St. Nicholas was born in Patara in Lycia, in Asia Minor, the Mediterranean Sea pribrije'iju, parents Theophanes and Nona, at the time of the Roman Emperor Valerian. As a child, Nicholas showed unusual mental gifts. When he grew up and learned his school, he wanted to enter the priesthood, and by his uncle, Archbishop produce a priest of Peace.
When Nicholas died parents, who were very wealthy, he started from his inheritance to help the poor, distributing alms to the poor girl and udavajuci. After the death of his uncle, the bishops and priests of the Lycian fields, amends to elect a new archbishop and agree to choose the most valuable and most accurate in the performance of their duties. Since they are convinced that it was Nikola such, chose him as archbishop mirlikijskog.
As Archbishop Nicholas was teaching the people in the faith, not only in church, but also in homes, on the streets and everywhere. The young man is advised, visited the sick, the prisoners was buying and released him, he comforted the weeping and sinners pointing the way and ways to improve.
But when there was a fierce persecution of Christians under the emperor Diocletian, Nicholas liked the dungeons and it spent a lot of years, until Emperor Constantine gave no freedom to everyone, so no one comes back to his archiepiscopal chair.
When the then emperor Constantine convened the first Ecumenical Council of Nicea, Nicholas was a member of the Council, which condemned Arius and his teaching. Of zeal for the pure faith, struck Arius in the face.
Since Helen at that time found the cross of Christ in Jerusalem, many began to visit the holy places. And no one has visited all the holy places. In this way There have been many strange cases. It is said that when the saint is attached but the sea, he foretold the storm. The sailors, knowing all the signs of the sea, ridiculed as Nicholas talks about things that unreasonable, saying that the storm will be. But soon navuko'e thick black clouds zaduva'e strong winds and terrible storms begin to rage. Everyone on the boat were afraid, expecting that at any moment become victims zapenu'anih waves. Nicholas fell to God in prayer, and the clouds parted, the wind stopped and the storm subsided.
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