St. Nicholas Church

Commonly known as Santa Claus, St. Nicholas M.S. He was born in Patara in 245 and M.S. He died in 363. The well-educated son of a wealthy family, St. Nicholas devoted his life to helping people, especially children and sailors. The reputation for these aids has come to this day as the legend of Santa Claus. As a priest of Demre, St. When Nicholas died, he was buried in Demre and a church was built next to his grave. In 1080, Italian pirates smuggled some bones from his grave to Bari. Some of the remaining bone fragments are today in the Antalya Museum. The first Santa Claus Symposium, which was held on December 5-7, 1983, has been repeated every year since then with the participation of people from different religions and trends. In this symposium, St. Following Nicholas’s line, people of different religions and beliefs are called for peace, friendship and brotherhood.