Archbishop of Myra
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
At a glance
- Feast
- December 6
- Region
- Myra in Lycia
- Virtues
- charity, courage, steadfastness
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Saint Nicholas lived during the era of persecution and the First Ecumenical Council. As bishop, he rescued the poor from despair, secretly providing dowries and freeing prisoners unjustly condemned, showing that true orthodoxy bears fruit in mercy.
His miracles spread across seas and centuries: calming storms for sailors, appearing in dreams to protect the vulnerable, and answering countless prayers with fatherly care.
Nicholas’s feast and relics draw pilgrims who seek both practical aid and deeper conversion. His life urges believers to combine doctrinal zeal with cheerful generosity.
Troparion
The truth of your deeds has shown you to your flock as a rule of faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance. Therefore you reached the heights by humility and riches by poverty. Father and hierarch Nicholas, intercede with Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion
You revealed yourself in Myra as a priest, O holy Nicholas; for you fulfilled the Gospel of Christ by laying down your soul for your people and saving the innocent from death. Therefore you were sanctified as one learned in divine things.
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