Usuku lokuzalwa: Ngomhla wesihlanu kuMatshi ,270
Wafa eneminyaka: 73
Umqondiso welanga: intlanzi
Kwaziwa njenge:ISt. Nicholas, uNikolaos waseMyra, uNikolaos uMmangaliso, uNikolaos waseBari
Ilizwe lokuzalwa: Thekhi
Uzalwe e:IPatara
Idume njenge:Ongcwele ongumKristu
Abangcwele Iinkokheli Zokomoya Nezenkolo
Usweleke kwi: Nge-6 kaDisemba ,343
indawo yokufa:IMyra
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
INgcwele uGeorge I-Saint Dominic UCharles Kingsley Upopu Leo XWayengubani uSanta Nicholas?
INgcwele uNicholas, ekwabizwa ngokuba 'nguNicholas waseMyra' okanye 'uNicholas waseBari,' wayengcwele ngenkulungwane yesine kunye noBhishophu waseGrisi waseMyra (iDemre yanamhlanje, iTurkey). Ukukhuliswa kwindawo yokuthandaza, waba nguBhishophu esemncinci. Wayesaziwa ngokubonelela abahluphekileyo nabasweleyo, kwaye ukwabizwa njengo ‘Nicholas uMsebenzi oMangalisayo,’ ngenxa yemimangaliso eliqela eyamkelweyo kubomi bakhe obuyimbali. ISt. Nicholas yi-Patron Saint yamantombazana angatshatanga, abantwana, oomatiloshe, amabanjwa, abafundi, abarhwebi, kunye neendawo kubandakanya iRussia, iGrisi, iMoscow phakathi kwabanye. Icawa iSt. Nicholas eMyra, apho amathambo akhe agcinwa khona, yaba yindwendwe, kodwa kwiinkulungwane emva kokubhubha kwakhe izinto ezingcwele zafuduselwa eBari, e-Italiya, zafakwa kwi-Basilica di San Nicola. usuku lomthendeleko wakhe lubonwa ngoDisemba 6 njengo-'St. Usuku lukaNicholas 'kunye nabantwana kumazwe aliqela bafumana izipho ngolu suku. Umkhwa wakhe wokupha izipho ngasese waba sisiseko sebali likaSanta Claus, elivela kwigama lakhe lesiDatshi elithi 'Sinterklaas.'
Ityala lemifanekiso wikipedia.org 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/true-remains-saint-behind-santa-myth-believed-found-turkey-008907 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.wordonfire.org/resource/blog/saint-nicholas-and-the-battle-against-christmas/1270/ 
Ityala lemifanekiso http://www.biography.com/people/st-nicholas-204635 Ngaphambili Okulandelayo Obomi bakwangoko Akukho maxwebhu embali afumanekayo ukungqina ubukho bakhe, ngenxa yoko inyani ayinakuqinisekiswa. UNicholas wazalwa nge-circa 280 (ezinye izingqinisiso: 270), kwisixeko esikwizibuko lasePatara, eLiccia, eAsia Minor (namhlanje eyiTurkey). Wayengokuphela komntwana wabazali abangamaKristu abangamaGrike abaziphethe kakuhle, awathi waphulukana naye kubhubhane esemncinci. Utatomncinci wakhe, uBhishophu wasePatara, wamkhulisa. Phantsi koqeqesho lukamalume wakhe, uNicholas wamiselwa njenge-presbyter (umfundisi). Wayezimisele ukusebenzisa ilifa lakhe ukunceda amahlwempu nabasweleyo. Ngexesha lobutsha bakhe, uNicholas waya ePalestine nase-Egypt kwaye ekubuyeni kwakhe, wenziwa u-Bishop wase-Myra. Uyaziwa ukuba uncede abaninzi kwaye wayesaziwa ngomkhwa wakhe wokupha izipho ngasese. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Iintsomi kunye noBomi bamva Njengakwimbali enye yommangaliso, ngaxa lithile xa uSt. UNicolas wayehamba ngenqanawa esiya ‘kwiLizwe eliNgcwele,’ uqhwithela olunamandla lwaphantse lwayiqhekeza inqanawa. Kodwa kamsinya nje emva kokuba uSt. Nicholas eluleka amaza, isaqhwithi sazola. Kungoko ke waziwa njengoMxhasi oNgcwele woomatiloshe. Oodade abathathu abahluphekileyo babengenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokufumana ubomi babo benkonzo yobukhoboka okanye ubuhenyu, kuba utata wabo wayengenayo imali yekhazi yokubatshata. Xa uSt. Nicholas wafunda ngale nto, wasebenzisa ilifa lakhe kwaye ebumnyameni bobusuku, waphosa ibhegi enye yeengqekembe zegolide nganye ngobusuku obuthathu obumnyama, njengekhazi lodade ngamnye. Utata wamantombazana wagcina iwotshi kwaye kubusuku besithathu wabona iSt.Nicholas, kwaye wavakalisa umbulelo wakhe omkhulu. Le yindlela uSt.Nicholas awaba ngumphathi wabaNgcwele bamantombazana angatshatanga. Iingxowa aziphosileyo ngefestile zangena ezihlangwini ezazigcinelwe ukomiswa. Yaqala kanjalo ke inkcubeko yokugcina izihlangu okanye izitokhwe (ukufumana izipho zekrisimesi). Elinye ibali / intsomi ithi umgcini wendlu yokubulala wabulala abantwana abathathu wabafunxa ebhafini yebrine, ukuze ithengiswe njengenyama ngexesha lendlala. Kodwa uSt. UNicolas wabavuselela abo bantwana bathathu, ebanika ubomi obutsha. Nangona yayithathwa ‘njengebali elingenangqondo,’ ngasekupheleni kwexesha eliphakathi, oku kwakudume kakhulu kwaye wayesaziwa njengoMxhasi oNgcwele wabantwana. Emva kokubuya kwakhe ‘kwiLizwe eliNgcwele,’ uSt. UNicholas wenziwa ‘uMbhishophu waseMyra.’ [Njengoko ibali lihamba, emva kokubhubha kukaBhishophu omdala, abefundisi babekhangela ubishophu omtsha. Abona baphezulu kubo babona uThixo ephupheni lakhe kwaye baxelelwa ukuba umntu wokuqala ukungena ecaweni ngentsasa elandelayo wayeza kuba ngubhishophu wabo. INgcwele uNicholas yangena kuqala yenziwa uBhishophu]. Elo yayilixesha ‘Lokutshutshiswa KwamaKristu’ phantsi kolawulo loMlawuli uDiocletian. Njengombingeleli omkhulu wamaKrestu edolophu yakhe, iSt.Nicholas yabanjwa, yathuthunjiswa emva koko yaphoswa entolongweni. Emva kwexesha, ngexesha lolawulo lukaConstantine wenkolo, wakhululwa kunye namanye amaKristu. Ngaphandle kokuba msulwa, amagosa amathathu asebukhosini avalelwa entolongweni ngezityholo zobuxoki aza agwetyelwa ukufa. Amagosa athandaza kuThixo, kwaye uNicholas wabonakala kanye ngexesha lokubulawa, watyhala ikrele lalo mgwebi kananjalo, wakhalimela abagwebi abonakeleyo. Enye inguqulelo ithi, uNicholas wabonakala ephupheni loMlawuli uConstantine kwaye wamazisa ngokungabikho kokusesikweni. Umlawuli wayeka ukubulawa kwangoko. USt. Nicholas ngaxeshanye wayalela iRhuluneli eyonakeleyo u-Eustaathius, owavuma ukuba wamkele ukunyoba ukuze abulale la magosa mathathu. Yiyo loo nto iNgcwele uNicholas enqulwa njengoMxhasi oNgcwele wamabanjwa kunye nommangalelwa ngokungekho mthethweni. Elinye ibali elingummangaliso lithi ngesinye isihlandlo ngexesha lendlala enkulu eMira, inqanawa eyayizele ingqolowa yafika kwizibuko laseMira. ISt. Nicholas yacela amadoda-eenqanawa ukuba athule ingqolowa eMyra yabasweleyo. Kodwa babethandabuza njengoko ingqolowa yayiyeye-Emperor kwaye kwafuneka bayizise ngokobunzima obuchanekileyo. Bavumile kuphela emva kokuba uNicholas ebaqinisekisile ukuba ngekhe kubekho lahleko. Emva kokufika kwikomkhulu, amadoda enqanawa ayothuka akufumanisa ukuba ubunzima bengqolowa abukatshintshi nasemva kokubonelela abasweleyo eMira. Ngowama-325, uSt. UNicholas waya ‘kwiBhunga laseNicaea’ kwaye wayichasa ngamandla iArianism (imfundiso eyayibangelwa nguArius). Kubikwa ukuba wabetha u-Arian ongumkhohlisi (ezinye iingxelo zichaza ukuba wambetha u-Arius ngokwakhe) apho wayevalelwa khona kwaye kamva wakhululwa nguKristu kunye neNtombikazi kaMariya. (Iimpikiswano malunga nobunyani). Ukufa kunye nelifa U-St. Nicholas wayekholelwa ukuba ubhubhe nge-6 kaDisemba, 343. Ngaphambili bekucingelwa ukuba ungcwatyelwe eMyra, kodwa iingxelo zakutshanje zezakudala zithi mhlawumbi wangcwatyelwa kwisiqithi saseTurkey iGemile kwicawa eyakhiwa ngekhulu lesi-4 nangemva koko. ngo-600s, intsalela yakhe yathathwa yaya eMira, eyayikhuselekile kunokuba uhlaselo lwama-Arab lusongela uGemile. Isidumbu sakhe kwathiwa sasikhutshwa lulwelo olucacileyo, olunuka kamnandi, olubizwa ngokuba yi ‘Manna okanye iMore,’ ekukholelwa ukuba lunamandla angummangaliso. Ingcwaba lakhe eMyra laba yindawo yokuhambela. Ngenxa yohlaselo nezisongelo zokuhlaselwa, abanye oomatiloshe baseBari (Apulia, e-Itali) bawathabatha amathambo eSt. Nicholas ngo-1087. [Izidumbu zafika eBari ngoMeyi 9, 1087; ke uMeyi 9 ubonwa ‘njengomhla wokuGuqulela’]. Ngo-1089, ezi ntsalela zabekwa nguPopu Urban II ‘kwiBasilica di San Nicola’ eyayisandul ’ukwakhiwa. Ezinye iziqwenga zezinto ekukholelwa ukuba zazisasazeke kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi. ISt. Nicholas yi-Patron Saint yabantu abaninzi kunye ne-Russia, iGrisi kunye nezixeko zase-Fribourg (Switzerland), iMoscow nezinye ezininzi. Imimangaliso yakhe yayisisihloko esasithandayo kubazobi belo xesha kwaye bafunyanwa bechonyiwe kwiifestile zeglasi zamabandla aliqela kwihlabathi liphela. Isiko (laseYurophu) elithi 'Mfana uBhishophu' laligcinwa kusuku lwakhe lomthendeleko, nge-6 kaDisemba, xa ulutsha lwanyulwa njengo-Bhishophu kwaye wasebenza njengomnye kude kube lusuku lwe 'Ngcwele,' uDisemba 28. Emva koHlaziyo lwamaProtestanti lwe-1500s , kwancipha ukuzinikela. Kodwa uqhubeke nokuba yingcwele ebalulekileyo eHolland kwaye amaDatshi abhiyozela usuku lomthendeleko wakhe ngezipho ezifihlakeleyo zabantwana. AmaDatshi ambiza ngokuba 'nguSint Nikolaas' okanye 'Sinterklaas' kwaye ngo-1700 abafuduki abangamaDatshi baphatha intsomi yesi sipho-sinika uSt. UNicholas eMelika. Utshintsho oluninzi kamva, waba nguSanta Claus, indoda enobubele, ehlekisayo ezisa izipho ngexesha leholide yeKrisimesi.
