Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
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August 2, 2024
I advise everyone to go to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker!
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May 21, 2022
After visiting this holy temple, grace descends and our souls become cleaner, a soulful place, if you are nearby, be sure to come and touch the holy and miraculous places, that's where you really realize what the holy land and faith are....
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November 3, 2024
The place is cool. Only the entrance price was raised to nowhere.
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June 29, 2023
I recommend everyone to visit this magical place!Be sure to take a guide, this is a cool place and interesting facts, new emotions
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October 17, 2024
A historical place. Everything is interesting.
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May 21, 2023
We were at a hotel nearby (4 km), walked to the church. The ticket price was 250 lire on May 11, 2023. There were few people. I really liked the inside, it's fascinating.
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August 14, 2024
It's an amazing place. Very impressive.
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October 23, 2024
As some guide said, it is a very powerful place in terms of energy, even for those who do not really believe in the topic of religion.
Admission is 15 euros per person, I recommend paying extra for an audio tour.
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March 6, 2024
It makes no sense to describe the historical component. Just one thing, don't buy the tour. Voice guide only. The rest is all a hoax.
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November 20, 2021
In the 4th century, the good priest Nicholas served as archbishop in the city of Mira (now Demre) in Lycia, helping the suffering, especially poor families with children. 17 centuries have passed, much has been erased from memory, but information that Nicholas the Wonderworker was buried in this place in a marble sarcophagus is passed down from generation to generation. A church was previously built over the resting place of St. Nicholas, but in the 6th century it was destroyed by an earthquake. In 1042, under Emperor Constantine, the basilica was restored. In later times (most likely under the Ottomans), the relics of the Saint were found here and transported by merchants to Bari, in Christian Italy.
The church is inactive, but there are many pilgrims, especially our compatriots. You can light a candle and pray. A service is being held on Nikola Zimny.
The temple has survived a lot: over the past centuries, many cultural layers have grown around it, and now it is 5-6 meters below ground level. A mudslide descended on the building from the mountains. To clean the church of clay, large funds were required, they were allocated by the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. It is all the more surprising that after so many trials frescoes are visible on the walls, and an 11th-century mosaic is on the floor. A protective dome has been installed over the religious building with the money of Patriarch Alexy II.
The Turkish government also supports the cathedral. Restoration is underway, but there are not enough funds. Those who decide to travel to Demre should remember that the terrain is mountainous, serpentine, it is difficult to pass it, but such is the fate of a pilgrim - to overcome difficulties on the path of faith.
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June 9, 2023
A wonderful holy place.There are preserved frescoes from the time of Nicholas the Wonderworker. The sarcophagus of St. Nicholas. A very interesting temple, two monuments to Nicholas the Wonderworker. I highly recommend visiting.
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November 22, 2023
A small church with a miraculous icon. But in order to get inside, you need to pay an additional entrance fee of about $ 20. Which, in my opinion, is a bit expensive.
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August 22, 2023
We were at the service in honor of the birthday of Nicholas the Wonderworker ! Although it is a museum, but Nicholas the Wonderworker served there! It was a strong spiritual uplift for us!
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January 20, 2024
Tourist divorce
Entrance to the temple is paid, there are shops around that sell icons at incredibly high prices - from 5000 rubles for a small icon
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August 27, 2023
It's a very wonderful place. And if you realize that a holy man was alive here, then the emotions of visiting such a place are priceless.
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August 25, 2024
A place where peace reigns
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October 18, 2024
An island of Christianity in the Islamic world
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July 25, 2022
I really wanted to visit this temple, a place with a special energy. But! The heart breaks from the way the temple is located, you can't look without tears. It is especially insulting that the guides try to impose huge expenses in this place as much as possible, equating such a place to a source of money. There are several points of sale passing into each other on the tour, do not rush to spend money immediately, look around, go to the temple first, and then it will become clear what you want to buy. If at least a small part of the sales had been spent on the temple, it would have been restored long ago. How should the Orthodox community pay attention to this problem??? 🙏
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October 29, 2023
A small church, it's not cheap, of course, even very, but I'm glad we got to this area, of course it's impossible not to visit. There is an audio guide.
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September 3, 2024
The place is a must-visit
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March 30, 2024
Be sure to take a guide. Without it, it's just empty walls. I was amused by the phrase in front of the sarcophagus - "do not burn candles! This is a museum!" The sarcophagus of the saint itself is covered with notes with requests.
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May 18, 2024
A very expensive ticket
It is cheaper according to the museum's map, but it is only for locals
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September 12, 2023
It's impressive. We had a Russian-speaking guide who was thoroughly familiar with the topic. It was really interesting.
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August 9, 2024
A beautiful temple! I advise you to take headphones
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February 14, 2023
We went on an excursion, we liked it very much, we asked for the blessing of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, we touched the altar. Yes, the girls went with us, they are already going for the second time to thank the Miracle Worker for his help in fulfilling the wish. The place is magical, that they asked for help in everything, let's go to the second oasis to thank
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September 12, 2024
A story that can be touched
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November 19, 2023
I did not enter the territory, the entrance is 350 liras. The Italians stole the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and keep them, they do not want to return them, an empty sarcophagus is in place. So we need a charter to Italy
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January 6
It's expensive, but interesting.
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March 2, 2024
A unique place where St. Nicholas the Wonderworker served and prayed.
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January 16
A Christian church. Admission is 17 euros.
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May 4, 2024
It's beautiful, but the prices for entrance tickets are just terrible, so we were content with the view from behind the fence
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October 12, 2024
A wonderful, bright place!
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August 7, 2023
Excavations are still being carried out in the church. Before visiting, the purchase of silver icons is strongly imposed. They are very expensive.
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October 7, 2024
A must-visit.
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January 7
A beautiful historical place, I recommend
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October 10, 2021
I highly recommend visiting the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra in the city of Demre.
Energetically, it is a very strong and salty place. In the niches of the church you can see the faces of saints, and in one of them there is a sarcophagus made of white marble, where all visitors pray to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The photo I attached shows what the temple looks like now and how the church, completed after restoration, should look like. I really hope that all Orthodox Christians will support the desire to bring the restoration work begun to a logical end, which began back in 1858, but were stopped by the Turkish authorities.
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July 11, 2024
Only 3000rubles is expensive. This huge temple is beautiful!
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September 20, 2023
We visited the Church of St. NICHOLAS for the first time!! An amazing place, a place of power!
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March 30, 2023
We drove by car on our own.I really liked the temple, a place of power.There are a lot of amazing and congenial things.A must-visit!))
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July 18, 2024
They fenced it off, made a paid entrance with a very short tour
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October 26, 2024
A great holy place
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October 15, 2023
A good historical place, worth a visit. I was in this church 20 years ago, nothing has changed, except the roof was made
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November 15, 2024
Beautiful and interesting
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May 23, 2024
Admission is 17€. A holy place . I go to St. Nicholas every year
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October 13, 2024
Very expensive entrance 17 euros
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December 10, 2023
A place of power. It is necessary to stay here for a long time and feel the holy antiquity.
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July 28, 2024
That's cool, old man.
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July 28, 2021
Everything is beautiful, everything is wonderful, everything is like everywhere 🤷♂️ the only thing that I liked right up to the puppy squeal is a rented car in Antalya and the trip itself here! Oooh this feeling, on the right there are rocks, on the left there is a cliff in the sea and a serpentine! Take a convertible and you will always remember this day when you drive along the coast from Finike to Demre and back! I advise everyone! Well, for one thing, see the church of Santa Claus (St. Nicholas in our language if) 😎
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August 3, 2021
A wonderful place, with a special energy. I recommend taking with you: a headdress, candles (if possible, buy in advance, because it is expensive on site. Prices start from $ 5), matches / lighter, icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (similar to the prices for candles - the smallest plastic one that fits in the palm of a child's hand is $ 5) and write a note asking him. We were there in July 2021, we purchased the tour from the Pegasus tour operator. The guide told us everything in great detail and interestingly. We learned a lot of facts from the life of the Saint. The guide allowed us to light the candles, and after prayer we put them out. The notes were left by those who wished. There were a lot of buses with local Turkish tourists. Their women were dressed more decently than ours, for which it was a shame... Once again, I emphasize that although this place is now a museum, but still services are held in it and even the locals honor it. In Russia, they do not go to the temple in this form. So why is it possible to go to a Saint abroad as to the beach?! I recommend you to visit.
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March 16, 2023
I've been dreaming for a long time. Grace and peace. It is surprising that everything has been preserved in a decent way. Restoration is partially underway. I was lucky that there were few visitors.
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