#stnicholas — Public Fediverse posts

Summit Cross

Golden Retriever “Tommy” on the summit of Mount Olsberg.
To the right is the St Nicholas wayside shrine.

February 2008 (Hans Martin Köster)

#Olsberg #GoldenRetriever #Cross #Summit #SummitCross #WaysideShrine #Nicholas #StNicholas #Clouds #BlueSky #DogsOfMastodon #Kreuz #Gipfel #Gipfelkreuz #BildStock #Nikolaus #StNikolaus #Wolken #BlauerHimmel #Religion #Karfreitag #GoodFriday #BergOlsberg #MountOlsberg #Berg #Mountain

O, kom er eens kijken
A #poetry thread

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i.

A bearded man in miter red
walks through the streets of cobblestone,
a Christmas market, where he said
to children from his wooden throne

that on the Sixth, his day had come
to bring them cheer and happiness
from distant Turkey, his old home
that once he'd saved with his kindness:

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #sinterklaas #stnicholas #christmas #christmasmarket #people #streetphotography #photography

Have fun punishing children, dear Krampus!

#KätToon #TheKardinal #childhoodfriends #StNicholas #Nikolaus #Satire #Krampus #DefinitelyNotADemonMasqueradingAsACardinalToInfiltratingTheCatholicChurch

Baroque in da house - how a group of bees made Ljubljana a Mediterranean city:

https://kapjasa.si/en/virtuti-musis/

#kiteaerialphotohgraphy #KAP #kite #aerial #Baroque #architecure #art #style #Ljubljana #StNicholas #seminary #academia #operosorum #Pozzo #Robba #Quaglio #Slovenia

The lost medieval town of Newtown Jerpoint was said to have 14 taverns to cater to all the pilgrims... excellent overview by Louise Nugent of the shrines & pilgrimage sites for Saint Nicholas spanning a continent: https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2012/12/24/saint-nicholas-an-irish-connection/

+🧵 6/ #4thCentury #StNicholas #Myra #Bari #Venice #Jerpoint #medieval #pilgrim @medievodons @histodons

Relics of #StNicholas are claimed by Myra & Gemile in #Turkey, Bari & Venice in #Italy... & Newtown Jerpoint in #Ireland. He's described here as the patron saint of generosity & philanthropy, revered in both Orthodox & Catholic traditions: 📖 📹 https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/1206/1420473-st-nicholas-santa-claus-newtown-jerpoint-kilkenny-grave-tombstone/
H/T @yvonne
+🧵 5/ #relic #SanNicola #PatronSaint #philanthropy #Myra #Bari #Venice #Jerpoint #Kilkenny