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  2. Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Saint Nicholas of Myra [a] (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), [3] [4] [b] also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.

  3. Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/December 6 - Wikipedia

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    Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.

  4. Saint Nicholas Day - Wikipedia

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    Saint Nicholas' tomb is said to exude the Oil of Saint Nicholas, which has attracted, throughout the centuries, Christian pilgrims who take the oil home in small bottles to use during prayer. [12] Nicholas of Myra is the patron hallow of children, sailors, those undergoing financial problems, and victims of fire. [10]

  5. What is St. Nicholas Day? How the German and Dutch holiday ...

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    Saint Nicholas of Myra, or St. Nicholas, was a bishop during the Roman Empire who became the Patron Saint of Children because of the kindness he showed to young kids. He was widely known for gift ...

  6. December 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Wikipedia

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    The miraculous apparition of St. Nicholas at the First Ecumenical Council (325) [7] [note 9] The Wonderworking icon of St. Nicholas the Drenched of St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev. [7] Name Day of Royal Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas II (1918)

  7. Saint Nicholas Monastery, Spata - Wikipedia

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    The Saint Nicholas Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου) is a monastery in Spata, Achaea, Greece, that was founded at the end of the 18th century, [1] by a monk of the Monastery of Pammegiston Taxiarchon of Aegialia and of which it was a metochion for several years.

  8. Saint Nicholas of Myra saves three innocents from death

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    In 1884, Ilya Repin was commissioned by a nunnery near Kharkiv to create an image of Saint Nicholas of Myra (Nicholas the Wonderworker). [15] [16] As the writer and historian Dmytro Yavornytsky recalled in a conversation with him, Repin mentioned that the person who commissioned the image of Nicholas the Wonderworker was the hegumen of the Nicholas Convent in the village of Strilecha ...

  9. Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari

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    The tomb of Saint Nicholas in Bari, as it appears today. The Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari is a religious and folk holiday among the East Slavs and, to a lesser extent, the South Slavs and Eastern Romance peoples. It is celebrated on May 9 each year.