Is there a St. Nick?
If we understand him to be jovial Santa Claus of parades and department stores, then perhaps we may have outgrown him as we’ve matured. For Christians of the East, however, St. Nicholas is hardly the stuff of legends. Nicholas was already well-known for his great personal sanctity, even before he became Archbishop of Myra in Lycia in what was Asia Minor. Both his parents are also saints. Good and holy parents are like iconographers in the East. Their holiness is indicated by the results of their creative and inspired artistry. St Nicholas’ parents were used by the Holy Spirit to bring to fruition the full stature of Christ in his soul! As he was present for the First Ecumenical Council in AD 325, we definitely know he was born at the end of the third century. That Council was called to condemn the heresy of the Alexandrian monk, Arianism was declared heresy at the Council of Nicaea’, ‘#792412’, ‘#FFFFCC’);” onmouseout=”toolTip();”>Arius, who denied the Divinity of Christ. This was the
