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To: Kozak

I agree. Nicolas was a Byzantine Greek and the Turks were settled in lands a thousand or more miles east during his lifetime. The Turkish government has no more ancestral claim to St. Nicholas’ remains than I do.


26 posted on 12/25/2013 11:05:30 AM PST by DemforBush (Ice cream, Mandrake? Children's ice cream?)
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To: DemforBush

In addition, when you consider how much the Greeks and Turks love each other, well....


28 posted on 12/25/2013 11:09:32 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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