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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬
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St. Nicholas, also known as “Nikolaos of Myra,” was a fourth century saint and Greek bishop of Myra. Nicholas was born in Asia Minor in the Roman Empire as an only child to Christian parents. Nicholas would take nourishment only once on Wednesdays and Fridays, and that in the evening according to the canons. “He was exceedingly well brought up by his parents and trod piously in their footsteps. The child, watched over by the church, enlightened his mind and encouraged his thirst for sincere and true religion.” Both of his parents tragically died during an epidemic when he was a young man, leaving him well off, but to be raised by his uncle – the Bishop of Patara. Nicholas was determined to devote his inheritance to works of charity, and his uncle mentored him as a reader and later ordained him as a presbyter (priest).
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𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.
