To: NYer
The ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew I, after years of insistence, was finally given the possibility to celebrate mass inside of what is, according to the State, only a museum. A saint which is unknown in Turkey, but is origin of Santa Claus
Kudos to Bartholomew for accomplishing this!
That said I think Santaclaus may mix a few other figures into his visage today. I kind of like remembering St Nicholas as he was...
14 posted on
12/06/2007 10:31:14 AM PST by
kawaii
(Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
To: kawaii
St. Nicholas Saves Three Innocents from Death, Ilya Yefimovich Repin, 188815 posted on
12/06/2007 10:33:10 AM PST by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
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