“For some years I have regarded the presence of the sacred Relics of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, in the Papist church in Bari, Italy, as somewhat curious, or rather somewhat incongruous, particularly in our age, when the Papists do not include the name of St. Nicholas among the official Saints of their calendar. They regard the person and the wonderful life of the Saint as a ‘pious’ myth. [...]Mr. Markou informs us that an historical inaccuracy can be observed among the literati. These scholars believe that the sacred Relics of St. Nicholas were transferred from Myra in Lycia to Bari at the express wish of St. Nicholas, ‘...so that the Relics of such a Saint might not remain without honor and glory,’ as St. Nicodemos the Hagiorite says. It should, however, be made clear that St. Nicodemos based himself on hagiographic information from the Slavonic Synaxaria, with their Western roots. The pious author of the present work demonstrates that, in fact, the sacred Relics of St. Nicholas ‘were stolen [from Myra] by Italian seafarers.’” —“Prologue”
CONTENTS
About the Author The Translator Prologue Introduction: From the Repose of St. Nicholas to the Translation of his Relics The Removal of 1087 The Historical Event of the Removal of 1087 The Celebration of the Removal of 1087 Vigil Services From the Removal of 1087 to the Investigation of 1953 The Examination of 1953 The Removal and Anthropometric Examination of the Relics in 1957 Epilogue
Item Number: BKM209 Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 1994 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 21 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.2 cm
