Umthendeleko weSt. Nicholas ugujwa ngokuqhelekileyo ngoDisemba 19. Ukongezelela, kukho ihlobo lehlobo laseNicholas, eliwela ngoMeyi 22.
Saint Nicholas kunye nezimanga zakhe
AmaKristu oOthodoki ahlonipha uNicholas uMmangaliso njengomnye wabangcwele abangcwele emva koMama kaThixo.
Intliziyo kaNicholas uMmangaliso wayehlala evulekile kubantu. Kwizenzo ezilungileyo zeNgcwele ziyingcamango ezixelela ukuba uncedise abampofu kunye nabahluphekileyo, kwaye abantwana bafihla ngasese imali kunye nokutya kwizihlangu emva komnyango. UNicholas uMmangaliso ngumgcini oyingcingo lwabaqhubi nabanqwelisi.
Ngokwemithandazo yakhe, ukuphiliswa okumangalisayo kwenzeka, kwanokuvuselelwa kwabafileyo, izivunguvungu ezisezantsi elwandle, umoya wathwala umkhumbi ngendlela efanelekileyo. Ibandla liyazi imeko ezininzi xa uthandaza kuSt. Nicholas nangemva kokufa kwakhe waba yimimangaliso.
Ngomhla kaSt. Nicholas uMmangaliso kubalulekile ukukholisa abo bathandekayo ngengqalelo kunye nesipho esingokomoya, ukunika izipho.
St Nicholas - iholide yamaKatolika
EYurophu, iiholide zeKrisimesi ziqala ngoDisemba 6, kwaye iKrisimesi ijubha ngomhla wama-25. Kwaye ngoDisemba 6 ukuba iSonto lamaKatolika lihlonipha uSt. Nicholas uMmangaliso, umgcini oyingcwele wabantwana kunye nabahambi.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-10, ngeli holide, iSt. Nicholas Day, abafundi beSikolo saseParish eCologne Cathedral banikezwa iilekese. Emva kancinane kwindlu nganye eJamani baqala ukuxhoma amasokisi kunye nezihlangu, apho uSt. Nicholas wabeka izipho kubantwana abathobelayo. Nangona kunjalo, ngeveki yeholide, bonke abantwana bazama ukungabi nantoni, ngoko akukho namnye oshiywe ngaphandle kwezipho.
Esi sithethe sisasazeka ngokukhawuleza phakathi kwamaKatolika kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ngokuhlonipha iSt. Nicholas yamaKatolika aphuma nomntu onjengeSanta Claus , oqhelekileyo athatha izipho aze azalise iimfuno ezifihlakeleyo.