December 6, 2007
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Saintly One, (St. Nicholas) in Myra you proved yourself a priest; for in fulfilling the Gospel of Christ, venerable One, you laid down your life for your people and saved the innocent from death. For this you were sanctified as One learned in divine grace.
Happy Name Day to my Dad, Nicholas and my son, Nicholas! Xronia Poula! May God Grant you Many Years!
This afternoon, we had a little name day celebration for our Nicholas. Fr. read the life of St. Nicholas from The Prologue From Ohrid and then we enjoyed the bread that a parishioner gave us at the Liturgy this morning. I surprised the boys with chocolate gold St. Nicholas coins that I bought from at Paidea Classics. The coins come with at little card that has the Kontakion of St. Nicholas. Nicholas also enjoyed receiving money for his name name day!
Santa Claus and St. Nicholas Everybody loves Santa Claus. He embodies holiday cheer, happiness, fun, and gifts—warm happy aspects of the Christmas season. How do Santa Claus and St. Nicholas differ?
Santa Claus belongs to childhood;
St. Nicholas models for all of life.Santa Claus, as we know him, developed to boost Christmas sales—the commercial Christmas message;
St. Nicholas told the story of Christ and peace, goodwill toward all—the hope-filled Christmas message.Santa Claus encourages consumption;
St. Nicholas encourages compassion.Santa Claus appears each year to be seen and heard for a short time;
St. Nicholas is part of the communion of saints, surrounding us always with prayer and example.
Santa Claus flies through the air—from the North Pole;
St. Nicholas walked the earth—caring for those in need.Santa Claus, for some, replaces the Babe of Bethlehem;
St. Nicholas, for all, points to the Babe of Bethlehem.Santa Claus isn’t bad;
St. Nicholas is just better.—J. Rosenthal & C. Myers
Comments (9)
They all look so grown up! Xronia Polla Nicholas!
It’s sad Emily, but it happens! Where did my three little mop tops go?? Thank you for the Name Day wishes!!:love:
Thanks for sharing!
Happy Name Day!
Thanks for the St. Nicholas/Santa Claus thing. :goodjob:
Happy Name Day Nicholas! I love the comparison between Santa Claus and St. Nicholas.
ryc: I agree – buying a ticket for the movie is what I struggle with the most. I thought about waiting until I could borrow the movie from the library but that doesn’t help me now when Niki is already talking about the movie with her friends. I’m not sure that this movie will become less popular by boycotting it though – my inbox has had at least one email a day about this movie for almost a month now. I’m not sure what the right choice is when it comes to the financial aspect – but I do want to have a good discussion about the movie with Niki though. Ya know?
happy name day!!!! We loved the coins, too. She did a great job with those!
Happy name day! and only good wishes for you all. May St. Nicholas protect and help you all!
great pics!