየማደሪያዋ ክፍል በመውሰድ ጡትን ሰጠቻት…) ይላል፡፡

ከዚኽ በኋላ እናቷ ሐና ልጇ ሦስት ዓመት በኾናት ጊዜ ጠቢቡ ሰሎሞን በመጽሐፈመክብብ ምዕ ፭፥፬-፭ ላይ “ሰነፎች ደስ አያሰኙትምና ለእግዚአብሔር ስእለትበተሳልኽ ጊዜ ትፈጽመው ዘንድ አትዘግይ የተሳልኸውን ፈጽመው፤ ተስለኽየማትፈጽም ብትኾን ባትሳል ይሻላል” ብሎ የተናገረውን በማሰብ ባሏ ኢያቄምንይኽቺ ብላቴና የብጽአት ገንዘብ እንደኾነች ታውቃለኽ ወስደን ለቤተእግዚአብሔር እንስጣት አለችው፤ ርሱም ፍቅርሽ ይለቅልሽ ብዬ ነው እንጂ እኔማፈቃዴ ነው አለ፤ ኢያቄም ይኽነን ማለቱ ሐና እመቤታችንን በመካንነት ኑራያገኘቻት አንድያ ልጇ ናትና ከፍቅሯ ጽናት የተነሣ ተለይታት አታውቅም ነበርናነው፡፡ 
ጥበብ ሥጋዊ ጥበብ መንፈሳዊ በእጅጉ የተሰጠው ሰሎሞን አስቀድሞ በመንፈሰእግዚአብሔር በመቃኘት የሐና አንድያ ልጇ የኾነቺው በየዋህነቷ በርግብየተመሰለች ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያምን ስፍር ቊጥር ከሌላቸው ከሌሎች ሴቶችተለይታ ለአምላክ እናትነት ብቸኛ ተመራጭ መኾኗን በማሕ ፮፥፰-፲ ላይ 
“አዋልድ እለ አልቦን ኊልቊ” (ቊጥር የሌላቸው ቆነዣዥት አሉ) በማለት ስፍርቊጥር የሌላቸው እጅግ የበዙ ሴቶች መኖራቸው ከተናገረ በኋላ “አሐቲ ይእቲእምኔሆን ርግብየ ፍጽምትየ” (ርግቤ መደምደሚያዬ አንዲት ናት) ብሎ ከነዚያኹሉ ተለይታ በየዋህነቷ በርግብ የተመሰለችው ቅድስት ድንግል ብቸኛ እናትትኾነው ዘንድ በአምላክ የመመረጧን ነገር ከተናገረ በኋላ “አሐቲ ይእቲ ለእማወኅሪት ይእቲ ለእንተ ወለደታ” (ለእናቷ አንዲት ናት፤ ለወለደቻትም የተመረጠችናት) በማለት እናቷ ቅድስት ሐና በመካንነት ከኖረች በኋላ የወለደቻት ምርጥ ልጇመኾኗ ተገልጾለት ተናግሯል፡፡ 

ከዚኽ በኋላ ዳዊት በመዝ ፳፮፥፬፤ ፵፩፥፰፤ ፻፲፭፥፲፰-፲፱ ላይ “እግዚአብሔርበቀን ቸርነቱን ያዝዛል በሌሊትም ዝማሬው በእኔ ዘንድ ይኾናል የእኔ ስእለትለሕይወቴ አምላክ ነው…በሕዝቡ ሁሉ ፊት ስእለቴን ለእግዚአብሔር እፈጽማለሁበእግዚአብሔር ቤት አደባባይ ኢየሩሳሌም ሆይ በመካከልሽም ሃሌሉያ…እግዚአብሔርን አንዲት ነገር ለመንሁት እርስዋንም እሻለሁ በሕይወቴ ዘመን ሁሉበእግዚአብሔር ቤት እኖር ዘንድ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ደስ የሚያሰኘውንም አይዘንድ፥ መቅደሱንም እመለከት ዘንድ … ” በማለት እንደተናገረ ኢያቄምና ሐናእግዚአብሔርን በማመስገን ካህኑ ዘካርያስን “ይኽቺ ብላቴና ተስለን አምላካችንበቸርነቱ የሰጠን ናትና ተቀበለን” አሉት ርሱም ቢያያት እንደ ፀሓይ የምታበራእንደ መብረቅ ግርማዋ የሚያስፈራ የምታበራ ዕንቈ ባሕርይ መስላ ታየችው፡፡ 
ርሱም በአድናቆት ይኽቺን የመሰለች ፍጥረት ምን እናደርጋታለን፣ ምንእናበላታለን፣ ምንስ እናጠጣታለን፣ ምን እናነጥፍላታለን፣ ምን እንጋርድላታለንብሎ ሕዝቡን ሰብስቦ ሲጨነቁ ለእስራኤል ደመና ጋርዶ መናን አውርዶ የመገበ፤ለኤልያስም በመልአኩ እጅ በመሶበ ወርቅ ኅብሥት የመገበ፤ ለዕዝራ ሱቱኤልምበመልአኩ በቅዱስ ዑራኤል እጅ መልኩ እሳት የሚመስል ጽዋዐ ልቡና ያጠጣውልዑል እግዚአብሔር ለእናትነት ወደ መረጣት ወደ እናቱ መልአኩ ፋኑኤልንላከላት (ዘፀ ፲፮፥፴፩፤ ፩ነገ ፲፱፥፮፤ ዕዝ. ሱቱ. ፲፫፥፴፰-፵፩)::

ይኽም ፋኑኤል የተባለው መልአክ ቊጥሩ ከሰባቱ ሊቃነ መላእክት አንደኛውሲኾን ሐዋርያው ይሁዳ ከቊ፲፬-፲፭ ላይ ስለመጽሐፉ የጠቀሰለት የአዳም ሰባተኛትውልድ የኾነው ሞትን ሳያይ የተሰወረው ታላቁ አባት ሔኖክ በምዕ ፲፥፲፭ ላይ“አራተኛው የዘላለም ሕይወት የሚወርሱ ሰዎች ተስፋ ሊኾን ንስሐ በሚገቡ ሰዎችላይ የተሾመ ፋኑኤል ነው” በማለት የመልአኩን ክብር መስክሮለታል፡፡ 
“ወሶቤሃ ወረደ ፋኑኤል ሊቀ መላእክት ወጸለላ በአክናፊሁ ወተለዐለ ላዕለ መጠነቆመ ብእሲ ወወሃባ ወመጠዋ ወዐርገ ውስተ ሰማይ” ይላል በዚያን ጊዜ ሊቀመላእክት ቅዱስ ፋኑኤል ኅብስት ሰማያዊ በብርሃን ጽዋዕ ስቴ ሕይወት ይዞ ረቦወረደ፤ ዘካርያስ ለርሱ የመጣ ሀብት መስሎት ሊቀበል ቢነሣ ወደ ላይ ሰቀቀበት፤ያን ጊዜ ጥበበ እግዚአብሔር አይመረመርምና ለዚኽች ብላቴና የመጣ ሀብትይኾናል እስኪ እልፍ አድርጋችኊ አኑሯት አለ፤ እልፍ አድርገው ቢያኖሯትድንኩል ድንኩል እያለች እናቷን ስትከተል መልአኩ አንድ ክንፉን አንጽፎ አንዱንክንፉን አጐናጽፎ ከመሬት የሰው ቁመት ያኽል ከፍ ብሎ ኅብስቱን መግቧትጽዋውን አጠጥቷት ወደ ሰማይ ዐርጓል፡፡

አባ ጽጌ ድንግልና አባ ገብረ ማርያም ዘደብረ ሐንታ በማሕሌተ ጽጌ የነገረ ማርያምመጽሐፋቸው ላይ በመልአኩ እጅ የመመገቧን ነገር ሲገልጹ “የሐዝነኒ ማርያምዘረከበኪ ድክትምና አመ ቤተ መቅደስ ቦእኪ እንዘ ትጠብዊ ሐሊበ ሐና
ወያሥተፌስሐኒ ካዕበ ትእምርተ ልሕቀትኪ በቅድስና ምስለ አብያጺሁ ከመ አብእንዘ ይሴስየኪ መና ፋኑኤል ጽጌ ነድ ዘይከይድ ደመና” (ማርያም የሐናን ወተትእየጠባሽ ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ በገባሽ ጊዜ ያገኘሽ ብቸኝነት ያሳዝነኛል፤ ዳግመኛምበደመና የሚመላለስ ደመናን የሚረግጥ የእሳት አበባ ፋኑኤል ከጓደኞቹ መላእክትጋር መናን እየመገበሽ በንጽሕና የማደግሽ ተአምር ደስ ያሰኘኛል) በማለትአመስግነዋል፡፡

ካህናቱም ሕዝቡም የምግቧማ ነገር ከተያዘ ከሰው ጋራ ምን ያጋፋታል ቦታዋከቤተ መቅደስ ይኹን እንጂ ብለው ዙፋኑን ዘርግተው፣ ምንጣፉን አንጥፈው፣ግራና ቀኝ መጋረጃውን ጋርደው ነቢዩ ዳዊትም በመዝ 41፡4 ላይ “ወደእግዚአብሔር ቤት ወደ ምስጋና መኖሪያ ስፍራ እገባለሁና በዓል የሚያደርጉ ሰዎችየደስታና ምስጋና ቃል አሰሙ” በማለት እንደተናገረ ስላዩትና ስለተደረገው ነገርኹሉ እግዚአብሔርን እያመሰገኑ አማናዊት የአምላክ መቅደስ የአካላዊ ቃል ታቦትእመቤታችንን ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ በ፭ሺሕ ፬፻፹፰ ዓመተ ዓለም በሦስት ዓመቷአስገቧት፡፡

እመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ከእናቷ ከአባቷ ቤት ተለይታበእግዚአብሔር ቤት በቤተ መቅደስ እንደምታድግ ነቢዩ ዳዊት በመንፈስ ቅዱስአስቀድሞ ተገልጾለት በመዝ ፵፬፥፱-፲፩ ላይ “በወርቅ ልብስ ተጐናጽፋና ተሸፋፍናንግሥቲቱ በቀኝህ ትቆማለች ልጄ ሆይ፥ ስሚ እዪ ጆሮሽንም አዘንብዪ ወገንሽንያባትሽንም ቤት እርሺ ንጉሥ ውበትሽን ወድዶአልና፥ እርሱ ጌታሽ ነውና” በማለትየተናገረው ትንቢት ሊደርስ ሊፈጸም አማናዊት መቅደስ ርሷ ምሳሌዋወደሚኾነው ቤተ መቅደስ እንድትገባ ባለቤቱ አድርጓል፡፡ 
በቤተ መቅደስ ውስጥ በንጽሕናና እግዚአብሔርን እያገለገሉ ስለማደግና ስለመኖርመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ በስፋት ሲገልጽ ከዚኽ ውስጥ በብሉይ ኪዳን መጻሕፍትከተወለደ በኋላ በስለት ተሰጦ የእግዚአብሔር አገልጋይ ኹኖ በቤተ መቅደስያደገው ሳሙኤል ሲጠቀስ በሐዲስ ኪዳን መጻሕፍት ደግሞ ከአሴር ወገንምየነበረችው የፋኑኤል ልጅ ነቢይት ሐና ከድንግልናዋ ጀምራ ከባልዋ ጋር ሰባትዓመት ከኖረች በኋላ ሰማኒያ አራት ዓመት ያህል መበለት ኾና በጣም አርጅታሳይቀር በጾምና በጸሎትም ሌሊትና ቀን እያገለገለች ከመቅደስ አትለይም እንደነበርተጽፎ እናነባለን (፩ሳሙ ፪፥፲፰፤ ሉቃ ፪፥፴፮-፴፯)፡፡

አማናዊት የአምላክ መቅደስ እመቤታችንም ምሳሌዋ በኾነ በቤተ መቅደስ ከገባችዠምሮ መላእክት እያረጋጓት ካህናት እያመሰገኗት ኅብስት ሰማያዊ እየመገቧትጽዋዕ ሰማያዊ እያጠጧት ለዐሥራ ኹለት ዓመት ያኽል በቤተ መቅደስስለመቀመጧ በ፭፻፭ (505) ዓ.ም የተወለደው ታላቁ ሊቅ ቅዱስ ያሬድምበአንቀጸ ብርሃን የነገረ ማርያም መጽሐፉ ላይ ሲገልጽ፡- “አንቲ ውእቱ ንጽሕትእም ንጹሓን ድንግል ኅሪት ዘነበርኪ ውስተ ቤተ መቅደስ ከመ ታቦት ዘግቡርእምዕፅ ዘኢይነቅዝ ሥርግው በወርቅ ንጡፍ ወልቡጥ በዕንቈ ባሕርይ ዘየሐቱዘብዙኅ ሤጡ ከመዝ ነበርኪ ውስተ ቤተ መቅደስ ወመላእክት ያመጽኡ ወትረሲሳየኪ ከመዝ ነበርኪ ፲ተ ወ፪ተ ዓመተ እንዘ ትትናዘዚ እምኀበ መላእክት ስቴኪኒስቴ ሕይወት…” (ከንጹሓን ይልቅ ንጽሕት የኾንሽ አንቺ ነሽ፤ ከማይነቅዝዕንጨት እንደተሠራ በወርቅ እንደተጌጠና ዋጋው ብዙ በኾነ በሚያበራ ዕንቊእንደተለበጠ ታቦት በቤተ መቅደስ ውስጥ የኖርሽ የተመረጥሽ ድንግል ነሽ፤እንዲኽ ኾነሽ በቤተ መቅደስ ውስጥ ኖርሽ፤ መላእክት ዘወትር ምግብሽን ያመጡነበር፤ መላእክት እየጐበኙሽ እንዲኽ ዐሥራ ኹለት ዓመት ኖርሽ፤መጠጥሽምየሕይወት መጠጥ ነበር፤ ምግብሽም የሰማይ ኅብስት ነበር፤ አባትሽ ዳዊትበመሰንቆ አመሰገነ በትንቢት መንፈስም በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በገና እየደረደረ እንዲኽብሎ ዘመረ፤ ልጄ ሆይ ስሚ እዪም ዦሮሽንም አዘንብዪ ሕዝብሽንና የአባትሽንቤት ርሺ፤ ንጉሥ ደም ግባትሽን ወዷልና፤ ርሱ ጌታሽ ነው፤ ለርሱ ትሰግጃለሽ(መዝ ፵፬)) በማለት በቤተ መቅደስ በነበረችበት ወቅት የተደረገውን ተአምራትአድንቋል፡፡
ሊቁ አባ ሕርያቆስም በተመሳሳይ መልኩ በቅዳሴ ማርያም መጽሐፉ ላይ (ድንግልሆይ አንገታቸውን እንደሚያገዝፉ እንደ ዕብራውያን ሴቶች ልጆች በዋዛ ያደግሽአይደለም፤ በንጽሕና በቅድስና በቤተ መቅደስ ኖርሽ እንጂ፤ ድንግል ሆይ ምድራዊኅብስትን የተመገብሽ አይደለሽም፤ ከሰማየ ሰማያት የበሰለ ሰማያዊ ኅብስትን ነውእንጂ፤ ድንግል ሆይ ምድራዊ መጠጥን የጠጣሽ አይደለሽም፤ ከሰማየ ሰማያትየተቀዳ ሰማያዊ መጠጥን ነው እንጂ፤ ድንግል ሆይ ከአንቺ አስቀድሞ ከአንቺምበኋላ እንዳሉ ሴቶች ዕድፍን የምታውቂ አይደለሽም፤ በንጽሕና በቅድስና ያጌጥሽነሽ እንጂ፤ ድንግል ሆይ የሚያታልሉ ጐልማሶች ያረጋጉሽ አይደለሽም የሰማይመላእክት ጐበኙሽ እንጂ እንደተነገረ ካህናትና የካህናት አለቆች አመሰገኑሽ እንጂ)በማለት እመቤታችን በቤተ መቅደስ በነበረችበት ዐሥራ ኹለት ዓመታትየተደረገላትን ድንቅ ሥራ ገልጾታል፡፡
እመቤታችን ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ እንዴት እንደገባችና በቤተ መቅደስ ውስጥየነበራትን ቆይታ ቀደምት የቤተ ክርስቲያን ሊቃውንት በጥልቀት ጽፈዋል፤ከእነዚኽ መኻከል ሊቁ የቆጵሮሱ ሊቀ ጳጳስ ቅዱስ ኤጲፋንዮስ የቤተ መቅደስቅድስናዊ አኗኗሯን ሲጽፍ “She was grave and dignifified in all her action…” (እመቤታችን በኹሉም እርምጃዎቿ ጐበዝና የተከበረች ነበረች፤የምትናገረው በጣም ጥቂት ሲኾን ርሱም ለማድረግ አስፈላጊ በሚኾንበት ብቻነበር፤ በጣም ዝግጁ ኾና የምትሰማና በቀላሉ ንግግር ለማድረግ የምትችል ናት፤ለእያንዳንዱ ሰው አክብሮትና ክብር (ሰላምታ) ትሰጣለች፤ ቁመቷ መኻከለኛሲኾን አንዳንዶች ግን ቁመቷ ከፍ ያለ እንደነበር ይናገራሉ፤ ከእያንዳንዱ ሰው ጋርያለምንም ፍርሃት በግልጽነት ያለምንም ሳቅና መጯጯኽ ትናገራለች፤ በተለይፈጽማ ለቁጣ የምትጋበዝ አልነበረችም፤ መልኳ እንደ ደረሰ የስንዴ አዝመራ ያማረጸጒሯ ቀይማ ነው፤ ዐይኖቿ ብሩሃትና የዋህ የኾኑ ቀለማቸውም ፈዘዝ ያለ ቡናማኾኖ የዐይኖቿ ብሌኖች የዘይት-አረንጓዴ ይመስላል፤ የዐይኖቿ ቅንድብ(ሽፋሽፍት) ከፊል ክብና ደማቅ ጥቁር ናቸው፤ አፍንጯዋም ረዥም፣ ከናፍሮቿቀይና ምሉዕ ሲኾኑ በቃላቷ ጣፋጭነት የተጥለቀለቁ ነበሩ፤ ፊቷ ክብ ሳይኾን ግንእንቁላልማ ዐይነት ቅርጽ ነበረው፤ እጆቿ ረዥምና ጣቶቿም በጣም ረዣዥምነበሩ፤ ከማንኛውም ያልተገባ ኩራት ሙሉ በሙሉ የነጻች ስትኾን ግድ የለሽነትፈጽሞ ጨርሶ የለባትም ነበር፤ የሚመጡትን ነገራት በፍጹም ትሕትና ትቀበልነበር፤ ተፈጥሯዊ ቀለማት ያላቸው (ማለትም በቤት ድር የተሠሩ) ልብሶችን ታረግነበር፤ ይኽም በእጅጉ አብሯት የሚኼደው አለባበስና ይኽ እውነታ በራሷ ላይበምታደርገው ቅዱስ ልብስ አኹን ቅሉ ሊረጋገጥ የሚችል እውነታ ነው፤ለማጠቃለል ያኽል በመንገዶቿ ኹሉ በመለኮታዊ ጸጋ የተመላች ነበረች) በማለትየመልኳን አስደናቂ ደም ግባትና የአኗኗሯን ነገር መንፈስ ቅዱስ በገለጸለት መጠንጥንታውያን አባቶች እነያዕቆብ የተናገሩትን መነሻ በማድረግ ጽፎታል፡፡
የአንጾኪያው ሊቀ ጳጳስ ዲሜጥሮስ በክርስቶስ ልደት በታኅሣሥ ፳፱ ዕለትበሚነበበው ድርሳኑ ላይ የእመቤታችንን የቤተ መቅደስ ሕይወት ሲያስተምር “At the moment when her mother Anna set her upon her feet, inside the door of the temple…” (እናቷ ሐና በካህናቷ ፊት በቤተ መቅደሱ በርላይ ርሷን በእግሯ ባኖረቻት ጊዜ በራሷ ለጌታ መሥዋዕት ወደሚቀርብበት ወደመሠዊያዉ መጋረጃ ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ እስክትደርስ ድረስ ኼደች፤ ከገባችም በኋላለመውጣት አልተመለሰችም በልቡናዋም የቤተሰቦቿ ሐሳብና ምድራዊ ነገራትንከቶ አላሰበችም…እናም ባደገችና ስምንትና ዐሥር ዓመት በመላትም ጊዜ ለካህናቱኹሉ አብነት (ምሳሌ) ነበረች ርሷንም ለማየት ይፈሩ ነበር፤ መላ ሰውነቷ ንጹሕነበር ልቡናዋም በጌታ የጸና ነው፤በሥጋዋም በነፍሷም ንጽሕት ናት፤ ፊቷንምከቤተ መቅደሱ በር ውጪ በፍጹም አላዞረችም፤ እንግዳ ሰውንም ከቶ አላየችምየወጣት ሰው ፊትን ለመመልከት ፊቷን ከቶ አላዞረችም፤ በቅድስና እግዚአብሔርንበማገልገል ለቤተ መቅደስ በመላላክ ኖረች እንጂ፤ ልብሷ ያማረ እጥፋቱበማኅተሟ ላይ ወደ ታች የወረደ ሲኾን የራሷ መሸፈኛም እስከ ዐይኖቿይደርሳል…በዐይኖቿ ላይ በጭራሽ መዋቢያ ቀለም አልተጠቀመችም፤ በጉንጮቿላይ ምንም ዐይነት የማጌጫ አበባ አላኖረችም፤ በእግሮቿ ላይ መጫሚያ ሰንደሎችአላደገረችም፤ በክንዶቿና በእጆቿ ላይ አልቦ ወይም አምባር ወይም ጌጣጌጥአላደረገችም ነበር፤ ከልክ ያለፈ ምግብ በጭራሽ ፈልጋ አታውቅም፤ በከተማዋየገበያ ስፍራ ውስጥ በጭራሽ ተጉዛ አታውቅም፤ ለዚኽ ዓለም ሥራዎች በጭራሽጉጉት ዐድሮባት አያውቅም፤ ራሷን በጭራሽ ለመራቈት አጋልጣ እንዲኹምየአካላቷን ክፍሎች በጭራሽ በጥንቃቄ በአትኩሮት መርምራ አታውቅም) በማለትበቤተ መቅደስ በፍጹም ንጽሕናና ቅድስና መኖሯን መስክሯል:: 
እስክንድርያዊዉ ቅዱስ ቄርሎስም ቅዱስ ገብርኤል እመቤታችንን ከማብሠሩ በፊትየነበራትን የትሕትና ሕይወት ለተሰበሰቡት ሴቶች ሲያስተምር “Come, O all ye women who desire virginity…” (ድንግልናን የምትፈልጉ ሴቶችበሙሉ የጌታችን እናት የኾነችውን የማርያምን ምሳሌ ተከተሉ፤ የርሷንም መንገድመናኛ ምግብ መብላቷንና መሬት ላይ መተኛቷን አስቡ፤ ለዚኽ ዓለም ነገሮችምንም ዐይነት ጉጉት የላትምና የርሷ ስምም ኹልጊዜም በካህናት አፍ ውስጥ ነበር፤ሰውነቷን በጭራሽ በሕዝብ መታጠቢያ ውስጥ ታጥባ አታውቅም፤ ራሷን በፍጹምበመዋቢያ የፊት ቀለም፣ በዐይን ኩልና በቅባት በጭራሽ አስውባ አታውቅም፤በጣም ያጌጠ ልብስ እንደሚወድዱ ኹሉም በዘመኗ የነበሩ ሴቶች በደማቅባለቀለም ልብስ በጭራሽ አስጌጣ አታውቅም፤ በጭራሽ የወይንን ጣዕም ቀምሳአታውቅም፤ ኹልጊዜም ዓለማትን የፈጠረ ፈጣሪዋን ትጠብቅ ስለነበር ፊቷን ወደምሥራቅ አዙራ ትቀመጥ ነበር፤ ከእናቷና ከአባቷ በስተቀር ከማንም ጋርተገናኝታና አውርታ አታውቅም) በማለት የደናግል መመኪያቸው የኾነችየእመቤታችን የቤተ መቅደስ ሕይወት ለንጹሓን ደናግል አስተማሪ እንደነበርበስፋት ገልጾታል፡፡

የኢየሩሳሌሙ ቅዱስ ቄርሎስ በድርሳኑ ላይ የእመቤታችንን የቤተ መቅደስሕይወት ሲያስተምር “They (i.e Joachim and Anna) were in the habit of visiting their daughter once each month,…’’ (እነርሱ(ኢያቄምና ሐና) በወር አንድ ጊዜ ልጃቸውን በወር አንድ ጊዜ የመጐብኘት ልምድነበራቸው፤ ለርሷ የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ነገር ይዘው ይመጡ ነበር፤ እናም ትንሿድንግል ልጃቸው ከርሷ በዕድሜ ከፍ ከሚሉ ደናግል ጋር በቤተ መቅደስ ታገለግልነበር፤ እነርሱም በእጆቿ እንዴት መሥራት እንደምትችል ያስተምሯት ነበር፤ ርሷምዐዋቂ በኾነች ጊዜ በራሷ ወደ ቤተ መቅደሱ ዐደባባይ ስትኼድ ከካህናትና ከአባቷበቀር ማንም ወንድ ከቶ አይቷት አያውቅም…ትንሿ ድንግል ማርያም በቤተመቅደስ ነበረች፤ የመላእክት አለቃው ገብርኤል በጣፋጭ መዐዛው ወደ ርሷቀረባት…የርሷ ውበቷ ምንም ወሰን አልነበረውም፤ ቤተ መቅደሱም ከጣፋጭመዐዛዋ የተነሣ በመላእክት ይመላ ነበር፤ ለንግግሯ ሲሉ ብቻ ይጐበኟት ነበረ)በማለት የቤተ መቅደስ አኗኗሯን በጥልቀት ገልጾታል፡፡
የወርቃማው ዘመን ሊቃውንት ከሚባሉት ውስጥ ተጠቃሹ ቅዱስ አትናቴዎስ“መልእክት (ደብዳቤ) ለደናግል” (Letter to Virgins) በሚል ሥራው ላይእመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም የቤተ መቅደስ ሕይወቷ ለደናግል ኹሉአርአያና ምሳሌ እንደነበር ሲገልጸው “Mary was pure virgin, with a harmonius disposition…” (ማርያም ንጽሕት ድንግል ስትኾን በጣም ጥሩአቋም የነበራትና መልካም ሥራዎችን የምትወድ ነበረች፤ በወንዶች መታየትንፈጽማ አትፈልግም ነበር፤ ግን እግዚአብሔርን እንዲመረምራት ጠይቃዋለች፤ያለማቋረጥ በቤቱ ውስጥ ቆይታለች፤ ከጨዋታ የራቀ ሰውን ኑሮ ትኖር የነበረሲኾን ማር ከምትሰጥ ንብ ጋር ትመሳሰላለች፤ በእጆቿ ከሠራቻቸው ሥራዎችየምታገኘውን ገንዘብ ለድኾች ታከፋፍላለች፤ በብቸኝነት ኹለት ነገራትንእንዲያደርግላት ወደ እግዚአብሔር ትጸልያለች፤ ይኸውም መጥፎ ሐሳብ በልቧውስጥ እንዳይሠርፅና ልቧ በጭራሽ ከፍቅር አምላካዊ እየቀዘቀዘ እንዳይኼድነበረ፤ ንግግሯ የተረጋጋ እና ድምፆቿም ዝግ ያሉ ናቸው፤ በየቀኑም መንፈሳዊርምጃ (ብቃታዊ መሻሻል ዕድገት) ማድረግ ትፈልጋለች፤ በየቀኑም ያነንታደርጋለች፤ በጠዋት ስትነሣም ከዚኽ በፊት አስቀድማ ከሠራቻቸው አስበልጣሥራዎቿን ለመሥራት ትፈልጋለች፤ ሞትን ፈጽማ አትፈራም ነበር ይልቁኑ በሐዘንኹና የመንግሥተ ሰማያት መዠመሪያ (መግቢያ) እንዳላቋረጠች በየቀኑ እያየችበጸሎቷ ታነሣለች) በማለት የደናግል መመኪያነቷን በስፋት ገልጾታል፡፡
ነቢዩ ዳዊት በመዝ ፺፩፥፲፪-፲፫ ላይ “ጻድቅ እንደ ዘንባባ ያፈራል፥ እንደ ሊባኖስዝግባም ያድጋል በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ውስጥ ተተክለዋል፥ በአምላካችንምአደባባይ ውስጥ ይበቅላሉ” በማለት ቅዱሳን በእግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደሚኖሩበምስጋናው እንደገለጸ ኹሉ የቅዱሳን ቅድስት እመቤታችንም በቤተ መቅደስበንጽሕና በቅድስና ኖራለች፡፡