Saint Nicholas of Myra - the Real Santa Claus (The Reliquary)

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[@dershogun6396]

The poor he protec The wicked soldiers he attac But most importantly Arians he slapp

[@willtheperson7224]

👍

[@BibleIllustrated]

But most importantly when u need it he thorws in money sacc

[@eldermillennial8330]

That why he gives, Jehovah’s Witnesses hart attack

[@artemisgrammatas6117]

Unlike St. Paul who was shipwrecked 😂🤣. That’s a good one

[@maxcarvalho9071]

Bojan, what are your thoughts on universalism as it is getting very trendy in EO with David Bentley Hart and others?

[@BibleIllustrated]

I don't think it is getting very trendy Orthodoxy-wide, just to English-speaking audiences, and even there his scope is limited. This is something the Church has already dealt with so I wouldn't be much concerned about it.

[@maxcarvalho9071]

@@BibleIllustrated yeah, I definitely should take care not too view what happens in the anglosphere of Orthodoxy as the entire sphere of Orthodoxy. It does seem that even some hierarchs in the US espouse the view, but oh well. By the way, I have joined as a catechumen in the Russian Orthodox Church in Brazil. Your videos have helped me a lot, God bless you and your work!

[@pentiumdeusex-machina4645]

Diocletian put Santa Claus in jail and broke his nose. The naughty list had to start somewhere.

[@BibleIllustrated]

He started out with a bar set so low :D

[@AnonymousPHofficial]

😂

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

"Ho, Ho, Ho, Homousious" It makes sense now. XD

[@BibleIllustrated]

It's a hidden clue to Santa's origins ;-)

[@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded]

Homoousios*

[@argeon6969]

Hello my friend. You don't know me, and truth be told I don't know you past your videos. But this video popped onto my notifications and saved me from evil. Thank you, and God bless

[@BibleIllustrated]

Glad it did, Argie! :-)

[@shibangibhattacharya1908]

@@BibleIllustrated remember me?

[@shibangibhattacharya1908]

U do!

[@BibleIllustrated]

@@shibangibhattacharya1908 Yup! :-)

[@shibangibhattacharya1908]

@@BibleIllustrated god bless u and also.... MERRY CHRISTMAS! (I am a hindu convert to the lord) :)

[@greenergrass4060]

It kinda sucks how such a great saint became so commercialized and became reduced to a mixed caricature of himself :/

[@BibleIllustrated]

Not necessarily. It can also be an opportunity for people to learn more about the real historical St. Nicholas. Better than the tooth fairy where there's not much going on behind it.

[@matthewlogan4267]

@@robertjarman4261 what you mean its always like that don't you know about baby jesus on this time of the year its aways been that message about love and good will have you been living under a rock

[@Renovartio]

@@robertjarman4261 it's not religious enough

[@jacobtaylor5848]

Did you not even read the comment…

[@spikey8085]

@@robertjarman4261 Cristians should not aloud Jews to make besusniss of Cristmas and Easter we have God ,Jesus ,mother Mery and many saint's

[@ioannesbenedictus7623]

What ppl know about santa clause Gives children gifts What I know about santa clause Punches a Heretic named Arius Edit (Thanks for 38 likes) (Greetings from west)

[@nickkraw1]

Arius*

[@ioannesbenedictus7623]

@@nickkraw1 thanks for correcting

[@Benzene265]

“I’m here to put chocolate coins in shoes and punch heretics, and I’m all out of coins...” St. Nicholas, probably.

[@ioannesbenedictus7623]

@@Benzene265 B A S E D

[@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded]

Saint Nicholas*

[@composaboi]

Fun fact: there are so many relics of Saint Nicholas, that his face has been reconstructed!

[@ranchero5595]

what does it look like?

[@gamer-vh9sh]

@@ranchero5595 uh I think you can see it on his Wikipedia page actually

[@HomoEucharistica]

​@@ranchero5595 Just google "face of saint nicholas reconstructed" and see by yourself

[@takstesimelizvolitnekohojineho]

St. Nicholas is a great person who connects the Catholic and Orthodox Churches ☦️❤️✝️

[@beren1898]

"You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not reject the divinity of Christ. Saint Nicholas is coming to town."

[@FireurchinProductionsByzantium]

Saint Nicholas pray for us sinners. Wonderful video Bojan!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Amen!

[@rachelbrooks1262]

I only recently heard the story about St. Nicholas saving the three men who were about to be executed at the order of the corrupt official and MAN! That gave me flashbacks to another video you drew of another saintly bishop who ran across water to do the same. God is truly glorified in His Saints!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Yup, it was St. Spyridon who ran over water :-)

[@MilkyKilky]

Hi your videos among others have gotten me very interested in the Orthodox Church and I'm thinking about converting. I'm just looking in to churches in my area but covid has made it a bit harder. Thank you for all your work. God bless you!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Hi Noah, glad that the videos were of some of you! :-) Hopefully this pandemic will end in near future!

[@mattbellacotti]

Don’t be afraid to the give the priests a call. Even during a pandemic they’ll be happy to talk to you and answer any questions you may have.

[@ErPuglia]

Greatings from Bari (Puglia, Italy) the city were is the body of Saint Nicholas of Myra.

[@BibleIllustrated]

A big blessing! :-)

[@biljanamiljkovic4646]

Patronof Serbian monastery Saint St. Stefan Dečanski donated an icon of St. Nicholas to St. Nicholas shrine in Bari, Italy in 14th c. Behind the altar with the tomb of St. Nicholas stands the icon with the figures of the Serbian king St. Stefan Dečanski and his son Dušan. twitter.com/savajanjic/status/943242280797958145

[@dangeli3710]

What a great saint he was... Merry Christmas Everyone!

[@LaSpataCaroli]

Its you, from intsagram!😱😱😱

[@BibleIllustrated]

Merry Christmas, Gavriel!

[@dangeli3710]

@@BibleIllustrated thank you! To you as well!

[@dangeli3710]

@@LaSpataCaroli you just realized 👀

[@unknown-jb1zy]

@@dangeli3710 its you from instagram 😱😱😱

[@thelonegunman2622]

Christ ain’t divine Tick tick tick In comes a right hook from old Saint Nick

[@carolusaugustussanctorum]

This is my 2nd favourite series of Yours; just behind Pencils & Prayer Ropes. Also You're my favourite Ortodox youtuber, and one of my favourite christian ones †

[@BibleIllustrated]

Thank you, Carlos! Pencils and Prayer Ropes is my favorite series too, but others have their place as well :-D

[@thedreadtyger]

"Shipwreck Paul" returns!

[@BibleIllustrated]

lol Yup!

[@defernomore]

He would have returned sooner, but he got caught in a shipwreck.

[@andreasr2454]

I love that comic 😂👍

[@jesusacuna309]

In the version I knew, the Theotokos appeared to Nicholas himself in the middle of the night and the bishops released him upon actually seeing him in the prison with his episcopal garments

[@hectordanielsanchezcobo7713]

Same here

[@BibleIllustrated]

Not the version I've seen in St. Justin Popović's Lives of the Saints, but there are probably multiple versions going around :-)

[@wrybreadspread]

3:53 What? No one took notice of the old crone with the rose from Disney's Beauty And The Beast, symbolizing the Saint's hospitality? No mention in the comments? A grievous oversight. Accolades to Bojan for this whimsical touch.

[@BibleIllustrated]

Yaaay someone noticed her!

[@wrybreadspread]

@@BibleIllustrated Intrusive website adverts / speak with heated voice / But a single hearted comment / Is my currency of choice

[@wrybreadspread]

@@BibleIllustrated To be rather terse / I should disclaim / My efforts at verse / Are really quite game

[@twoscoopz4944]

I screamed . So many hilarious references, Bojan!

[@goranvuksa1220]

"Pleasure and tears" was funny and sad at the same time. Is it ok that I found it super funny when "Unlike shipwreck Paul" scene came? Also, "the crown" as santa claus hat was great. And I can't wait for my kids to grow up enough so I can teach them that even santa can go to jail.

[@Ramses42]

Iam not a Christian at all Iam a Muslim but respect my Christian brothers especially the Orthodox and love Saint Nicholas ❤️❤️

[@theeternalferret76]

Will you make a video about St.Constantine the Great?

[@theeternalferret76]

@igor lopes Yup

[@BibleIllustrated]

Yup

[@acekoala457]

St. Nicholas is my Patron Saint along with St. Patrick of Ireland. St. Nicholas Pray for Us.

[@essaestephan]

Hello, I was really happy that you did Saint Nicholas. I live in Beit Jala, Palestine and we have a church named after him and it was built on top of his "cave/house thing" , we also believe that he has done many miracles for us and will keep doing. Thank you a lot because Saint Nicholas is a big part of life here.

[@BibleIllustrated]

So glad to hear that, Essa! St. Nicholas is definitely one of the most venerated saints worldwide.

[@junesilvermanb2979]

SAINT Nicholas the Wonderworker, please heal my gums...

[@fatherstevenhurst2163]

Watching this on Christmas night, hearing you say "Ursos, Nepotianos and Her... Py.. It doesn't matter. They're not saints, you don't need to know their names!" has me laughing hard. Good video. Merry Christmas and God Bless! I'm happy to subscribe.

[@tribesvanguard7007]

Hey bojan, I love your videos! I am not religious and don't plan on being anytime soon. But I love your videos and I also enjoy learning more about the orthodox church considering where I live there are no othrodox churches. Please keep up the great work and I hope you keep spreading your good message

[@costantinemf4207]

Hello! Have a merry Christmas Its also my birthday tommorow :D

[@BibleIllustrated]

Happy birthday Constantine! :-)

[@costantinemf4207]

@@BibleIllustrated thank you so much! may god bless you and have happy holidays :)

[@anuhasperera4983]

My favorite saint.I have more miracle from his❤

[@theosis9582]

You should sell your own merch. I'd love to buy a T-shirt with your drawings

[@BibleIllustrated]

I plan to make some eventually :-)

[@richardbenitez7803]

Boyan - on the second video on St Nicholas’s legacy please add info on why the saint is so revered in Russia. Few years ago, the pope allowed some major bone to be sent to Russia for a visit. The out pouring of the Russian people and the church priests and bishops was huge. Amazing!

[@9301-h9b]

Hello Bojan, will you do a video on how st. Elijah, from the old testament, became known as Elijah the thunderer, do you think this is so because the folk slavic paganism (there is a slavic god named Perun, the god of thunder) merged with Christian beliefs? Btw I love your videos. 👍

[@papallegatepoope3010]

Always good to see a video on my Patron saint. Thanks!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Any time!

[@tosamja1636]

Or the Božić Bata (The Christmas Brother)

[@MV-qd3dv]

Hello, may you please make one of these for the Nativity of Christ as an educational thing for my children Thank you

[@ISeenYouWith]

FIRST AHHHHHH!!! Much love from Ohio, USA

[@BibleIllustrated]

So close!

[@ISeenYouWith]

@@BibleIllustrated I tried, darn my school's shotty internet

[@PockASqueeno]

Are all people named Nicholas only children? My name is Nicholas, and I’m also an only child.

[@benjez2782]

The real Saint Nicholas is in my genealogy report along with the first Roman Emperor, the first Greek Emperor, the first Egyptian Emperor

[@antonycepeda1839]

This story was awesome. I like this version of Saint Nicholas and the other one.

[@faykoussias7293]

Brilliant 😁😁

[@BibleIllustrated]

Thank you! :-)

[@roberth6375]

"Unlike shipwrecked St. Paul!" 😂😂 Lol I think that was a purposeful joke. Happy St. Nicholas day 2023 everyone! 🎅

[@alexsalentine739]

Awesome video Bojan as always, happy advent. Christians must remember the true St. Nicolas!!!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Yup precisely :-)

[@antonycepeda1839]

Will God be mad at me if I celebrate merry Christmas?

[@perfectsims]

Don’t talk 💩🚽 about Hebrews or the TORAH (aka JEWISH people no matter what faith they carry- Jesus Christ is written in your hearts and words lovingly blessed by HIS PEOPLE. Don’t act like a PROFIT if you don’t want to get 🦆’n slapped…..) St. Nick 🎄🎅

[@perfectsims]

Toothpaste keeps your words fresh 🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷🪥🪥🪥🪥🤬

[@nicolashill8837]

I'm not fully orthodox yet but the only orthodox church in my town is a st.nicholas church

[@russkiraider01]

there was one attested miracle to saint nicholas where he goes to a butcher's shop and finds out that the butcher was a murderer who kidnapped and killed three boys, pickling them all. saint nicholas resurrects the three boys!

[@peterbondi751]

Just used this video in Sunday School lesson! Amazing timing! God bless from Canada

[@scurvydog20]

He sees you when you're sleeping he knows when you're awake he knows if you've been denying the divinity of Christ so be good for goodness sake

[@antonycepeda1839]

Thank you for the video

[@francisgonzales6908]

Bojan, throughout my 21-year life, I've experienced some disturbing visions, and I'm not sure which ones are true and which ones are false (resulting from prelest). Being in the Philippines, I can't get myself baptized, let alone an advising spiritual father. What can I do to help?

[@randalejetmagalit1198]

Hello. I'm sorry if I can't offer any words of advice, (because I also don't know, but I just want to offer words of encouragement.I hope you're okay, wherever you are. May you stay safe and strong out there. May you take care of yourself, and others, as much as you can. I pray whatever happens to you, may you fight the Good Fight and keep the Faith. God Bless you. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have Mercy upon us, sinners. Pagpalain ka ng Panginoon.

[@spartiatakos]

Thank you so much for the video.The video was probably the gift for my nameday😉

[@joshuawebb5891]

Oh this is exciting , I was baptized and chrismated on Dec 2nd , and got to celebrate my name day on the 6th , Saint Nicholas Day . Thank you for this Bojan

[@BibleIllustrated]

Mighty saint you have as a patron :-)

[@perfectsims]

🥷hubcaps keep your tires 🛞 clean 🧼

[@annajelenaeinarova4694]

In Scandinavia we have not a nice Saint from Myra, we have his great grandfather "Tomten" who helped farmers and their animals as far back as in the pagan times. Tomten was with us long before Christianity existed. When Christianity came to us, we kept to our pagan friend Tomten. His name is so old that no one knows what the word means. So even today Tomten comes to the children every 24th of December. In Mid Winter the pagans celebrated the New Year by offer pigs blood to our pagan gods. And even today we eat pork every 24th of December. And we never started to call it "Christmas", we still have the pagan word "Jul" (Yule in English). But of course the Jesus Child plays a big role every year. So our celebration is mixed between pagan and christian. So Merry Christmas! (or God Jul = Good Yule!).

[@gustavothespaniard9689]

Thank you so much for your work. It helps me to be a better Christian and teach others

[@ivandinsmore6217]

Why do you use the word "Palestine" to refer to Israel?

[@ondrejdolnicek865]

Will be a video about st. Basileos the Great?

[@BibleIllustrated]

Yes eventually:-)

[@kasandracalderon5734]

Saint. Nicolas Is Santa Claus

[@mayven1556]

Your version is slightly different than mine but has the same concept.

[@pedjamigrant7189]

you are so holy Lmao . nIce channel

[@ThetennisDr]

Im also a st. Juan amen

[@OrthodoxofUSA]

I once asked a Nicholas in my parish if he was going to smack a heretic to celebrate his name day. He didn't get the joke.

[@rdbare4216]

Yes Saint Nicholas pray to Gd fo me & for the whole world!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Amen!

[@thefluffykirbyprincess6307]

Wait, did he actually not drink milk on Wednesdays and Fridays?

[@BibleIllustrated]

That is what's recorded in his Life :-)

[@withelisa]

That's beautiful, but as a parent that behavior would have been terrifying 😅

[@thefluffykirbyprincess6307]

Talk about devotion. 😂

[@theturtwig50]

Who knows. One priest I knew said absolutely, another said it was a harmless tale.

[@florian8599]

Funny how an Arian can be a saint... For all those wondering, I am referring to Constantine I.

[@BibleIllustrated]

How is he Arian?

[@elizabethshaw734]

Just wonderful! I love his crown! :-)

[@BibleIllustrated]

Loved drawing that part! :-)

[@rin_etoware_2989]

bishops then were doing awesome things as having slap-fights and rescuing pickled children, while bishops today just settle with schisms, lawsuits, and ██ █████ ███-█ █████ any time past was better, as a Spanish proverb would say

[@karenbartlett1307]

A newborn baby would not fast on Wednesdays and Fridays, nor would God expect it. Children experience pain when they are hungry (that's why they cry), unlike adults, who can more or less ignore their hunger for a time. This sounds like one of the stories people made up in the century after the Apostles, like the Protoevangelium of James, which have a lot of gratuitous and unnecessary contents but which the people loved to hear. These stories are non-canonical, though I suppose it doesn't hurt to believe them. No offense.

[@Joe-po9xn]

Santa Claus walked right up to the heretic Arius and backhanded him at the Council of Nicea.

[@SoldierofJesusChrist153]

I love these videos! Keep making the lives of the saints videos!

[@josephgarcia7030]

Wait the legend says he slapped ares? As in the roman god ares?

[@BibleIllustrated]

No, no, Arius, the heretic who claimed that the Son was not consubstantial with the Father

[@josephgarcia7030]

oh I see, thank you.

[@HoldFastApolpgetics]

Thankful for the Gospel

[@robertwaguespack9414]

I want to wish you a merry Christmas. May you have many more.

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

I thought he punched arius, not slapped him. That’s the only beef I have with this video

[@BibleIllustrated]

Nope, slapped. Probably neither happened.

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

@@BibleIllustrated still a funny story nevertheless

[@BibleIllustrated]

@@sasquatchdonut2674 oh definitely,

[@St_Bartys_Acolyte]

You're video was way more fun than my 50 minute discussion on St Nicholas and Santa Claus. I'm too long-winded. Haha. (Or hohoho?)

[@BibleIllustrated]

50 minute discussion is probably smart - here, the emphasis is on fun :D Besides, the Bible isn't all that fun but it is one of the most important things you can ever read :-)

[@ganonsoify]

Are the black halos (nega-halos, anti-halos?) you put on negative figures a thing in Orthodox iconography? If so are there rules on who gets them?

[@BibleIllustrated]

They are not used. There are a couple of instances of them being used in Western iconography for Judas. I liked the concept for my drawings but I don't think they should be used in official iconography.

[@pipsasqeak820]

Bojan you forgot the part about him resurrecting the 3 pickled children

[@BibleIllustrated]

That is a Western story not present in the Eastern Life of St. Nicholas, but I will include it in the follow up video :-)

[@wayoftheinspiredword2825]

3:54 Is that a reference to Beauty & The Beast? 😃

[@BibleIllustrated]

Yup! Hope someone would recognize it! 🥀

[@wayoftheinspiredword2825]

@@BibleIllustrated That’s so cool, I like finding references like that! Keep doing the great work brother, I love your videos!

[@George-ur8ow]

Bojan! makes my day when I see you've put out a new vid. I know I'm far from being the only one. These videos have been a powerful voice for good in my life and for those around me. God Bless!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Hope to make many many more! :-)

[@randy9680]

A wonderful video as always. Have a blessed and edifying Nativity Fast!

[@BibleIllustrated]

Same to you, Jordan! :-)

[@husk7737]

Question: Is St. Nicholas of Myra an Orthodox or Catholic Bishop? I can't find any evidence that proves him to be a Catholic or Orthodox... Both Churches venerate this Saint, so I'm kinda confused.

[@gandalfthegreatestwizard7275]

He was an Eastern bishop who lived before the schism that divided the Catholic Church from the Eastern Orthodox Church. I don't think he has any extant writings in which he talks about the later controversies about the Filioque and papal primacy.

[@BibleIllustrated]

Each can claim him for their own, but he simply comes from the time when there were no such categories. ''Orthodox'' then meant ''non-Arian.''

[@richardbenitez7803]

St Nicholas lived when all christians were the same church. The church did not split until 700 years later ... after st Nicholas had died.

[@БесноБојанче]

Хвала Вам Бојане. Да ли имате и верзију на српском, за нашу децу из дијаспоре?

[@BibleIllustrated]

Поздрав Бојанче, Немам. Планирам у неком тренутку да направим српску верзију канала, али за сада немам за то времена.

[@БесноБојанче]

@@BibleIllustrated Јао Бојане, каква штета, наша деца су наше нај веће благо! Зар никога нема на овом светском интернету да Вам мало помогне?

[@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded]

One of my favorite Saints. St Nicholas, Pray To God For Us! Sad how He got so commercialized..