Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari (1087)
In 1087 the Saint's relics were taken from Myra in Lycia (on the
southern coast of present-day Turkey) to the town of Bari in Italy. This
was done due to a Muslim attack on Lycia. At that time Bari was
Orthodox and under the administration of the Patriarch of
Constantinople. The Saint's relics now lie in a Roman Catholic church in
Bari; each year the casket containing the relics is opened by a Roman
Catholic and Orthodox bishop together, and quantities of fragrant myrrh
are removed, for the healing and encouragement of the faithful.
Holy Prophet Isaiah (7th c. BC)
He is counted as the greatest of the Old Testament Prophets. His
incomparably beautiful verses foretell Christ in many places. He
chastised, comforted, and counseled the pious king Hezekiah; but when he
denounced the impiety and lawlessness of Hezekiah's son Manasseh, he
was sawn in two outside Jerusalem, receiving a martyr's crown. His name
means "The Lord is helper."
The Fifth Biblical Ode, "Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God..." is taken from Isaiah.
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