Nicholas ndi Wonderworker

Malinga ndi moyo, St. Nicholas anabadwa cha m'ma III kakang'ono njuchi Greek dzina lake Patara, yomwe inali mu Roma cha Lycia. Ngakhale maonekedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha m'dera limeneli anali Girisi. Nicholas ndi ubwana wake anali achipembedzo kwambiri, ndipo anaganiza kuti adzipereke moyo wake kwa Chikhristu.

Amaganiza kuti makolo a Nicholas anali olemera. Banja lonse ankakhala Patara, Lycia, ndipo ndiko kumene Nicholas analandira maphunziro a kupulayimale. Makolo ake anamwalira, anatengera mwayi wawo wonse, koma anaganiza kuti adzalipereka kwa chikondi.

Chiyambi cha ntchito za Nicholas monga wansembe, ankaona kuti nthawi ya yatsoka awiri mafumu achiroma Maximian (analamulira zaka 286-305) ndi Diocletian (analamulira zaka 284-305). The 303-chaka anali inakhazikitsa lamulo Mfumu Diocletian, amene mtchatho chizunzo zonse Akhristu mu ufumuwo.

Pambuyo onse mfumu amasiya Board pa May 1, zaka 305, akulowetsani mmalo mwawo anaganiza kusintha malamulo ake kwa Akhristu.

Dera la kumadzulo kwa ufumu anamasulidwa ku chizunzo zonse Mkhristu, chifukwa Constance chlorine (analamulira zaka 305-306). Kum'mawa, mfumu yatsopano Galerius anapitiriza chizunzo 311 chaka TH. Mu chaka chake chomaliza cha ulamuliro, tambirimbiri kukhala pafupi imfa, inakhazikitsa lamulo wololera. The kuzunzidwa, chimene umayambira 303 311, ankaona kuti motalikitsa mbiri ya ufumuwo.

Pambuyo Galerius anafa, iye anasiyira ndi Licinius (analamulira zaka 307-324), ndipo ankawachitira Akhristu makamaka zimachitikira, choncho, Akristu anayamba ammudzi. Monga limatchula nthawi ino, pamene St. Nicholas anali bishopu mu dziko (wakale Lycia mu Ufumu wa Roma, tsopano limatchedwa Demre mzinda unali m'chigawo Turkey wa Antalya).

Komanso, Nicholas amanena akachisi angapo chiwonongeko achikunja, mwa amene Atemi kachisi (kudziwika monga Diane zambiri).

Malinga ndi mwambo, Nicholas kanthawi mosatsata ulemu wake Episcopal mu 325, pa Khonsolo ya Zazipembedzo, zoti anagunda mu nkhope ya zisokonezo za Arius (mdani Nicholas).

Imatchedwanso mtetezi wa Nicholas ndi amene miseche. Iye zambiri adampereka anthu amenewa ku tsogolo la pokhala mosavuta mlandu. Komanso pali mapemphero chifukwa Nicholas apaulendo ndi amalinyero.