Nicholas i Wonderworker

Ngokutsho Life, St Nicholas wazalwa kwinkulungwane III kwi lithanga Greek encinane ogama ePatara, apho ibekwe kweli phondo laseRoma waseLikiya. Nangona inkangeleko kunye nenkcubeko yalo mmandla bekukho i lamaGrike. Nicholas nobuntwana yakhe unqulo, waza wagqiba ukunikela ubomi bakhe ubuKristu.

Kuthathwa ukuba abazali Nicholas baba zizityebi. yonke intsapho wayehlala ePatara, waseLikiya, kwaye kulapho Nicholas wafumana imfundo yaseprayimari. Emva kokusweleka kwabazali bakhe, yena ilifa yonke ithamsanqa labo, kodwa ndagqiba ekubeni ndilunike yona sa.

Ukuqala ezenziwa uNicholas njengokuba umbingeleli, uthathwa ukuba lixesha nasisihlo kwabalawuli ezimbini baseRoma Maximian (walawula iminyaka 286-305) noDiocletian (walawula iminyaka 284-305). Unyaka-303 anikwa kugqalwe woMlawuli uDiocletian, leyo lwanika intshutshiso rhoqo amaKristu kubo bonke obo bukhosi.

Emva zombini umlawuli nethe iBhodi ngoMeyi 1, iminyaka 305, ezihlangwini zabo isigqibo ukutshintsha inkqubo kwayo amaKristu.

Inxalenye ntshona bukhosi wakhululwa ukusuka intshutshiso rhoqo zamaKristu, wabulela Constance yeKhlorini (walawula iminyaka 305-306). Kwicala elingasempuma, umlawuli omtsha uGalerius waqhubeka intshutshiso 311 ngonyaka th. Kunyaka wakhe wokugqibela wokulawula, neegalari ezo ekubeni kufuphi ekufeni, ekhutshwe sibubona Ukuvumela. Intshutshiso, eyathatha ukususela 303 311, zithathwa ukuba mde kwimbali bukhosi.

Emva kokufa uGalerius, yena wakhululana noLicinius (walawula iminyaka 307-324), futhi wabaphatha amaKristu ubukhulu becala ukunyamezeleka, kunjalo, amaKristu baqalisa ukuphuhlisa uluntu. libhekisela nje kwesi sihlandlo sexesha, xa St Nicholas yaba ubhishophu ehlabathini (waseLikiya yamandulo kwi baseRoma uBukhosi, ngoku ekuthiwa Demre idolophu, sime kwiphondo Turkish of Antalya).

Ngaphezu koko, Nicholas ungasibaleli iitempile intshabalalo Yobuhedeni eziliqela, phakathi nguwuphi Artemis itempile (eyaziwa ngokuba Diane ngaphezulu).

Ngokutsho ngokwesithethe, Nicholas waye okwethutyana kuhluthwa isidima sakhe Episcopal ngo-325, ngexesha kwiBhunga zeformula, kuba udubuleke ebusweni qhekeko ka-Arius (umdlali uNicholas).

Eyaziwa ngokuba umkhuseli ka Nicholas nabo owadl. Wayedla owabahlangulayo abantu abanjalo ukusuka bayahlelwa niyohlwaywa eyeke. Ngaphezu koko, kukho imithandazo zabahambi Nicholas noomatiloshe.