The Miracle of Saint Nicholas
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Product Details Author:  Format: ISBN: H x W: Date: Pages: Gloria Whelan Hard Cover 1-883937-18-3 10 1/4"  (26.0 cm) x 8 1/4"  (20.9 cm) 1997 32

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A Russian village in the 20th century; Alexi, a boy full of questions; a babushka brimming with memories--and Christmas approaching.  The church has been closed for 60 years.  But once it was "as crowded as a pod full of peas."

"Why can't we celebrate Christmas tomorrow in St. Nicholas?" Alexi asks.

The answer is that it would take a miracle . . . 

St. Nicholas of Myra

Patron Of: Fishermen, Travelers, Russia, Apothecaries, Students, Prisoners, Poor, Mariners, Scholars, Druggists, Brides, Bakers, Merchants, Judges, Children, Brewers, Coopers, Greece, Pawn Brokers, Sicily, Switzerland, Maidens, Boys, School Children, Unmarried Women, Boatmen, Against Imprisonment, Against Robberies, Captives, Murderers Also known as     Klaus; Mikulas; Nicholas of Bari; Nicolaas; Nicolas; Niklas; Santa Claus Memorial     6 December Profile     Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Myra, Lycia (modern Turkey). Generous to the poor, and special protector of the innocent and wronged. Many stories grew up around him prior to his becoming Santa Claus. Some examples:         * Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hard times that he was planning to sell his daughters into prostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house and threw three bags of gold in through the window, saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags, gold generously given in time of trouble, became the three golden balls that indicate a pawn broker's shop.         * He raised to life three young boys who had been murdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide the crime. These stories led to his patronage of children in general, and of barrel-makers besides.         * Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This explains his protection against theft and robbery, and his patronage of them - he's not helping them steal, but to repent and change. In the past, thieves have been known as Saint Nicholas' clerks or Knights of Saint Nicholas           .         * During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce storm blew up, threatening the ship. He prayed over it, and the storm calmed - hence the patronage of sailors and those like dockworkers who work on the sea. Died     c.346 at Myra; relics believed to be at Bari, Italy Canonized     Pre-Congregation Patronage     against imprisonment; against robberies; against robbers; apothecaries; Apulia, Italy; bakers; Bari, Italy; barrel makers; boatmen; boot blacks; boys; brewers; brides; captives; Cas Concos, Spain; children; coopers; dock workers; druggists; Duronia, Italy; fishermen; Fossalto, Italy; Greece; Greek Catholic Church in America; Greek Catholic Unionl grooms; judges; lawsuits lost unjustly; Lecco, Italy; Limerick, Ireland; Liptovský Mikulás, Slovakia; longshoremen; Lorraine; maidens; mariners; merchants; Miklavž na Dravskem polju, Slovenia; murderers; Naples, Italy; newlyweds; old maids; parish clerks; paupers; pawnbrokers; perfumeries; perfumers; pharmacists; pilgrims; poor people; Portsmouth, England; prisoners; Russia; sailors; Sassari, Italy; scholars; schoolchildren; shoe shiners; Sicily; spinsters; students; thieves; travellers; University of Paris; unmarried girls; watermen All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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