Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... He is also called Nicholas of Bari because his relics were taken to Bari by Italian merchants in 1087. He is associated with Chirstmas because ...

MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. A fragment of relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, who passed away more than 1,700 years ago, will be transported from in the Italian city of Bari to the Christ the ...