St. NicholasArchbishop of Myra in Lycia
the Wonderworker
Holy Hierarch· Gold: Colour of the kings
“...from the very day of his birth revealed to people the light of his future glory.”
Dates of commemoration for saint
9 May (22 May)Translation of relics
6 Dec (19 Dec)Birth
3rd century
Patara, Asia Minor
Death
6 Dec (19 Dec) 342
Myra, Roman Empire
History
- Translation of relics
- 9 May (22 May) 1087
Life path
- Archbishop
- Distributed possessions
Undertakings & Callings
- Fasting
- Preaching
- Asceticism
- Defending the faith
- 1st Ecumenical Council
- Founding a monastery
- Anchorism
- Elderhood
God's Gifts
- Wonderworking
- Incorrupt relics
- Myrrh-streaming relics
Patronage
- Travel
- Floods
- Misfortune
- Poverty
- Wrongful Conviction
- Peacemaking
Sufferings
- Imprisonment
Eras
- Diocletianic Persecution
- Arian heresy
Places
- Jerusalem, Holy Land
- CYPRUS, Greece