Orthodox Christians celebrate the Feast of St Nicholas
19/12/2010
Orthodox Christians are celebrating the feast day of Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most renowned saints.
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill is expected to serve a liturgy at St. Nicholas church in Khamovniki in the centre of Moscow.
Nicholas the Wonderworker lived in the fourth century and was an archbishop in Byzantine.
There are about 30 churches named after Saint Nicholas in Moscow, while before the Bolshevik Revolution there were twice more.
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