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This weekend the St. Nicholas Greek Festival will return with music, food and fun for the first time since 2019.
18,000 baklava. 5,500 dolmades. 890 half-chickens. Volunteers have been hard at work since March to build the three-day festival.
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.
In Greece, Saint Nicholas does not carry an especial association with gift-giving, as this tradition is carried over to St. Basil of Caesarea, celebrated on New Year's Day. St. Nicholas is the protector of sailors, he is considered the patron saint of the Greek Navy, military and merchant alike, and his day is marked by festivities aboard all ...
According to the Greek Herald, the boats are usually decorated on Dec. 6, the feast of St. Nicholas, who in addition to his Christmas connections also happens to be the patron saint of sailors.
Beit Jala (Arabic: بيت جالا ⓘ) is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank.Beit Jala is located 10 km (6.2 mi)10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at 825 meters (2,707 ft) altitude.
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The slava is a reinterpretation of a Serbian pagan rite: [4] the ancestor-protector became a Christian saint, [5] frequently St. Nicholas, [4] with the pagan rite being reduced of many religious elements and frequent ceremonies and becoming a social event with the annual meeting of the family and friends. [5] [6]