ʻO nā hoʻokolohua e pili ana i nā palena o nā paia: nā mea huna o ke kino o San Nicola

ʻO kekahi o nā haipule i aloha ʻia e ka moʻomeheu Katolika he mea kānalua ʻole ia ʻo St. Nicholas. kāna ʻahaʻaina no ka poʻe Kakolika ma ka lā 6 o Kēkēmapa. Kaulana kaulana ʻia ʻo St. Nicholas i waena o nā hoʻomana Orthodox i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma nā ʻāina Hikina hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka inoa ʻo Santa Claus.

No Turkey mai ʻo St. Nicholas a ma hope o kona wae ʻia ʻana i kahuna ma Myra ma ke kūlanakauhale hoʻokahi ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i Pīhopa. Nui ka kaulana o Saint i kona manawa no nā hana like ʻole i hana ʻia i loko o ka hoʻomana Karistiano i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Bihopa e ka Ekalesia o Roma e like me ia e kū nei i kēia manawa akā pili pono nā poʻe mai kā lākou aloha iā ia. no kāna mau hana a me kāna hana aloha Karistiano.

I ʻItalia aia ma ka liʻiliʻi he iwakālua kūlanakauhale kaulana a kaulana hoʻi i hoʻolaʻa i ka hoʻomana iā St. Nicholas ma kahi pae haipule me nā hoʻolauleʻa a me nā liturgies akā ma ka pae kivila me nā ʻahaʻaina patronal.

Hoʻolahalaha ka hoʻomana o St. Nicholas ma ʻEulopa. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai ma mua, ma ka hoʻohui o nā ʻāina Hikina, hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ʻo Saint Nicholas ma Lukemapuka, Netherlands, Kuikilana a me Pelekiuma. Kaukaʻi ʻia i ka ʻāina, manaʻo ʻia ka Saint ka pale o nā luina, nā kauka lāʻau, nā lawaiʻa, nā keiki kula, nā loio a me nā wahine hoʻokamakama. I ka pōkole, kahi haipule ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa i kaulana a ʻike ʻia no nā makahiki 1500 a ʻoi paha i hoʻohanohano ʻia kāna hoʻomana i ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

I kēia manawa i hala iho nei, eia naʻe he paio e pili ana i ke kino a me nā relic o St. Nicholas. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i Myra ma Turkey kahi i noho ai ʻo St. Nicholas a he bihopa ia, ua ʻike ʻia kahi hale kupapaʻu e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā archaeologists kūloko ke kino o ka haipule.

Ua kūʻē koke ke Diocese o Bari i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua kapa ʻia ka Saint ma Italia ʻo San Nicola di Bari, no ka mea i ka 1087 ʻaihue ʻia nā relics o ka Saint e ka poʻe o Bari a e like me ka diocese kūloko o ka mōʻaukala maoli ka i kākau moʻolelo ʻia a loaʻa nā hōʻike i kā lākou waiwai.

"ʻO ka mea a ko Turks e koi ai ʻaʻohe kumu o ka mōʻaukala a archaeological paha - wahi a Makua Gerardo Cioffari o ka Centro Studi Nicolaiani - lawelawe kēia mau mea i nā Turks wale nō e hana i nā ʻoihana e pili ana i ke kiʻi o Santa Claus".

No laila, e like me ka mea hoʻolaha o ka Bari Church, ʻo ka hoʻolaha i hoʻolaha ʻia e nā Turks he mea hoʻopunipuni wale ia e pili ana i ka ʻoihana e pili ana i ka inoa o ka Saint. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma Tureke, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka kaulana a St. Nicholas ma mua o ka Italia, no laila e like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai ma mua ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Santa Claus.

No laila a hiki i ka pau ʻana o nā noiʻi a ʻaʻole haʻi ʻia ka hale pule ma luna o mākou no ia mea ʻo ia nō ʻo "St. Nicholas o Bari", Bishop o Myra.