Umkhosi weSt. Nicholas uvame ukugujwa ngoDisemba 19. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona usuku lwehlobo lukaNicholas, oluwela ngoMeyi 22.
Saint Nicholas nezimangaliso zakhe
AmaKristu angama-Orthodox ahlonipha uNicholas uMmangalisa njengomunye wabaNgcwele abaqakathekile emva koMama kaNkulunkulu.
Inhliziyo kaNicholas the Wonderworker yayihlale ivulekile kubantu. Ngezenzo ezinhle zeNgcwelengcwele yizinganekwane ezitshela ukuthi wasiza abampofu nabaswelekile, futhi izingane zibeka ngokuyimfihlo izinhlamvu zemali nokudla ezicathulweni ngemuva komnyango. UNicholas Wonderworker ungumgcini ohloniphekile wabashayeli nabasolwandle.
Ngokwemithandazo yakhe, ukuphulukiswa okumangalisayo kwenzeka, ngisho nokuvuselelwa kwabafileyo, iziphepho ezithwala olwandle, umoya wawuthwala umkhumbi ngendlela efanele. ISonto liyazi amacala amaningi lapho amakheli okuthandaza eSt. Nicholas ngisho nangemva kokufa kwakhe waba izibonakaliso.
Ngosuku lukaSt. Nicholas the Wonderworker kubalulekile ukujabulisa abathandekayo ngokunakekelwa nesipho esingokomoya, ukunikeza izipho.
St. Nicholas - iholidi lamaKatolika
EYurophu, amaholide kaKhisimusi aqala ngoDisemba 6, futhi uKhisimusi ugujwa ngo-25. Futhi ngoDisemba 6 iSonto LamaKatolika lihlonipha uSt. Nicholas the Wonderworker, umgcini wezinsizwa zabantwana abancane nabahambi.
Ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-10, kuleli holide, iSt. Nicholas Day, abafundi besikole samapaki eCologne Cathedral banikezwa amaswidi. Ngemva kwendlu ngayinye eJalimane baqala ukufaka amasokisi nezicathulo, lapho uSt. Nicholas ebeka khona izipho zezingane ezilalelayo. Kodwa-ke, ekupheleni kweholidi, bonke abantwana bazama ukungabi yize, ngakho akekho oshiywa ngaphandle kwezipho.
Lo mkhuba usakazeka masinyane phakathi kwamaKatolika kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ukuhlonishwa kukaSt. Nicholas Katolika kwavela nomlingiswa onjengoSanta Claus , ovame ukuphatha izipho futhi afeze izifiso ezifihlakele kakhulu.