Biography of Nikolai Mirliki

Attention, this article is not yet over and contains only part of the necessary information, an article from the Tree Encyclopedia: Drevo-Info. Zakinf on the way from the world of Lycian to Bari Greek. His parents were pious Christians, merciful to the poor and diligent to God. Until old age, they did not have children; In constant hot prayer, they asked the Almighty to give them a son, promising to devote him to serving God.

Their prayer was heard: the Lord gave them a son, who, under the Holy Baptism, received the name Nikolai, which means in Greek-"winning the people." The legend was preserved that during the baptism, when the rite was very long, the future saint, not supported by anyone, stood in the font for three hours. All the unusual behavior of the child showed parents that he would become the great saint of God, so they paid special attention to his upbringing and tried, first of all, to inspire the son of Christianity and direct him to righteous life.

The lad soon comprehended, thanks to rich talents, led by the Holy Spirit, a book wisdom. Having managed in the teaching, the lad Nikolai also managed to in a pious life. He was not occupied by empty conversations of peers: an infectious example of a partnership leading to something thin, he was alien. Avoiding vain sinful entertainment, the lad Nikolai was distinguished by an exemplary chastity and avoided all unclean thoughts.

Almost all the time he spent in reading the Holy Scriptures, in the exploits of fasting and prayer. To the temple of God was such love that he sometimes spent whole days and nights there in Godfine prayer and reading divine books. Presbyter pious life of young Nicholas soon became known to all residents of the city of Patara. Soon he was dedicated to the presbyter.

Having accepted the priest, St. Nicholas began to spend an even more stringent ascetic life. By deep humility, he accomplished his spiritual exploits alone. But the Providence of God was pleased that the virtuous life of the saint directed others on the path of truth. Uncle the bishop went to Palestine, and the Office of his diocese entrusted his nephew to the presbyter.

Saint Nicholas all his soul surrendered to the fulfillment of the difficult duties of the bishopric administration.

He made a lot of good to his flock, showing wide charity. By that time, his parents died, leaving him a rich inheritance, which he completely used to help the poor. The following case testifies, moreover, about his extreme humility. One poor man lived in the patars, who had three boys of beauty. He was so poor that he had nothing to marry his daughters. The unfortunate father had a need to terrible thought - to sacrifice the honor of their daughters and extract the funds necessary for their dowry from their beauty.

But St. Nicholas, having received a revelation from the Lord about the criminal intention of his father, decided to save him from bodily poverty in order to save his family from spiritual death. Taking a large knot with gold, at midnight, when everyone was sleeping and could not see him, he went to the hut of the unfortunate father and threw gold inside the window, and he hastily returned home.

In the morning, his father found gold, but could not know who was his secret benefactor. Deciding that the Providence of God himself sent him this help, he thanked the Lord and soon was able to marry the eldest daughter. One of the following nights, the saint also secretly threw another bag of gold through the window into the pool of the poor. Father soon married the second daughter, firmly hoping that the Lord would in the same way grace mercy and the third daughter.

But he decided at all costs to find out his secret benefactor and worthy of thanking him. To do this, he did not sleep nights, waiting for his parish. Soon the good shepherd of Christ came for the third time. Hearing the ringing of the fallen gold, his father hastily left the house and caught up with his secret benefactor. Having learned in him St. Nicholas, he fell at his feet, kissed them and thanked him as a liberator from spiritual death.

The pilgrimage to Palestine, upon the return of his uncle from Palestine, St. Nicholas himself gathered there. On the way on the ship, he showed a gift of deep insight and miracles: he foresaw the advancing cruel storm and prayed her with the power of his prayer. Soon here on the ship he performed a great miracle, resurrecting the young man of the sailor, who fell from the mast to the deck and crashed to death.

On the way, the ship often molested the shore. St. Nicholas everywhere attached concerns to the healing of the ailments of local residents: he healed some of the incurable diseases, expelled the evil spirits that tormented them, and finally gave comfort in sorrows. All the inhabitants of this village are Orthodox; There are two Orthodox churches, of which one, in the name of St.

Nicholas, is built in the place where the saint once lived in a cave, now serving the place of worship.There is a legend that while visiting the holy places of Palestine, St. Nicholas wished to pray in the temple one night; He went to the door closed to the castle, and the doors with the action of the wonderful force themselves opened so that the saint could enter the temple and fulfill the pious desire of his soul.

Saint Nicholas wanted to stay in Palestine forever, retire from people and secretly gather in front of the heavenly father. But the Lord was pleased that such a lamp of faith would not stay under the desert, but brightly illuminated the Lycian country. And so, by excitement from above, the pious presbyter returned to his homeland. The herbalism in Cyprus, according to some information, in the first half of the 4th century, St.

Nicholas, for a short period, lived a hermit in Cyprus, near the city of Paf. Information about the construction of the monastery by the Monk Euthychius and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was discovered by the Ephraim of Athenian in an ancient parchment manuscript, which at that time was in the sacristy of this monastery [3]. In the quiet solitude of monastic cells, he thought to stay for life.

But once, standing in prayer, he heard the voice: “Nikolai! You must enter into service to the people if you want to get a crown from me! Obeying this command, St. Nicholas retired from the monastery and the place of residence chose not his city in the Patars, where everyone knew him and rendered him honors, but the big city of the worlds, the capital and Metropolitan of the Lycian land, where, by noble, he could rather avoid worldly glory.

He lived as a beggar, he had no where to lean his head, but inevitably visited all church services. The archbishop of the entire Lycian country John died. To choose a new archbishop, all local bishops gathered in worlds. Many were proposed to the election of smart and honest people, but there was no general consent. The bishops prayed diligently to God, asking to indicate the most worthy face.

One of the oldest bishops appeared in a vision by a husband, illuminated by unearthly light, and ordered that night to become a temple in this night and notice who the first to come to the temple for the morning service: this is the husband who is pleasing to the Lord, whom the bishops should put by his archbishop; His name was open - Nikolai. The elder bishop announced the revelation of others, who, in the aspiration of the mercy of God, still strengthened their prayers.

With the onset of the night, the elder became the bishop in the party of the temple, waiting for the arrival of the chosen one. Saint Nikolai, standing out of midnight, came to the temple. He was stopped by the elder and asked about the name. He quietly and modestly answered: “I am called Nikolai, the slave of your shrine, Vladyko! He took his hand and led him to the cathedral of bishops.

Everyone happily accepted him and put him in the middle of the temple. Despite the night, the news of a wonderful election spread throughout the city; A lot of people gathered. The elder, the bishop, who has been approved by visions, addressed everyone with the words: “Accept, the brethren, his shepherd, whom the Holy Spirit anointed for you and to whom he entrusted the management of your souls.

Not the human cathedral, but the court of God set it. Now we have the one we were waiting for, accepted and found who we were looking for. Under his wise leadership, we can safely hope to appear to the Lord on the day of His glory and judgment! The whole day the great archpastor did the work of piety and pastoral ministry. The doors of his house were open to everyone: he accepted everyone with love and cordiality, being a father for orphans, for the poor - a nutrient, for crying - a comforter, for oppressed - an intercessor.

His flock flourished. The persecution of Diocletian but the days of testing were approaching. The Church of Christ was persecuted by Emperor Diocletian GG. The temples were destroyed, divine and liturgical books were burned; Bishops and priests consisted in prison and indulged in torture. All Christians were subjected to all sorts of insults and torment. The persecution came to the Lycian Church.

In these difficult days, St. Nicholas supported his flock in faith, loudly and openly preaching the name of God, for which he was imprisoned in a dungeon, where he did not cease to strengthen faith among prisoners and affirmed them in a strong confession of the Lord so that they were ready to suffer for Christ. The successor of Diocletian Galeria ceased to persecute.

Saint Nicholas, upon leaving the dungeon, again occupied the Mirskaya department and surrendered to the performance of his high duties with even more jealousy. He became famous for especially jealousy in the assertion of the Orthodox faith and the eradication of paganism and heresies. Wanting to put the world in the herd of Christ, shocked by the heresy of the Ariyan of the False Lie, the Equal -to -the -Apostles Emperor Konstantin the Great convened the I Ecumenical Council of the year in Nicaeus, where three hundred and eighteen bishops gathered under the chairmanship of the emperor; The teachings of Aria and his followers were condemned here.

There is a legend that during one of the conciliar meetings, without enduring the blasphemy Aria, St. Nicholas hit this heretic on the cheek. The fathers of the cathedral considered such an act an excess of jealousy, deprived St. Nicholas the advantage of his bishop San - Omophore and enclosed him in a prison tower.But soon they were convinced of the correctness of St. Nicholas, especially since many of them had a vision when, before their eyes, our Lord Jesus Christ gave St.

Nicholas the Gospel, and the Blessed Virgin Mary put an mofor on him. They freed him from the imprisonment, returned the previous san and glorified him as a great saint of God. However, there is no mention of this story or the fact of the participation of St. Nicholas in the I universal Cathedral. According to some researchers, this may indicate that the case described in life did not occur in the I Ecumenical, but at some local cathedral.

The local tradition of the Nicene Church not only correctly retains the memory of St. Nicholas, but also sharply distinguishes it from the number of three hundred and eighteen fathers, whom he considers to be all his patrons. Even the Turks-Muslims have deep respect for the saint: in the tower, they until now carefully store the dungeon where this great husband was concluded.

The activity of the saint after the Council of St. Nikolai Miroliki, caring for the spiritual needs of his flock, St. Nicholas did not neglect the satisfaction of their bodily needs. When a great hunger came in Likia, a good shepherd, to save the starving, created a new miracle: one merchant loaded a large ship with bread and on the eve of departure to the west saw in a dream of St.

Nicholas, who ordered him to deliver all the bread to Lichia, because he buys all the load from him and gives him three gold coins. Waking up, the merchant was very surprised to find three gold coins in his hand. He realized that this was a command from above, brought bread to Lichia, and the starving were saved. Here he spoke about the vision, and citizens learned their archbishop according to his description.

Even during his lifetime, St. Nicholas became famous as a pacifier of the warring, the defender of the innocently convicted and the deliverer from a vain death.