How to spend the day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Winter

A series of New Year celebrations opens St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Day. On this great holiday, it is customary to ask for the support of the heavenly forces so that the coming year will be blessed in all endeavors.





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Feast of St. Nicholas St. Nicholas the Wonderworker He was born into a wealthy Christian family. His parents were generous and compassionate. Those in need could not do without their help. Since childhood, Nicholas was immersed in religion, attended church, studied prayers and Holy Scripture. His love for God helped him become an Orthodox priest.

After the death of his parents, Nicholas distributed all the wealth to poor people, and he remained a minister of the church. He devoted his entire life to prayer, God and the glorification of Christianity.





He was considered the patron saint of ordinary people, sailors and especially children. He performed many miracles and noble deeds, saved his native city from hunger, and repeatedly helped the needy. After the death of Nicholas, his powers began to exude. healing-world He helped those who prayed to him.

The miracle worker is read prayers for health and healing, seek help and salvation. And this is correct, because prayer helps in desperate situations and material difficulties. Anyone who turns to a saint will surely be in grace.

On this day, December 19, the repose of St. Nicholas and his reunion with Christ are celebrated. Liturgies are read in all temples. We must do our best to attend church service. Even if you are in a hurry, spend as much time in church as you can. If not, read the holy books at home and ask the Lord for mercy.

O all-populous, great wonderworker, to Saint Christ, Father Nicholas! We pray, be the hope of all Christians, faithful protectors, hungry nurses, weeping joy, sick doctors, sailing on the sea ruler, poor and poor nurse and all a quick helper and protector, that peaceful here we live a life and be worthy to see the glory of God’s chosen in heaven and with them constantly chanting one in the Trinity of God worshipped for ever and ever. Amen.





In feast You can not swear, swear, quarrel. Negative energy will return with triple force. It is advisable to refrain from difficult household chores and spend this time in prayer.

It is also necessary to adhere to the Christmas fast. The holiday falls on Wednesday - you can eat vegetable oil and fish, hot food, porridge. You can not eat animals and dairy products, eggs, alcohol.

On the day of St. Nicholas in any case lender. Together with money you can give luck and prosperity. This is the best time to pay off debt. It is believed that if this is not done, you will have to feel the need in the next year.





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The most pleasant custom on this holiday is to give children gifts allegedly from St. Nicholas. According to legend, he goes around all the houses, accompanied by his assistants - an angel and a demon. These two are defending or blaming the little prankster. To the guys who behaved well all year, Nikolai puts a gift under a pillow or in a shoe, and to the naughty - a rod to direct the true path.

There are a lot of people on this special day. Some remain relevant even today.





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On this day it is worth paying off all debts, otherwise the family will be in poverty all next year.
On this day it snowed - winter will be frosty, harsh and cold.
The owner of the house should be the first to go around his farmstead in the morning so that the next year is successful and productive.
If there is frost on the trees, then the harvest.
“It rains all day – to a good winter harvest.”
The day was frosty - next year there will be a large harvest of bread and vegetables.

Try to follow the example of Nicholas the Wonderworker, help your loved ones, give alms, but do not advertise it. Pray for the healing of your loved ones on any day and God’s grace will come to your home.

“O All-Holy Nicholas, the Most Highly Pleasant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in my sorrows a speedy helper, help me, a sinner and dull one, in this life, pray to the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, greatly sinned from my youth, in all my life, in deed, in word, in thought, and in all my feelings; and in the end of my soul, help me to the chastified, in the prayer of the Lord, and in the glory of God, and in the present day, I will always give you the Holy Spirit of God, and the glory of God, and the Lord, in the glory of God, in all my life, and the glory of the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, in all my life, and the glory of God, in all my life, in all my life, in all my life, in all my life, in all my life, in all my life, in all my life, and in all my life, and in all my life, and the glory of God’s glory, and the Amen.





Spend this winter holiday with a clean soul and pure thoughts. Don’t be afraid to go to church and thank God. I believe that the great wonderworker Nicholas will become a guide between man and the Almighty and will bring a real miracle to every family. May God protect you everywhere. Amen.