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Tempera painting on panel representing Saint Nicolas the Thaumaturge.
Greece.
Around 1800.
Nicolas de Myre (around 270 – 343), archbishop and thaumaturge, is a
of the most represented figures in Byzantine icons. Boss of
merchants and travelers both during his life and after his death, Saint
Nicolas miraculously intervened to protect ships in
distress and those who travel by sea, Nicolas was generous
steward of the grace of God by his innumerable miracles in favor
of the poor, of the abandoned, of those who suffer injustice and of all
those who, until today, claim his paternal protection.
The most famous icon of Saint Nicholas the Thaumaturge was executed in
kyiv in the XNUMXth century and restored in Novgorod. It is kept at the
Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Among Catholics, Saint Nicholas is often depicted with the three children he saved.
