Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
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D400 Demre Cumhuriyet Cad-1
660 m
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October 2
Today we went on an excursion to the church of St. Nicholas, to the place of his burial and then went to the flooded city of Kekova. It is interesting and informative. But all this is thanks to our Coral Travel guide named Erdogan. We were just lucky to have him. If it wasn't for his fascinating story all the way both in the temple and on the way on the ship, it would have been banal stuff from Coral. There is something to compare it with. We constantly take excursions from Coral, but today it is the highest class of intelligence and knowledge shown by Erdogan. Passionate about the history of his country, he tried to convey information clearly to all of us. I am proud of my country, thank him very much! He speaks Russian very well and correctly, respectfully and it was a pleasure to listen to him! We ask you to raise his salary! Thanks to such professionals, the level of service from the company as a whole increases and we will remember it for a long time!
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August 17
If you find yourself in Turkey, then you definitely should not visit the church of St. Nicholas!
St. Nicholas really lived and died in this city in the 4th century. And in the city of Mira, which was the capital of ancient Lycia, already in the 5th century there was either a tomb or a church erected in honor of the most revered priest by the townspeople. After a powerful earthquake, a cruciform basilica was erected here in the 6th century, which, however, was soon destroyed by the Saracens... In 1042, the church was restored again by Emperor Constantine Monomakh. The fame of Nicholas and rumors about the miraculous myrrh emanating from the sarcophagus quickly spread throughout the Christian world, and soon the relics of the Saint were taken away by the Italians. Or barbarously stolen, as the Turks believe. In subsequent years, earthquakes and mudslides engulfed the church, and it was only thanks to the support of Russian Tsar Nicholas I that large-scale archaeological and restoration work was carried out in the 19th century, when the building and its interior were practically dug into the centuries-old mud. In Soviet times, our state did not need the church and stood open to all winds until the end of the 20th century, until the Turkish Ministry of Culture took over it.
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October 6
While on vacation in Turkey, we were lucky enough to visit such a wonderful place - the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the ancient city of Demre (formerly Mira) where St. Nicholas the Wonderworker lived and preached.I was glad to see with my own eyes this is such an important place for the Orthodox, although for Turkey it is a historical museum and excursions take place there, but this does not lose its importance.nearby there is a church shop where you can buy icons, candles, all of them are extremely beautiful, they are made either on Mount Athos or in the Italian city of Bari you can buy and attach to the sarcophagus, where the relics of the Saint were previously located.before the Italians kidnapped them.having visited this wonderful place, I still think it's probably for the best that now the relics are kept in Bari, because the Italians greatly honor Nicholas the Wonderworker and services are held there, they honor him on a grand scale, from small to large!Unfortunately, I found out late that the archaeological museum in Antalya also houses the holy relics of the Wonderworker, there was no time to visit him!
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