Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kali ("Sara the Black", Romani: Sara e Kali), is the patron saint of the Romani people. The center of her veneration is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue, in southern France. Legend identifies her as the servant of one of the Three Marys, with whom she is supposed to have arrived in the Camargue According to various legends, during a persecution of early Christians, commonly placed in the year 42, Lazarus, his sisters Mary and Martha, Mary Salome (the mother of the Apostles John and James), Mary Jacobe and Maximin were sent out to sea in a boat. They arrived safely on the southern shore of Gaul at the place later called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. In some accounts Sarah, a native of Upper Egypt, appears as the black Egyptian maid of one of the Three Marys, usually Mary Jacobe Though the tradition of the Three Marys arriving in France stems from the high Middle Ages, appearing for instance in the 13th century Golden Legend, Saint Sarah makes her first appearance in Vincent Philippon's book The Legend of the Saintes-Maries (1521), where she is portrayed as "a charitable woman that helped people by collecting alms, which led to the popular belief that she was a Gypsy." Subsequently, Sarah was adopted by Romani as their saint.[3] Another account has Sarah welcoming the Three Marys into Gaul. Franz de Ville (1956) writes:
One of our people who received the first Revelation was Sara the Kali. She was of noble birth and was chief of her tribe on the banks of the Rhône. She knew the secrets that had been transmitted to her... The Rom at that period practiced a polytheistic religion, and once a year they took out on their shoulders the statue of Ishtari (Astarte) and went into the sea to receive benediction there. One day Sara had visions which informed her that the Saints who had been present at the death of Jesus would come, and that she must help them. Sara saw them arrive in a boat. The sea was rough, and the boat threatened to founder. Mary Salome threw her cloak on the waves and, using it as a raft, Sarah floated towards the Saints and helped them reach land by praying ..
Saint Sarah, Sara-la-Kali, patron saint of the Roma Sarah, wife of the patriarch Abraham Saint Sarah (Hannah Montana), a recurring character in the television show Hannah Montana
Согласно одной версии, Сара была египтянкой (под влиянием европейцев многие цыгане в XIX и XX веках верили в своё египетское происхождение). Она была служанкой Марии Саломеи и Марии Якобы (матерей святых Якова и Иоанна, родственниц Марии Магдалины) либо же Марии Магдалины и Девы Марии и путешествовала с ними. После жестокого шторма, когда женщины спаслись с корабля на маленькой лодочке, Сара по звёздам нашла верный путь и доставила своих хозяек к берегу.
По другой версии мифа, Сара была кочевой цыганкой и жила в таборе в те времена, когда ещё цыгане были язычниками. Однажды ей было видение о том, что к берегу должны пристать святые свидетели смерти Христовой, которым она должна помочь. Когда она подошла к морю, то увидела, что оно неспокойно, и праведники в лодке не знают, как пристать к берегу. Тогда она бросила своё платье на воду и поплыла на нём, как на плоту. Достигнув лодки, она помогла святым причалить, а они обратили её в христианскую веру, первой среди цыган. Обычно имя святой переводят как «Чёрная Сара», однако слово кали традиционно имеет также значение «цыганка». Днём Сары Кали цыгане-католики считают 25 мая.
На французском побережье, в небольшом городе Сент-Мари-де-ля-Мер под местной церковью цыганами выстроено подземное святилище мифической святой, в котором стоят её статуя и алтарь. К этому святилищу ежегодно приходят тысячи паломников. Больше всего их приезжает 24 мая, в канун дня почитания Сары Кали. Начиная с 1912 года, в святилище стали запускать и нецыган. В наступившую ночь 25 мая статую Сары выносят и окунают в море, символически повторяя крещение цыганки. В фильме Тони Гатлифа «Лачо дром» («В добрый путь») изображён собственно обряд «окунания» статуи Сары. В книге «Код да Винчи» Дэна Брауна Сара названа дочерью Марии Магдалины и Иисуса. .. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сара_Кали
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According to various legends, during a persecution of early Christians, commonly placed in the year 42, Lazarus, his sisters Mary and Martha, Mary Salome (the mother of the Apostles John and James), Mary Jacobe and Maximin were sent out to sea in a boat. They arrived safely on the southern shore of Gaul at the place later called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. In some accounts Sarah, a native of Upper Egypt, appears as the black Egyptian maid of one of the Three Marys, usually Mary Jacobe
Though the tradition of the Three Marys arriving in France stems from the high Middle Ages, appearing for instance in the 13th century Golden Legend, Saint Sarah makes her first appearance in Vincent Philippon's book The Legend of the Saintes-Maries (1521), where she is portrayed as "a charitable woman that helped people by collecting alms, which led to the popular belief that she was a Gypsy." Subsequently, Sarah was adopted by Romani as their saint.[3]
Another account has Sarah welcoming the Three Marys into Gaul. Franz de Ville (1956) writes: