nicholas the pleasant was born in 270 in the city of patara, which was located in the region of lycia, in asia minor. his parents were very wealthy people, and at the same time they deeply believed in christ and actively helped the poor. from childhood the saint devoted himself to faith and works of piety, spending a lot of time in temple. he has matured. became a reader, and then he himself was ordained as a priest to serve in the church, where his uncle, bishop nicholas of patarsky, was the rector. after the parents of saint nicholas departed to the lord, he distributed all his inheritance to the poor and continued his church service. when the attitude of the roman emperors towards christians became more tolerant, persecution nevertheless continued. because he was kind, meek, people loved the new archbishop very much, fair, responsive, not a single request to him went unanswered. with all this nicholas was remembered by his contemporaries as an incomparable fighter against paganism and heresies. he destroyed idols and temples. defended christianity and denounced heretics. during his

nicholas the pleasant was born in 270 in the city of patara, which was located in the region of lyciathey deeply believed in christ and actively helped the poor. from childhood, the saint devoted himself to faith and works of piety and spent a lot of time in church. having grown up with...

for example, this is discussed in the revelation of methodius of patara. the other way around. the opposite can only happen if a group of adventurers, obsessed with the idea of ​​​​restoring the monarchy in russia, realizes their purely political dreams by attacking not only common sense russian people, but on orthodoxy itself. nicholas ii. counted among the saints as a great historical political figure, he is a martyr, commemorated in the ranks of his family. nizhny novgorod arzamat metropolitan nikolai kutepov at the bishops' council in 1997 spoke out categorically against the canonization of nikolai romanov, declaring that the death of the russian new martyrs lay on his conscience, since in his right mind and sober memory, he himself abdicated the throne. precisely the positions of bishop nikolai kutepov. did not allow the leaders of the russian orthodox churches abroad, a citadel of anti-sovietism, by the way, to fully implement their plans regarding the canonization of nicholas ii. the monarchy cannot be considered salvation for russia; from the fact

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