{"id":529,"date":"2011-12-06T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/12\/the-church-and-tomb-of-saint-nicholas.html"},"modified":"2016-03-25T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:03:59","slug":"the-church-and-tomb-of-saint-nicholas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/12\/the-church-and-tomb-of-saint-nicholas.html","title":{"rendered":"The Church and Tomb of Saint Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
The true Saint Nicholas, not the jolly Old Saint Nick Coca Cola has given us, was born in the year 270 and became bishop of Myra in Asia Minor.<\/div>\n
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There are two famous stories linked to Saint Nicholas, one comes from ancient folklore, the other from historical accounts. \u00a0The first is depicted below in an ancient work at the Church of San Saba in Rome. \u00a0There was once a poor man with three daughters who was unable to afford a dowry for all three to marry. \u00a0When Saint Nicholas heard this, he prepared three bags full of gold coins and tossed them into the poor man\u2019s house through the window. \u00a0In the painting below you can see the three daughters sleeping on the same bed with their father on the side. \u00a0Saint Nicholas is above tossing a white bag through the window.<\/p>\n

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The second story involves Saint Nicholas\u2019 presence at the first ecumenical council held at Nicea in 325. \u00a0As the Egyptian priest Arius presented his views which would eventually be condemned by Nicea, Nicholas became furious, got up and punched Arius. \u00a0Nicholas was punished for the assault, but after pleading for forgiveness, was reinstated as bishop. \u00a0Nicholas became a champion for orthodoxy in the church as the Creed of Nicea became the official profession of faith for the early church.<\/div>\n
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Below are pictures of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bari, southern Italy, where the remains of the saint are entombed. \u00a0The relics of Saint Nicholas were originally revered at Myra until a group of sailors from Bari took them to their hometown in 1087. \u00a0The Basilica in Bari has become a\u00a0place of pilgrimage for both Western and Eastern Christians, as well as a place of ecumenical dialogue led by the\u00a0Dominican\u00a0priests who staff the basilica.<\/div>\n
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Let us pray.\n

We humbly implore your mercy, Lord:
\nprotect us in all dangers
\nthrough the prayers of the Bishop Saint Nicholas,
\nthat the way of salvation may lie open before us.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\none God, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, pray for us!<\/p><\/div>\n

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