Saint Nicholas of Myra [a] (traditionally 15 March 270 - 6 December 343), [3] [4] [b] also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire. The icon of St Nicholas "of Zarazsk" is one of the most well-known icons in Russia that plays a significant role in the nation's early medieval history. Hailing from the ancient Byzantine colony of Korsun, in the Crimea, the icon of St Nicholas was said to be situated in the church in which Vladimir the Great was baptized in 988.
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St. Nicholas . . . and Compassion, Justice and Other Concerns Articles for Churches Ideas for parish celebration, children's sermons, and an adult discussion guide Articles for Families Ideas for family St. Nicholas customs and activities Links The Real St. Nicholas by John Bookser Feister Meditation on the Icon of St. Nicholas Writing a St Nicholas Icon Writing a Saint Nicholas Icon by Kate Sterner, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, who shares her experience and reflections on writing a Saint Nicholas icon I'm auditing the seminary's iconography class. We are writing St. Nicholas. Download over 511 icons of saint nicholas in SVG, PSD, PNG, EPS format or as web fonts. Flaticon, the largest database of free icons. Saint Nicholas of Bari c.1510 Italian (Florentine) School Christ Church, University of Oxford But why 'of Bari'? Bari, in southern Italy, is associated with Saint Nicholas because of a holy theft in the eleventh century. At the time, the Church had recently split between the Eastern and Western branches - a division known as the Great Schism.
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St Nicholas The British Museum London, England Russia, 15th C St. Nicholas Pectoral Icon The British Museum London, England Russia, ca 1400 Koimesis: Death & Assumption of the Virgin The British Museum London, England Russia, 1900s Saint Nicholas & Drowning Boy Dimitri The British Museum London, England Saint Nicholas Museum of Russian Icons S Saint Nicholas hagiography icons (36 F) U Icons of Saint Nicholas from Ukraine (1 C, 5 F) Media in category "Icons of Saint Nicholas" The following 123 files are in this category, out of 123 total. 000-Batuliya Monastery boarding-house OtecStefanAndLucyAndSergy.JPG 2,816 × 2,112; 2.58 MB St Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, is represented on this large icon. It seems to have been part of the sanctuary screen of an Orthodox church (the iconostasis) as the patronal or 'despotic' icon. If so, the church may have been dedicated to St Nicholas. In Catholic folklore, St. Nicholas is known as Santa Claus, and in Russia he is called Nkolai the Wonderworker. In Old Russia, this early Christian saint was loved and worshiped as one of.
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Saint Nicholas: The Iconography natal day for December 6 According to one legend, at the Council of Nicea St. Nicholas was so angered by the Arian heresy that he slapped one of its defenders on the cheek. As punishment he was forbidden to wear his episcopal insignia. Museum number 1994,0102.1 Title Object: Object: Icon with St Nicholas Description Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on cypress wood, prepared with gesso and linen. The back is plain, but strengthened by modern battens. An inscription identifies the bearded bishop saint as St Nicholas.
St Nicholas Center collection St. Nicholas icons have differing texts, giving the saint varying messages. With thanks to Dr. Vitaly Permiaklov, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, New York. Further reading: "An Essential Nicholas Text" from Icons and Their Interpretation back to top Click to find pages & items! stnickcenter The vita icon in the medieval era By Dr. Paroma Chatterjee Vita icon of St. Nicholas, late 12th to early 13th century, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt The icon is literally the image of a life. Its usual format consists of the magnified central portrait of a saint surrounded by those episodes in his/her biography that made him/her a saint.
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Find Saint Nicholas Icon stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, 3D objects, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. Saint Nicholas was often chosen as the subject for this type of icon and his interesting life became iconographically established early on. The icon seems to date from the seventeenth century, but was the subject of a major renovation in the eighteenth century.
