The Great Hierarchs

Saint Nicholas of Myra c. AD 343

Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra

Commemorated

December 6

Lived

c. AD 343

The beloved bishop of Myra in Lycia, renowned for his secret almsgiving, his defense of the orphan and the wrongly condemned, and his zeal for the Nicene faith. The most widely venerated of bishop-saints.

Holy Nicholas of Myra, pray to God for us.