One of the most famous stories about Nicholas brings to mind three girls who couldn’t get married because their father’s business had lost all its money. In those days, the only way a girl could get married is if her parents had a big sum of money to give, called a dowry. But these girls’ father didn’t have money for a dowry. So, the only option for these girls was to be sold into slavery or worse. Nicholas heard about this poor family and came up with a plan. Late at night he tossed a sock full of gold coins through the oldest daughter’s bedroom window. People were surprised when, not long after this, the girl married a good husband. She told them that she was able to marry because she found a dowry in a sock on her floor. Soon after this, Nicholas again tossed another sock full of money through the second daughter’s window. Soon, she also married. But a few nights later, when Nicholas crept up to the house with a sock full of money for the third daughter, he found all the windows were shut. So, he did what sneaky boys sometimes like to do; he climbed up on their roof and dropped it down the chimney, landing in the girl’s shoes, which had been set right up against to the firepl
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Saint Nicholas Day or the Feast of Saint Nicholas is a Christian Festival celebrated every December in honor of Saint Nicholas, a saint revered for his extreme generosity to children.
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The Life of Saint Nicholas
- St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children, sailors, merchants, thieves, and pawnbrokers.
- He was of Greek descent and was born during the third century in the village of Patara. He lived most of his life in the nearby town of Myra (both of which were part Lycia, present-day Turkey).
- The name “Nich
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NicholasFull-length icon by Jaroslav Čermák, showing Saint Nicholas with a halo, dressed in clerical garb, and holding a book of the scriptures in his left hand while making the hand gesture for the sign of the cross with his right
- Defender of Orthodoxy
- Wonderworker
- Holy Hierarch
- Bishop of Myra
Born Traditionally 15 March
Patara, Lycia et Pamphylia, Roman EmpireDied Traditionally 6 December () (aged 73)
Myra, Diocese of Asia, Roman EmpireVenerated in All Christian denominations which venerate saints Major shrine Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy Feast Attributes Vested as a bishop. In Eastern Christianity, wearing an omophorion and holding a Gospel Book. Sometimes shown with Jesus Christ over one shoulder, holding a Gospel Book, and with the Theotokos over the other shoulder, holding an omophorion, holding three golden balls or coins Patronage - Children
- coopers
- travelers
- sailors
- fishermen
- merchants
- broadcasters
- the falsely accused
- repentant thieves
- brewers
- pharmacists
- archers
- pawnbrokers
- unmarried people
- Prilep
- Aberdeen
- Galway
- Russia
- Greece
- Hellenic
Saint Nicholas
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When Saint Nicholas was a little boy, he shared all of his toys and gifts happily. His parents were really wealthy, and they bought wonderful things for him. No matter what he got, he shared with his friends.
Saint Nicholas was always looking for ways to help people. He became a priest after his mother and father died, and, little by little, he gave all of his riches away. I think it made him happy to make other people happy.
Once he went to buy some bread and cheese for lunch. While he was walking into the supermarket, he heard two wealthy men talking on the street. They were saying that it was a shame their friend Osman was not able to afford a wedding for his daughters.
"Poor old Osman lost all his money," one man said "Now his daughters will never be able to marry."
"Sure is a pity," the other fellow said. "They just don't have any money to buy a husband."
"That's right!" the other man replied. "No dowry, no husband."
Now Saint Nicholas was curious. He knew exactly where Osman lived, and he decided to pay him a visit. You see, it wasn't a big city like New York or Chica
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