St. Nicholas da Wonderworker

Ta hanyar rayuwa, St. Nicholas an haife shi a karni na uku a cikin wani ɗan ƙaramin Girka wanda ake kira Patara, wanda yake a lardin Romacin Lycia. A wancan lokacin, bayyanar da al'adun wannan yanki sune Hellenistic. Nikolai ya kasance da addini ƙwarai tun lokacin yaro, kuma ya yanke shawarar bada ransa gaba daya zuwa Kristanci.

Ana tsammanin iyayen Nicholas sun yi nisa sosai. Dukan iyalin rayu a Patara, Lycia, kuma shi ke inda Nicholas samu firamarensa. Lokacin da iyayensa suka mutu, sai ya gaji dukiyarsa, amma ya yanke shawarar ba da sadaka.

An fara aikin Nicholas a matsayin likitan Kirista shine lokacin bayyanar sarakuna biyu na Roma Maximinus (mulki 286-305) da Diocletian (ya yi mulkin a 284-305). A cikin shekara ta 303, an ba da umarni, ta hanyar Emperor Diocletian, wanda ya ba da izinin tsananta wa Kiristoci a duk fadin mulkin.

Bayan sun yi ritaya daga gwamnati a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 305, magabtan su sun yanke shawarar canza halin su ga Krista.

An soki yammacin ɓangaren mulkin mallaka daga yawan tsanantawar Kirista, godiya ga Constantius Chlorus (ya yi mulki a 305-306). A kan iyakar gabas, sabon sarki Gallerius ya ci gaba da tsananta masa har shekara ta 311. A cikin shekarar da ta gabata ta gwamnati, Galerius yana mutuwa, ya ba da umarnin yin haƙuri na addini. An tsananta wa zalunci, wanda ya kasance daga 303 zuwa 311, mafi tsawo a tarihi na daular.

Bayan mutuwar Galerius, Licinius ya yi nasara a cikin 307-324, kuma ya kasance yana jure wa Krista, godiya ga abin da al'umman Kirista suka fara girma. Kamar yana nufin wannan lokaci, a lokacin da St. Nicholas wani bishop a duniya (tsoho Lycia a cikin Roman Empire, yanzu kira Demre gari, ayi a Turkish lardin Antalya).

Bugu da ƙari, an kwatanta Nicholas tare da halakar da dama na arna na arna, daga cikinsu akwai haikalin Artemis (wanda aka sani da Diana).

Kamar yadda labarin ya ce, Nicholas an hana dan majalisa a cikin lokaci 325 a lokacin majalisa na Ikklisiya, domin ya rinjaye fuskarsa ta Aria (abokin adawar Nicholas).

Nicholas kuma an san shi a matsayin wakĩli daga waɗanda aka zargi. Ya sau da yawa ya kuɓutar da waɗannan mutane daga mummunar kasancewa marar laifi. Bugu da} ari, ana kiran sallar Nikolai ga matafiya da masu sufurin.